On 02/02/2010, David Levine <[email protected]> wrote: > It seems like there's no way to run assertions against JMeter variables. > So I'm thinking maybe I'd write a new sampler component called an "Echo > Sampler", that took one parameter which was the value to echo, and it just > echoed it back. The parameter of course could be any JMeter variable. That > way you could extract in one step, and then echo back and assert in the next > step. > > Is this a good idea, and would it be useful to others? >
That already exists - the Java Request/Test Sampler allows one to create samples with any content, fixed or variable. > > On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 1:33 PM, sebb <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 01/02/2010, Deepak Shetty <[email protected]> wrote: > > > BeanShell code would work. you could either write your assertions any way > > > you want or you might try > > > > > > a. Use XPath Extractor to extract the string to a JMeter variable > > > b. Write a BeanShell sampler which returns this variable as the > > response, > > > > Or use a Java Request/Java Test, which uses fewer resources. > > > > > c. Use the XPATH assertion as normal. for the above sampler > > > You would have an extra sample in your test results but if you can live > > with > > > it (And assuming it works, I havent tested) should be the simplest > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 12:50 PM, David Levine <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > I’ve got a situation where my WebService (SOAP) Request is returning a > > > > string which happens to be a nested XML document with its own schema. > > So > > > > it's an XML document nested inside the XML document returned by the > > SOAP > > > > call. Consequently, XPath can’t interpret the structure of the nested > > XML > > > > document, so I have to treat it as a string and for example use the > > XPath > > > > contains() function. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is there any way I can write an XPath Assertion against this nested > > XML > > > > document in such a way that it interprets the structure of the nested > > XML? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I thought about trying to do it in two steps that might be: > > > > > > > > Step 1: Use XPath Extractor to extract the string to a > > JMeter > > > > variable > > > > > > > > Step 2: Use XPath Assertion on the variable as opposed > > to > > > > sampler output > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But I don’t think there’s any way to do step #2. Is there any > > relatively > > > > simple way to do what I want to do? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My fallback is to use the XPath contains() function to do substring > > > > searching on the nested XML, but unfortunately since match() is not > > > > supported, this is very fragile. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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]
