Method and apparatus for testing simple object access protocol servers

The present invention comprises, in one aspect, a method for testing a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) server. According to one feature of the invention, a configuration file for testing is automatically formulated. A software application program tests the SOAP server based on the data in the configuration file. The SOAP server is thus tested repeatedly according to an automatic scheduling for the testing. In other aspects, the invention encompasses a computer apparatus, a computer readable medium, and a carrier wave configured to carry out the foregoing steps.