I have a conditional controller sitting in my email that someone sent to me - I have
not had
time since 1.9 was released to look at it. Any committers want to volunteer to bring
this new
controller into the fold?
-Mike
On 4 Sep 2003 at 11:52, BAZLEY, Sebastian wrote:
> May I suggest an additional approach?
>
> Create a Switch Controller to select a particular "child" sampler on the
> basis of a numeric control value. [Should be easy enough to use the
> Interleave or Random controller as the basis for this.]
>
> With one child the Controller would function as an IF statement; with two,
> it would be equivalent to IF/ELSE.
>
> There would need to be some way to pick up the value of the last assertion
> for the thread (perhaps assertions could be extended to store their result
> in a specified thread variable?). And TRUE/FALSE would need to be
> interpreted as 1 and 2 (or perhaps 0 and 1).
>
> Your specific test could then be implemented as:
>
> - HTTP sampler
> - Assertion (saved in ${assert_1})
> - Conditional controller on ${assert_1}
> - - Simple Controller (if True)
> - - - Sample etc
> - - Simple Controller (if False) - optional
>
> This would not be as convenient to use for some test scenarios, but it
> should be reasonably easy to implement.
>
> Just a thought.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Innes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 04 September 2003 10:26
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Conditional Controller
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Case for extending JMeter:
> I have need for conditional control logic. I am writing load test plans
> for www.assertahome.com property searching. If the name of a town is
> entered, if it is an exact match for one in the database, the property
> search will be executed immediately. In the event the town name matches
> multiple locations, a town selection screen will be presented. I need to
> be able to trap the case where the selection screen is presented and
> generate an additional request to specify the town. I have scanned the
> archive and have found a couple of requests for something similar,
> generally replied to with a "don't think one exists".
>
> Proposed Extension:
> Create a logic controller that may contain samplers (ordered) and
> assertions (in scope, but order unimportant). The samplers are executed
> in order, with the assertions checked after each execution. The
> controller returns as soon as the first assertion fails. I am unsure as
> to how sub-controllers would be best handled. Should the assertions be
> checked after the completion of the controller or after the exectuion of
> each sampler (if this is possible)?
>
> I would appreciate a sanity check of the approach, as this is my first
> attempt to extend JMeter.
>
> Many thanks,
> Matt Innes.
>
> Matt Innes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]),
> Technology Team,
> asserta home
>
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