1.9 RC1 user paramter handling with StringFromFile

["BAZLEY, Sebastian" <Se...@london.sema.slb.com>]

Unlike most (all ?) the other functions, StringFromFile (SFF) can return an
empty string.

This is handled OK when SFF is called directly by a sampler.

However if SFF is invoked via the User Parameter screen, a blank line in a
file results in ${varname} being returned as ${varname} rather than an empty
string.

... not a very serious bug.

This was tested with the 1.9 RC1 code

BTW, I have been unable to test it with the latest CVS code as User
Parameters don't seem to resolve any functions at present ...

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Re: 1.9 RC1 user paramter handling with StringFromFile

[ms...@apache.org]

I've fixed both these issues.  However, I did have to make a change to 
JMeterVariables to let it return null values for non-existing variables (previously 
it was returning blank strings if the variable didn't exist, which was causing a 
problem).  This means that there might be code somewhere that is not 
expecting a null value that breaks.  I looked and didn't find any, and the unit 
tests all pass, but one never knows.

Hopefully, if there are any problems, a clever user will find it before the real 
release.

-Mike

On 19 May 2003 at 17:05, BAZLEY, Sebastian wrote:

> Unlike most (all ?) the other functions, StringFromFile (SFF) can return an
> empty string.
> 
> This is handled OK when SFF is called directly by a sampler.
> 
> However if SFF is invoked via the User Parameter screen, a blank line in a
> file results in ${varname} being returned as ${varname} rather than an empty
> string.
> 
> ... not a very serious bug.
> 
> This was tested with the 1.9 RC1 code
> 
> BTW, I have been unable to test it with the latest CVS code as User
> Parameters don't seem to resolve any functions at present ...
> 
> -- 
> The opinions expressed herein are my own, and are not necessarily 
endorsed
> by my employer ...
> 
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