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From: "_ext van Leeuwen, Paul" <paul.vanleeuwen.ext@wincor-nixdorf.com>
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Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:05:55 +0200
Subject: RE: embedding JMeter / calling JMeter from other Java code
Thread-Topic: embedding JMeter / calling JMeter from other Java code
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Apparently I am not the only person who sees the benefit of a more programm=
atic interface: I found that some other guy from some other company already=
 created a feature request some time ago: https://issues.apache.org/bugzill=
a/show_bug.cgi?id=3D50034

I guess now I can only wait. If you read this thread and also want a more p=
rogrammer-friendly JMeter API, then please consider leaving a comment on th=
e issue above to make yourself heard.

With regards to the suggestions made on this email-thread:

@apc : it seems to me that your logic is from the point of view of JMeter. =
I am looking at other frameworks: like when running a large regression test=
 set on the machine of every developer and some continues integration serve=
r (like Hudson). Some of these tests might use JMeter while others do not. =
In such case you just want to be able to add JMeter as a dependency on your=
 project (having e.g. maven managing the details) and do something like:
JMeter jmeter =3D new JMeter();
TestResult result =3D jmeter.run(outputStreamWithMyJMXFile);
assertTrue(result.isSuccessfull());
Another example is when defining a broader set of automated tests in FitNes=
se. Trying to write fixtures that call JMeter is currently quite a pain.

@brian : you seem to understand what I mean and what I am trying to do. Ind=
eed there are solutions existing to call JMeter in a programmatic way: the =
ant plugin you refer to assumes JMeter to be installed in a specific locati=
on. There is also a maven plugin that has a lot of boilerplate code to init=
ialize JMeter. Both are a bit hacky and unstable on the long term: with new=
er versions they may break. That is exactly why I would hope that JMeter ha=
s a native API for its core (which could then be worked on from the GUI or =
from other Java code. I am not sure whether the JMeter developers would con=
sider such.

@deepak : sure I could decompile the JMeter plugin I was referring to and m=
ove to a JMeter alternative that is more programmers friendly (like HttpUni=
t), but how would JMeter benefit from that? Also I still find JMeter the be=
st tool for our needs: from time to time we will have to record new test ac=
tions and the JMeter GUI is quite helpful there. Also JMeter is a tool that=
 is already known to the less-technical people in the department, so I'd ra=
ther not switch. For a response to the second half of your message: please =
see my response to apc above.

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