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BeanShell Listener

Configure the JMeter BeanShell Listener listeners: properties, defaults, and practical usage notes for building reliable load tests.

Difficulty
intermediate
Guide type
reference
Estimated read time
2 min read
Last verified version
Verified JMeter 5.6

Part of the Listeners category. Also documented in context in the full Component Reference.

BeanShell Listener

The BeanShell Listener allows the use of BeanShell for processing samples for saving etc.

For full details on using BeanShell, please see the BeanShell website.

The test element supports the ThreadListener and TestListener methods. These should be defined in the initialisation file. See the file BeanShellListeners.bshrc for example definitions.

NameRequiredDescription
NameNoDescriptive name for this element that is shown in the tree. The name is stored in the script variable Label
Reset bsh.Interpreter before each callYesIf this option is selected, then the interpreter will be recreated for each sample. This may be necessary for some long running scripts. For further information, see Best Practices - BeanShell scripting.
ParametersNoParameters to pass to the BeanShell script. The parameters are stored in the following variables: Parameters : string containing the parameters as a single variable bsh.args : String array containing parameters, split on white-space
Script fileNoA file containing the BeanShell script to run. The file name is stored in the script variable FileName
ScriptYes (unless script file is provided)The BeanShell script to run. The return value is ignored.

Before invoking the script, some variables are set up in the BeanShell interpreter:

  • log - (Logger) - can be used to write to the log file
  • ctx - (JMeterContext) - gives access to the context
  • vars - (JMeterVariables) - gives read/write access to variables: vars.get(key); vars.put(key,val); vars.putObject("OBJ1",new Object());
  • props - (JMeterProperties - class java.util.Properties) - e.g. props.get("START.HMS"); props.put("PROP1","1234");
  • sampleResult, prev - (SampleResult) - gives access to the previous SampleResult
  • sampleEvent (SampleEvent) gives access to the current sample event

For details of all the methods available on each of the above variables, please check the Javadoc

If the property beanshell.listener.init is defined, this is used to load an initialisation file, which can be used to define methods etc. for use in the BeanShell script.

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