src/functions/org/apache/jmeter/functions/Variable.java

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package org.apache.jmeter.functions;


import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.jmeter.engine.util.CompoundVariable;
import org.apache.jmeter.samplers.SampleResult;
import org.apache.jmeter.samplers.Sampler;
import org.apache.jmeter.util.JMeterUtils;

/**
 * Function to get a JMeter Variable
 *
 * Parameters:
 * - variable name
 *
 * Returns:
 * - the variable value, but if not found
 * - the variable name itself
 * @since 2.3RC3
 */
public class Variable extends AbstractFunction {

    private static final List<String> desc = new LinkedList<>();

    private static final String KEY = "__V"; //$NON-NLS-1$

    // Number of parameters expected - used to reject invalid calls
    private static final int MIN_PARAMETER_COUNT = 1;
    private static final int MAX_PARAMETER_COUNT = 1;

    static {
        desc.add(JMeterUtils.getResString("variable_name_param")); //$NON-NLS-1$
    }

    private Object[] values;

    public Variable() {
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override
    public String execute(SampleResult previousResult, Sampler currentSampler)
            throws InvalidVariableException {
        String variableName = ((CompoundVariable) values[0]).execute();
        String variableValue = getVariables().get(variableName);
        return variableValue == null? variableName : variableValue;

    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override
    public void setParameters(Collection<CompoundVariable> parameters) throws InvalidVariableException {
        checkParameterCount(parameters, MIN_PARAMETER_COUNT, MAX_PARAMETER_COUNT);
        values = parameters.toArray();
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override
    public String getReferenceKey() {
        return KEY;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override
    public List<String> getArgumentDesc() {
        return desc;
    }

}