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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.
API Tester Reference
Typically, a user with the API Tester role can work in the user interface, use commands or scripts. This reference lists all such topics to help the API Tester use the product.
Extending HCL OneTest™ API functionality using custom functions
You can add more calculations and operations to tests by using the HCL OneTest™ API custom function class. HCL OneTest API custom function is a Java™ class that extends com.ghc.ghTester.expressions function.

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.
- API Tester Reference
  Typically, a user with the API Tester role can work in the user interface, use commands or scripts. This reference lists all such topics to help the API Tester use the product.
  - API Tester Guide
    Typically, a user with the API Tester role is responsible for testing various domains, technologies, and applications. To enable testing, you must configure and enable the environment for testing. This guide lists all such topics.
  - Extending HCL OneTest™ API functionality using custom functions
    You can add more calculations and operations to tests by using the HCL OneTest™ API custom function class. HCL OneTest API custom function is a Java™ class that extends com.ghc.ghTester.expressions function.
    - The formatDate example for 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 OneTest™ API recognizes functions that are packaged as Eclipse plug-ins. You can create a plug-in and register it as a function in HCL OneTest API from an Eclipse IDE.
    - Implementing the function class
      If you have a function that is written for HCL OneTest™ API version 8.5, you can convert it to work in version 8.6 or later.
    - Extension points overview
      The functions extension point tells HCL OneTest™ API that you want to contribute your own function and tells what it looks like.
    - Configuring the function in HCL OneTest™ API
      After the function is developed and a plug-in is generated, you should communicate that to HCL OneTest™ API 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 OneTest™ API version 4, you can use Eclipse to convert the function for use with version 5 or later.
    - Converting existing function classes without Eclipse
      You can convert functions that were written for HCL OneTest™ API version 4 to work with version 5 or later without Eclipse.
  - Working in non-GUI mode
    Many test actions can be completed in non-GUI mode by using the command line, Ant, or REST interfaces.
- API Tester Guide
  Typically, a user with the API Tester role is also responsible 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 tester is also interested in reports, results and statistics for their testing. This guide lists all such topics.

Extending HCL OneTest™ API functionality using custom functions

You can add more calculations and operations to tests by using the HCL OneTest™ API custom function class. HCL OneTest™ API custom function is a Java™ class that extends com.ghc.ghTester.expressions function.

Note: All custom functions can be called from HCL OneTest™ API scripting languages (ECMAScript and Legacy).

The following steps provide an overview of how to develop a function for use in HCL OneTest™ API:

Create a plug-in, which is a Java™ code wrapper that allows the plug-in to be loaded into HCL OneTest™ API. Using the Eclipse IDE for Java™ EE is the easiest way to create a plug-in, but you can also create a plug-in from a different IDE.
Develop your function class, which involves creating a Java™ class and implementing the function behavior. If you have an existing function and want to modify it to work with HCL OneTest™ API, you must convert existing function classes with Eclipse.
Create a function extension point to provide HCL OneTest™ API with details about your function, such as its name and the class that implements the function.
Configure and use the function in HCL OneTest™ API, which lets HCL OneTest™ API load your function to be used inside your HCL OneTest™ API project.