Looks like it is time to publish or refine JMeter API for "advanced" users like M$ WEB stress tool does. All IDE has limitations and I wonder if Avalon can be used as generic component model like M$ COM.
Ilia --- Berin Loritsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Mike Stover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > I would consider such an implementation as a new > "protocol" > > for JMeter. Currently > > JMeter supports HTTP pretty well, also supports > JDBC and FTP > > less thoroughly. New > > "protocols" have recently been added, such as SOAP > and > > arbitrary Java objects. > > > > The value of being able to create Jython scripts > that are > > then executed within the > > framework of JMeter is obvious - but it's not a > replacement > > for the type of system I'm > > talking about. Not everyone who tests > applications is a > > programmer. I'd like JMeter to > > be usable by such people. Furthermore, why would > you want to > > write you're own regular > > expression routines and HTTP sampling routines if > you didn't > > have to? If a Jython > > protocol were implemented, allowing people to > write arbitrary > > Jython code to be > > "sampled", you'd have what you want, plus, you'd > have access > > to some built-in JMeter > > values. > > I agree with you to a point. Keeping in mind who > your user > is, we can provide the GUI that builds the script > under the > hood. Either that, or the tests are converted on > the fly to > the scripting language in question. > > Jython is one option, Scheme another (we all run > screaming), and > JavaScript is even another. > > The important thing is providing the bindings to the > languages > in question. Generative programming is the process > of creating > the script, or even java bytecode, as it is needed. > If a > programmer wants native access to the scripting > language, they > are welcome to it. Otherwise, the test > configuration gets > transformed into the script at runtime. > > One thing that would really be neat to try is the > JESS (Java > Expert System Shell). It is based on Scheme, but it > allows > you to create an intelligent expert system based on > the results > as they are sampled. It can be integrated quite > well. > > Since all developers have their pet languages, we > should devise a > component that takes care of the process of bindng > JMeter values > to the scripting engine. From that point on, it is > just a matter > of executing the script. > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
