The Read a File step reads a file from your file system, a URL, or the classpath.
Files are used as a source of data for testing. This step can be paired with the Load a set of File Names data set to provide source data for testing.
You can read a text file or a binary file. The contents of the file can optionally be stored in a property.
Complete the following fields:
Enter the path name, a URL, or a classpath, or browse to the file using the Browse button.
Accept the default encoding of UTF-8 or select an alternate encoding from the drop-down list. You can also select Auto-detect and click the Detect button to have <ldtF> select an encoding type for you.
Enter the name of the property in which to store the file contents (optional).
To load contents as a byte array, select this check box. This capability is useful when loading a file to be used as a binaryData type in a web service execution parameter.
Select the step to redirect to if the Read a File test fails.
The contents are displayed as hexadecimal encoded bytes unless you select this check box. This check box is only visible if the Load as Byte [] box is selected.
Click Load to load and display the file. The content is now ready for you to filter and add assertions.
Note: If a binary file is loaded but you do not select to load as byte, DevTest converts the data to characters (many of which are unreadable) and the step response is a string.
The Read a File step has a default name using this convention: Read file [set the File Name variable]. If another step uses the default step name, DevTest appends a number to this step name to keep it unique. You can change step names at any time.
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