On 26/10/2008, Anthony Chadszinow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have set up tests to test an application all in one test plan. The plan > is to run, lets say as 10 threads and all threads are performing the same > set of actions. Those actions take about 8 minutes per thread. What I have > noticed about the application being tested is there is an independent frame > which refreshes every 2 minutes. It doesn't matter what else goes on in the > main application, that frame still refreshes every 2 minutes. The > independent frame performs some mundane actions as well during the refresh > which need to be replicated. Replication sounds simple enough. I figured > if I'm going to have 10 threads running in the main thread group then I can > run another 10 threads in another thread group doing the mundane independent > frame requests.
What is a frame? Are you referring to an HTML frame which is perhaps refreshed by some Javascript every 2 minutes? If so, then surely you can just add the relevant requests to the existing thread at the appropriate points; this will avoid having to communicate between threads. > The problem is the two frames are related by one thing and that is the > authentication clearance stored in a cookie of the main thread group. That > cookies contents would need to be shared with its partner thread so it can > make the requests properly. I don't know how to do this or even if it's > possible. I can't make the second partner thread group just log itself in > because that would be double the login requests I'm really meant to be > performing. This has been discussed before. JMeter variables are private to threads, but properties are global. Or you could create a file. I assume each thread has a different cookie; in which case you will need to store the values in a set of properties/files, e.g. using the threadNum function to provide the thread number. > The other problem is I was considering running those mundane requests in an > infinite loop which should stop just before the partner test does the log > out action. How can I communicate between partner threads so at a certain > point in thread 'A' it tells its partner thread to terminate its loop. Again, this could be done with a (numbered) property, and an If Controller with a Test Action child to stop the thread. > Any help would be appreciated. If it's not entirely possible then let me > know how far I can take it & I'll decide if it's acceptable for this > project. I suggest you try out the control logic using some dummy Java Request samplers. Instead of a cookie, the samplers could return a string containing the thread number, and you can check that this is passed to the partner thread OK. > Cheers, > Anthony > > -- > Anthony Chadszinow > MySource Classic Lead Developer > > Squiz > 92 Jarrett St Leichhardt, Sydney NSW, Australia 2040 t: 13000 SQUIZ ( > Support ) > t: 8507 9900 / 1300 130 661 > f: 8507 9988 > w: www.matrix.squiz.net > w: www.squiz.net > > Sydney | Melbourne | Canberra | Hobart | Wellington | London > Open Source - Own it - Squiz.net > ---------------------------------------------------- > > IMPORTANT:This email (and any attachments) is commercial-in-confidence and > or may be legally privileged and must not be forwarded, copied or shared > without express permission from Squiz. If you are not the intended > recipient, you may not legally copy, disclose or use the contents in any > way > and you should contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately and destroy this message > and any > attachments. Thank you. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
