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Enable Java property value/Test Plan variable coincidence

           Summary: Enable Java property value/Test Plan variable
                    coincidence
           Product: JMeter
           Version: 1.9.1
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: Other
         Component: Main
        AssignedTo: jmeter-dev@jakarta.apache.org
        ReportedBy: saslmp@wnt.sas.com


I would like a single Test Plan that contains variable references to be 
versatile enough to be used either with Java properties passed in from 
the command line, or in GUI mode with parameter values provided in the 
'Test Plan' panel.

This isn't currently possible because to utilize passed-in Java property 
values, a variable in the Test Plan must be expressed like :

  ${__property(VARIABLENAME)}

but to supply values in GUI mode from the 'Test Plan' panel, that same 
variable reference must take the form :

  ${VARIABLENAME}

To answer this need, would you please consider making compilation of the 
Test Plan a two-step process such that command line values get evaluated 
*before* the Test Plan gets compiled?  Then the Test Plan compilation 
could utilize the computed values via the following scheme :

The Test Plan panel contains, e.g. :

  Name    |  Value                  
  --------|---------------------------
  server  |  ${__property(server)}

and in the Test Plan itself, references to this value look like :

  ${server}

and the invocation command line would then contain :

  -Dserver=servername.xxx.yyy.com

Another (better?) solution would be to simply make any passed in Java 
property value automatically into a variable.

This feature could be worked on in conjunction with :
  Bugzilla Bug 25207  ${variable} expansion doesn't work for listener filenames

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