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JMeter example source code file (Function.java)

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Java - JMeter tags/keywords

function, function, invalidvariableexception, invalidvariableexception, list, sampler, sampler, string, string, util

The JMeter Function.java source code

/*
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
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 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
 * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
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package org.apache.jmeter.functions;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.jmeter.engine.util.CompoundVariable;
import org.apache.jmeter.samplers.SampleResult;
import org.apache.jmeter.samplers.Sampler;

/**
 * Methods that a function must implement
 */
public interface Function {
    /**
     * 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.
     */
    public String execute(SampleResult previousResult, Sampler currentSampler) 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.)
     *
     * @param parameters
     * @throws InvalidVariableException
     */
    public void setParameters(Collection<CompoundVariable> parameters) throws InvalidVariableException;

    /**
     * Return the name of your function. Convention is to prepend "__" to the
     * name (ie "__regexFunction")
     */
    public String getReferenceKey();

    /**
     * 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.
     */
    public List<String> getArgumentDesc();
}

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