Represents a collection of name/value pairs.
Namespace: Facilita.Fc.RuntimeAssembly: fc_clr (in fc_clr.dll) Version: 9.5.7.98
public interface IDataDictionary
public interface IDataDictionary
The DataDictionary class is the base of all eggPlant Performance
VirtualUserScript classes and the
IDataTable class.
A Data Dictionary is a collection of key/value pairs where
key is a keyword used to extract a value. Every
VirtualUser in a running test has a Data Dictionary.
Suppose a Data Dictionary contains a key
"counter" whose value is
22. To extract the value from the dictionary use the following code:
int count = GetInt("counter"); int count = GetInt("counter"); // count is now set to 22string count = GetString("counter"); string count = GetString("counter"); // count is now set to "22"
A Data Dictionary can be populated from a Data Dictionary File. This is a text file containing lines of text in the form
key=value.
For example:
host = 192.168.2.7
port = 1245
user = Jane Smith
password = myPassword
host = 192.168.2.7
port = 1245
user = Jane Smith
password = myPassword
eggPlant Performance Studio enables you to associate Data Dictionary files with a
test and multiple VU Groups. The key/value pairs in the files
are loaded into each VU's data dictionary when the test is initialized. Studio also allows you to add values using the Inline-Data form of
a test's Data properties. You may also add values within your script code using the
Add(IDataDictionary) or
Set T (String, T) methods described in this reference.
The methods and properties described in this reference can all be accessed directly from within the code of any script class as the base script class,
VirtualUserScript inherits IDataDictionary.