Link testing

Question

What is link testing in SOA testing. As some of the information i found spoke about link testing.

Answer 1

I've not encountered the term before - nor it appears has Google in the context of SAO :-)

However, I would guess that it's the SOA equivalent of Integration Testing. A distiction being that when integrating with other people's services you do not necessarily work so close with the providers as might be usual for integration tetsting. You may in fact never meet, or even talk to, the service provider - just link to their services. This clearly presents some interesting problem determination challenges.

Answer 2

Link Testing would be the initial testing that starts at the design stage where we create the testcases. The Goal is to test each and every link that forms part of the desgin once the initial code is developed