AJAX support

Rational Functional Tester supports testing AJAX-based web applications.

You can test AJAX-based applications in two different ways; by setting the Auto Trace option to true or by setting the Auto Trace option to false.

Rational Functional Tester APIs for testing AJAX-based applications

The following APIs can be used in functional test scripts for testing AJAX-based applications. These APIs must be invoked on the HTML.Document test objects.

Method	Description	Example
SetAjaxTrace(boolean)	To trace the AJAX requests on the Document control	`document_htmlDocument().setAjaxTrace(true);`
GetAjaxPendingRequests ()	Returns the number of AJAX pending requests at any given point of time since the first AjaxTraceOn.	`document_htmlDocument().getAjaxPendingRequests();`
WaitForAjaxPendingRequests (int)	To wait for the specified number of AJAX requests to be completed. Waits indefinitely till pending requests becomes zero, if the argument is not specified.	`document_htmlDocument().waitForAjaxPendingRequests(2);`
GetAjaxCompletedRequests ()	Returns the number of AJAX requests completed at any given point of time since the first AjaxTraceOn..	`document_htmlDocument().getAjaxCompletedRequests();`
WaitForAjaxCompletedRequests (int)	To wait for the specified number of Ajax requests to be completed.	`document_htmlDocument().waitForAjaxCompletedRequests(4);`

Note: For more information on these APIs, see the API Reference topics.

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