Patent ID: 8006140
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A test system for diagnosing errors in a web service, the test system comprising: a web service client application, wherein the web service client application is configured to modify a SOAP request to include a request for diagnostics by adding a diagnostic request to a header of the SOAP request, receive a request for a web service, send a modified Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) message requesting a first web service and configured to display a diagnostic SOAP response; an application server in communication with the web service client application, wherein the application server includes the first web service, the application server configured to receive the modified SOAP message, configured to log one or more actions associated with the modified SOAP message and write the logged actions into the diagnostic SOAP response, determine a type of diagnostics requested by reading a level of detail for logging, and configured to send the diagnostic SOAP response to the web service client application, wherein the web service client is further configured to based on the determined type of diagnostics requested, receive a diagnostic SOAP response from the application server, read diagnostic information from a header of the diagnostic SOAP response, and present the diagnostic information to a user.