1 // $Header: /home/cvs/jakarta-jmeter/src/core/org/apache/jmeter/control/ReplaceableController.java,v 1.4 2004/02/14 03:34:29 sebb Exp $ 2 /* 3 * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation. 4 * 5 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 6 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 7 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 8 * 9 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 10 * 11 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 12 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 13 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 14 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 15 * limitations under the License. 16 * 17 */ 18 19 package org.apache.jmeter.control; 20 21 import org.apache.jmeter.testelement.TestElement; 22 import org.apache.jorphan.collections.HashTree; 23 24 25 /** 26 * This interface represents a controller that gets replaced 27 * during the compilation phase of test execution in an arbitrary 28 * way. 29 * 30 * @see org.apache.jmeter.gui.action.AbstractAction 31 * 32 * @author Thad Smith 33 * @version $Revision: 1.4 $ 34 */ 35 public interface ReplaceableController 36 { 37 /** 38 * Returns the TestElement that should replace the current 39 * ReplaceableCoroller. 40 * 41 * @return TestElement 42 * @see org.apache.jmeter.testelement.TestElement 43 */ 44 public TestElement getReplacement(); 45 46 /** 47 * Used to replace the test execution tree (usually by adding the 48 * subelements of the TestElement that is replacing the 49 * ReplaceableController. 50 * 51 * @param tree - The current HashTree to be executed. 52 * @see org.apache.jorphan.collections.HashTree 53 * @see org.apache.jmeter.gui.action.AbstractAction#convertSubTree 54 */ 55 public void replace(HashTree tree); 56 } 57