Introduction to web services simulation with SOAPSimulator: A hands-on tutorial
Typically, companies embark on SOA projects for system-to-system integration within their corporate domains as well as with external trading partners. Re-usable services are the cornerstone of a successful SOA implementation. In a SOA Project, once a producer service is built, developers can subsequently start implementing consumer services and tester can begin building test scenarios. If the producer service is under development and is not available for request-response interaction, development and QA teams are severely hampered in their ability to develop consumer code. Service simulation – the ability to mimic producer services even before they are implemented – enables consumer developers and testers to parallelize their efforts without having to wait for service implementation to complete. Service simulation also enables corporations to provide a portable alternative to building an expensive reference environment.
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