Hello,
I think there is a need in JMeter since we're not a DSL based tool, to
provide an overview of the test for documentation purpose.
It would also help a lot on issue reporting for example
Currently, I think the only available option is to use schematic.sh which
is:
- outdated
- very limited
- not friendly to use, you need to copy the test plan in extras folder
to make it work
As the expected overview might depend a lot on what somebody wants to see,
what do you think of this as a first step:
- Create in new Tools menu Item (where we would move Curl, Export
Transactions for Report, Create Heap/Thread dump) an entry "Export as
schematic overview"
- The feature would :
- open A dialog with Option path to enter Exporter
- I see at least 2 ways to implement exporter:
- XSL with schematic way:
- + : Not much work
- - : XSL is not very readable nor friendly
- - : JMeter has no contract on XML
- Add an interface, JMeter would discover implementation and propose it:
- We would use the Visitor pattern
- + : Very flexible
- + : Easier to maintain, we rely on Java Contract
- - : More work for user
- Note we can implement XSL Exporter as first step
- In the long term, maybe we could be proposing an exporter to YAML or
JSON
Exporter would look have:
export(File pathToJMeterFile, HashTree testPlan, Writer writer);
Interface for exporter to be implemented:
interface NodeExporter {
String exportElement(int level, TestElement element, HashTree testPlan);
}
Any thoughts ?
Regards
Philippe
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