Interface Function

All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractFunction, BeanShell, CharFunction, CompoundVariable, CSVRead, EscapeHtml, EscapeOroRegexpChars, EvalFunction, EvalVarFunction, FileToString, IntSum, IterationCounter, JavaScript, Jexl2Function, JexlFunction, LogFunction, LogFunction2, LongSum, MachineIP, MachineName, Property, Property2, Random, RandomString, RegexFunction, SamplerName, SetProperty, SplitFunction, StringFromFile, TestPlanName, ThreadNumber, TimeFunction, UnEscape, UnEscapeHtml, UrlDecode, UrlEncode, Uuid, Variable, XPath
public interface Function
Methods that a function must implement

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    String
    execute(SampleResult previousResult, Sampler currentSampler)
    Given the previous SampleResult and the current Sampler, return a string to use as a replacement value for the function call.
    List<String>
    getArgumentDesc()
    Return a list of strings briefly describing each parameter your function takes.
    String
    getReferenceKey()
    Return the name of your function.
    void
    setParameters(Collection<CompoundVariable> parameters)
    A collection of the parameters used to configure your function.

  • Method Details

    • execute

      String execute(SampleResult previousResult, Sampler currentSampler) throws InvalidVariableException
      Given the previous SampleResult and the current Sampler, return a string to use as a replacement value for the function call. Assume "setParameter" was previously called. This method must be threadsafe - multiple threads will be using the same object.
      Parameters:
      previousResult - The previous SampleResult
      currentSampler - The current Sampler
      Returns:
      The replacement value, which was generated by the function
      Throws:
      InvalidVariableException - - when the variables for the function call can't be evaluated

    • setParameters

      void setParameters(Collection<CompoundVariable> parameters) throws InvalidVariableException
      A collection of the parameters used to configure your function. Each parameter is a CompoundVariable and can be resolved by calling the execute() method of the CompoundVariable (which should be done at execution.)
      Parameters:
      parameters - The parameters for the function call
      Throws:
      InvalidVariableException - - when the variables for the function call can't be evaluated

    • getReferenceKey

      String getReferenceKey()
      Return the name of your function. Convention is to prepend "__" to the name (ie "__regexFunction")
      Returns:
      The name of the funtion

    • getArgumentDesc

      List<String> getArgumentDesc()
      Return a list of strings briefly describing each parameter your function takes. Please use JMeterUtils.getResString(resource_name) to grab a resource string. Otherwise, your help text will be difficult to internationalize. This list is not optional. If you don't wish to write help, you must at least return a List containing the correct number of blank strings, one for each argument.
      Returns:
      List with brief descriptions for each parameter the function takes