Constructor Detail

• TestBeanGUI

  TestBeanGUI()

• TestBeanGUI

  TestBeanGUI(Class<out Object> testBeanClass)

Method Detail

• getStaticLabel

   String getStaticLabel()

  Get the component's label. This label is used in drop down lists that give the user the option of choosing one type of component in a list of many. It should therefore be a descriptive name for the end user to see. It must be unique to the class. It is also used by Help to find the appropriate location in the documentation. Normally getLabelResource() should be overridden instead of this method; the definition of this method in AbstractJMeterGuiComponent is intended for general use.

• createTestElement

   TestElement createTestElement()

  JMeter test components are separated into a model and a GUI representation. The model holds the data and the GUI displays it. The GUI class is responsible for knowing how to create and initialize with data the model class that it knows how to display, and this method is called when new test elements are created.

  Since 5.6.3, the default implementation is as follows, and subclasses should override #makeTestElement()

  public TestElement createTestElement() {
      TestElement element = makeTestElement();
      assignDefaultValues(element);
      return el;
  }
  

  Before 5.6.3 the canonical implementation was as follows, however, it is recommended to avoid overriding #createTestElement() and override #makeTestElement() instead.

  public TestElement createTestElement() {
      TestElementXYZ el = new TestElementXYZ();
      modifyTestElement(el);
      return el;
  }
  

• modifyTestElement

   void modifyTestElement(TestElement element)

  GUI components are responsible for populating TestElements they create with the data currently held in the GUI components. This method should overwrite whatever data is currently in the TestElement as it is called after a user has filled out the form elements in the gui with new information.

  If you override , you might want using AbstractJMeterGuiComponent#bindingGroup instead of overriding modifyTestElement}.

  The canonical implementation looks like this:

  @Override
  public void modifyTestElement(TestElement element) {
      super.modifyTestElement(element); // clear the element and assign basic fields like name, gui class, test class
      // Using the element setters (preferred):
      // If the field is empty, you probably want to remove the property instead of storing an empty string
      // See Streamline binding of UI elements to TestElement properties
      // for more details
      TestElementXYZ xyz = (TestElementXYZ) element;
      xyz.setState(StringUtils.defaultIfEmpty(guiState.getText(), null));
      xyz.setCode(StringUtils.defaultIfEmpty(guiCode.getText(), null));
      ... other GUI fields ...
      // or directly (do not use unless there is no setter for the field):
      element.setProperty(TestElementXYZ.STATE, StringUtils.defaultIfEmpty(guiState.getText(), null))
      element.setProperty(TestElementXYZ.CODE, StringUtils.defaultIfEmpty(guiCode.getText(), null))
      ... other GUI fields ...
  }
  

• createPopupMenu

   JPopupMenu createPopupMenu()

  When a user right-clicks on the component in the test tree, or selects the edit menu when the component is selected, the component will be asked to return a JPopupMenu that provides all the options available to the user from this component.

• configure

   void configure(TestElement element)

  A newly created gui component can be initialized with the contents of a Test Element object by calling this method. The component is responsible for querying the Test Element object for the relevant information to display in its GUI.

  AbstractJMeterGuiComponent provides a partial implementation of this method, setting the name of the component and its enabled status. Subclasses should override this method, performing their own configuration as needed, but also calling this super-implementation.

• getMenuCategories

   Collection<String> getMenuCategories()

  This is the list of add menu categories this gui component will be available under. For instance, if this represents a Controller, then the MenuFactory.CONTROLLERS category should be in the returned collection. When a user right-clicks on a tree element and looks through the "add" menu, which category your GUI component shows up in is determined by which categories are returned by this method. Most GUI's belong to only one category, but it is possible for a component to exist in multiple categories.

• setupGuiClasses

   int setupGuiClasses()

  Setup GUI class

  Returns:

  number of matches

• getLabelResource

   String getLabelResource()

  Get the component's resource name, which getStaticLabel uses to derive the component's label in the local language. The resource name is fixed, and does not vary with the selected language.

  Normally this method should be overridden in preference to overriding getStaticLabel(). However where the resource name is not available or required, getStaticLabel() may be overridden instead.

• clearGui

   void clearGui()

  Provides a default implementation that resets the name field to the value of getStaticLabel(), reset comment and sets enabled to true. Your GUI may need more things cleared, in which case you should override, clear the extra fields, and still call super.clearGui().

• isHidden

   boolean isHidden()

• isExpert

   boolean isExpert()

• localeChanged

   void localeChanged(LocaleChangeEvent event)

  Handle Locale Change by reloading BeanInfo

  Parameters:

  event - LocaleChangeEvent

• getDocAnchor

   String getDocAnchor()

  Compute Anchor value to find reference in documentation for a particular component }

• toString

   String toString()