Thank you Thad.
A combination of the Regular Expression Extractor, the If Controller and the Test
Action Sampler allows me to do exactly as I wanted.
Note to searchers of the mailing list: download a nightly build to get this Test
Action Sampler
Cheers,
Andrew
----- Original Message -----
From: Thad Smith
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 13:50:14 -0700 (PDT)
To: JMeter Users List
Subject: Re: Is it possible to Terminate JMeter based on results of response \
assertion?
> Andrew,
>
> I included some information about this in a previous
> note today, but you can use the Test Action sampler to
> terminate JMeter. Place it in an If Controller and set
> the condition of the If Controller to test if your
> condition is true. Set the Test Action to Stop and it
> should do the trick for you.
>
> Regards,
>
> Thad Smith
>
> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I've been using JMeter with reasonable success for
> > the last few months. I now need some more fine
> > grained control of how to terminate JMeter.
> >
> > The functionality of "Action to be taken after a
> > Sampler error" is not good enough for me. Here's my
> > situation:
> >
> > Responses from the web service that I'm testing
> > could
> > be:
> >
> > HTTP response 500: Internal Server Error
> > HTTP response 401: Unauthorized
> > HTTP response 302: Moved temporarily
> >
> > when it is response 302, the server is returning a
> > URL to
> > redirect to. I want to be able to parse the URL.
> >
> > If the condition that I'm looking for in the URL is
> > met,
> > then I want to stop the thread.
> >
> > I am already using "Response Assertion" to parse the
> > URL.
> >
> > If I use the "Result Status Action Handler" with
> > "Stop Thread", my thread is terminated when my
> > parsed
> > condition is met OR if I get an HTTP error response
> > code (e.g. 401)
> >
> > I want to be able to stop the thread ONLY IF my
> > parsed condition is met.
> >
> > I guess this would require a distinction between
> > Result Errors and Parsing Conditions.
> >
> > Can this be done now with some other components? If
> > not, is implementation for this planned soon?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Andrew
> >
> >
> > BTW JMeter 2.0.0 is much more memory stable than
> > 1.9.1. THANK YOU!
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Sebastian Bazley"
> > Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 23:28:43 -0000
> > To: "JMeter Users List"
> > Subject: Re: Is it possible to Terminate JMeter
> > based on results of response \ assertion?
> >
> > > I've added Post Processor to CVS which can be used
> > to stop a thread or the test if \
> > > a sample failed.
> > > Sample usage:
> > >
> > > Loop Controller
> > > Sampler
> > > Assertion
> > > Response Action Error Handler
> > >
> > > Hope this helps.
> > >
> >
> > > S.
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > > From: "Sebastian Bazley"
> > > To: "JMeter Users List"
> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 1:41 AM
> > > Subject: Re: Is it possible to Terminate JMeter
> > based on results of response \ assertion?
> > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 12:40 AM
> > > > Subject: Is it possible to Terminate JMeter
> > based on results of response \ assertion?
> > > >
> >
> > > > > I am using JMeter to send a request to a web
> > service.
> > > > > The web service will respond negatively for
> > many iterations and then could
> > > > > either respond positively once and then
> > respond with an alternative negative
> > > > > response, or simply respond with an alternate
> > negative response
> > > > >
> >
> > > > > What I'd like to do is to terminate sending
> > requests after either the positive
> > > > > or the alternate negative response has been
> > received.
> > > > >
> > > > > Is this possible? If so, how would it be done?
> > > >
> >
> > > > The following suggestions relate to builds after
> > 1.9.1, so you would need to
> > > > download one of the nightly builds.
> >
> > > > The Thread Group now has a set of options for
> > action to be taken on Sampler
> > > > Error. You could set the action to Stop Thread
> > or Stop Test, and then add the
> > > > appropriate Assertions to cause the Sample to
> > fail where required. This assumes that the web
> > service encodes the positive/negative reponse in the
> > data, rather
> > > > than in the HTTP response code - i.e. the Sample
> > responses must be successful;
> > > > you can then use the Assertion to set the sample
> > as failed.
> > > > [The plan was to extend the Stop on Error
> > options to allow more fine-grained
> > > > control, but this has not yet been implemented.]
> >
> > > > However, if you are prepared to code a short
> > Java script, what you ask should be
> > > > possible using the latest CVS build - provided
> > that
> > > > you get one with BeanShell support compiled in
> > (the build log will tell you if
> > > > so). You would also need to download the
> > beanshell jar from www.beanshell.org as
> > > > this is not distributed with JMeter.
> >
> > > > The BeanShell Response Assertion allows you
> > access to all the response fields and
> > > > methods, including stopThread() and stopTest().
> > > > The response fields are accessible as the
> > following variables (Strings):
> > > > ResponseData - this is of type byte []
> > > > ResponseCode
> > > > ResponseMessage
> > > > ResponseHeaders
> > > >
> >
> > > > So you could code something like:
> > >
> > >
> > > > if (ResponseCode.equals("123")) {
> > > > Response.setStopThread(true);
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > The nature of the web service is such that there
> > will be an unknown number of
> > > > > initial negative iterations.
> > > >
> > > > Such is life!
> > > >
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