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Tester Guide
This guide describes the tasks that you can perform for testing various domains, technologies, and applications. To enable testing, you must configure and enable the environment for testing.
Tester Guide - Integrations and API Testing
This guide describes the tasks that you can perform for testing various domains, technologies, and applications. To enable testing, you must configure and enable the environment for testing. This guide is intended for Integrations and API testers.
Extending DevOps Test Integrations and APIs functionality by using custom functions
You can add more calculations and operations to tests by using the HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) custom function class. Test Integrations and APIs custom function is a Java™ class that extends the com.ghc.ghTester.expressions function.
Create the plug-ins in Eclipse
HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) recognizes functions that are packaged as Eclipse plug-ins. You can create a plug-in and register it as a function in Test Integrations and APIs from an Eclipse IDE.
Setting dependencies to DevOps Test Integrations and APIs functions
A dependency on HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) is needed to extend and implement the Function class. This is similar to adding a Java™ build path entry to Test Integrations and APIs.
Setting up the target platform
Set up the target platform to HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) installation folder to enable setting up the dependency, extend, and implement the Function class.

Release Notes
This document includes information about the new features introduced, features deprecated or removed, defects fixed, and known issues identified in this version of HCL DevOps Test Virtualization (Test Virtualization). You can also find the installation and upgrade instructions along with the contact information of HCL Customer Support.
System Requirements
This document includes information about hardware and software requirements for Test Virtualization.
Getting Started
This guide provides an overview and describes the tasks to get you started with Test Virtualization.
Administrator Guide
Typically, a user with the administrator role is responsible for certain tasks including installation, configuration, and integration of the product. This guide lists all such topics.
Tester Guide
This guide describes the tasks that you can perform for testing various domains, technologies, and applications. To enable testing, you must configure and enable the environment for testing.
- Tester Guide - Integrations and API Testing
  This guide describes the tasks that you can perform for testing various domains, technologies, and applications. To enable testing, you must configure and enable the environment for testing. This guide is intended for Integrations and API testers.
  - Integrations and API Testing
    You can use find information about the tasks that you can perform for testing various domains, technologies, or applications.
  - Extending DevOps Test Integrations and APIs functionality by using custom functions
    You can add more calculations and operations to tests by using the HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) custom function class. Test Integrations and APIs custom function is a Java™ class that extends the com.ghc.ghTester.expressions function.
    - The formatDate example for a custom function
      You can learn about creating a custom function by using an example. The example shows how to build a function, called formatDate, that parses a string-based date representation and returns it in an alternative format.
    - Create the plug-ins in Eclipse
      HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) recognizes functions that are packaged as Eclipse plug-ins. You can create a plug-in and register it as a function in Test Integrations and APIs from an Eclipse IDE.
      - Creating Eclipse plug-in project
        You need a plug-in project to hold the Java™ class file and other resources.
      - Setting dependencies to DevOps Test Integrations and APIs functions
        A dependency on HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) is needed to extend and implement the Function class. This is similar to adding a Java™ build path entry to Test Integrations and APIs.
        Setting up the target platform
        Set up the target platform to HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) installation folder to enable setting up the dependency, extend, and implement the Function class.
        Setting the dependency in the manifest
        You can set the dependency in the manifest.
    - Implementing the function class
      If you have a function that is written for HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) 8.5, you can convert it to work in Test Integrations and APIs 8.6 or later.
    - Exposing the function
      You can use your own function with the function extension that consists of a number of attributes that describe the function (for example, name) and the class that implements the function.
    - Configuring the function in DevOps Test Integrations and APIs
      After the function is developed and a plug-in is generated, you should communicate that to Test Integrations and APIs by configuring the function.
    - Creating a function plug-in without Eclipse
      You can use Eclipse IDE to easily create the plug-ins. Alternatively, you can build a function by using the Sun Java™ 6 SDK.
    - Converting existing function classes with Eclipse
      If you have an existing function that is written for HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs), you can use Eclipse to convert the function for use with Test Integrations and APIs 5 or later.
    - Converting existing function classes without Eclipse
      You can convert functions that were written for HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) 4 to work with 5 or later, without Eclipse.
  - Working in non-GUI mode
    You can use the tools and executable files that are provided along with the product software. You can use these tools to perform different test actions in a non-GUI mode.
- Tester Guide - Service Virtualization
  This guide describes the tasks that you can perform for using virtual services or stubs to simulate parts of an environment if the real services are not yet available or because they are difficult or expensive to use. This guide is intended for API Testers.
Test Manager Guide
This guide describes the tasks that you can perform for tracking the quality of the application. This guide is intended for Test Managers.
Security Considerations for DevOps Test Virtualization
You can take certain actions to ensure that your installation is secure, customize your security settings, and set up user access controls.
Notices
This document provides information about copyright, trademarks, terms and conditions for product documentation.

Setting up the target platform

Set up the target platform to HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) installation folder to enable setting up the dependency, extend, and implement the Function class.

About this task

Follow the steps to set the target platform in Eclipse:

Procedure

Go to Window > Preferences > Plug-in Development > Target Platform.
Select the active Target Platform and click Edit.
The Edit Target Definition window opens.
Click Add, select Directory, and then click Next.
Click Browse and select the Test Integrations and APIs plug-ins folder.
For example, C:\Program Files\HCL\HCLProducts\HCL®IMShared\plugins.
Select the Content tab and select File Path for the Group by method.
Select the Test Integrations and APIs specific plug-ins from the list for HCLIMShared plug-ins.
List of Test Integrations and APIs plug-ins:
- com.ghc.*
- com.greenhat.*
- com.ibm.greenhat.*
- com.ibm.rational.rit.*
Click Finish to close the Target Content window.
Click OK to close the Preferences window.