Testing Policies With The Policy Simulator; Accessing The Policy Simulator; Outline View - Novell POLICY IN DESIGNER 3.5 - 09-18-2009 Manual

Testing Policies with the Policy
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Simulator
The Policy Simulator allows you to test and debug a single policy or a group of policies contained in
a policy set without implementing the policy in the Identity Vault. It also provides a graphical editor
to create XDS Input documents. With these features, you can test the policies without affecting the
production environment or the connected system.
For more information about common tasks with the Policy Simulator, see the following sections:
Section 9.1, "Accessing the Policy Simulator," on page 145
Section 9.2, "Creating an XDS Input Document," on page 146
Section 9.3, "Using the Operation Data Editor," on page 154
Section 9.4, "Using the Hex Editor," on page 155
Section 9.5, "Simulating a Policy," on page 163
Section 9.6, "Simulating Policies with Java Extensions," on page 168
The Policy Simulator uses XML. The eDirectory
the schema of the XML documents that the Metadirectory engine can process. XML documents that
do not conform to this schema generate errors. To verify whether the document conforms to the
and to find information about why errors are occurring, see the
nds.dtd
Manager 3.6 DTD Reference.
If the policy uses a mapping table object or ECMAScript object, the Policy Simulator tests these
objects when the policy is tested. It also allows you to test included policies and referenced GCVs.
The Policy Simulator cannot simulate the initial policy sets from application drivers such as SOAP
and Delimited text. These drivers use comma-separated files or text files as input, and the XML or
XDS is derived from policies in the policy chain. Currently, the Policy Simulator only accepts valid
XML or XDS as input. Additional functionality is being considered for future releases.

9.1 Accessing the Policy Simulator

The Policy Simulator can be accessed in three different ways:
"Outline View" on page 145
"Policy Flow View" on page 146
"Editors" on page 146

9.1.1 Outline View

1 Click the Show Model Outline icon
2 Right-click the driver, publisher, subscriber, mapping rule, filter, or any policy you want to
simulate, then select Simulate
document type definition file (
TM
.
.
nds.dtd
"NDS DTD" in the

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Identity
145