Adding custom actions to requests

package customproc;

import com.ibm.rational.test.lt.kernel.services.ITestExecutionServices;
import com.ibm.rational.test.lt.execution.http.external.IHTTPRequestPreProcessor;
import com.ibm.rational.test.lt.execution.http.external.IHTTPRequestInterface;

/**
 * @author Sample Provider
 */
public class mypreproc implements com.ibm.rational.test.lt.execution.http.external.IHTTPRequestPreProcessor {

	/**
	 * Instances of this will be created using the no-arg constructor.
	 */
	public mypreproc() {
	}

	/**
	 * For javadoc select 'Help Contents' in the
	 * Help menu and select 'Extending HCL OneTest Performance functionality' -> 'Extending test execution with custom code'
	 */
	public void exec(ITestExecutionServices tes,
			com.ibm.rational.test.lt.execution.http.external.IHTTPRequestInterface arg) {
		// IHTTPRequestInterface allows users to interact with the HTTP request before the request is sent. 
		// This is the last thing to happen before the request is sent to the server
		// Users also have the full capability of the tes methods that can be used in custom code.  You can store values in 
		// user data area to retrieve at a later time, logging, and many other things
		
		// User can retrieve and manipulate header values
		arg.getHeader("Content-Type");  // users can get a header value
		arg.setHeader("sessionId", "123");  // users can add a header or change a header value by calling setHeader

		// User can retrieve and manipulate POST/PATCH/PUT content
		arg.getContent(1);  // This is used to retrieve the POST/PATCH/PUT data associated with a request.  
		// In the case of multi-part mime there can be more than one "chunk".  Specify the number of the chunk of data you would like
		
		arg.setContent(1, "This is the content I really wanted"); // user can override what is in the POST data chunk with anything they would like

		// User can get and set the URI
		arg.getURI(); // retrieve the current URI
		arg.setURI("/myURIIsGreat/go");
		
		return;
	}

}

package customproc;

import java.util.List;

import com.ibm.rational.test.lt.execution.http.external.HTTPHeaderData;
import com.ibm.rational.test.lt.kernel.services.ITestExecutionServices;

/**
 * @author Sample Provider
 */
public class mypostproc implements com.ibm.rational.test.lt.execution.http.external.IHTTPRequestPostProcessor {

	/**
	 * Instances of this will be created using the no-arg constructor.
	 */
	public mypostproc() {
	}

	/**
	 * For javadoc select 'Help Contents' in the
	 * Help menu and select 'Extending HCL OneTest Performance functionality' -> 'Extending test execution with custom code'
	 */
	public void exec(ITestExecutionServices tes,
			com.ibm.rational.test.lt.execution.http.external.IHTTPResponseInterface arg) {
		// Users can retrieve information from the response directly without having to create references
		
		List<? extends HTTPHeaderData> hdrs = arg.getHeaders(); // this returns the entire list of headers
		for (HTTPHeaderData hdr: hdrs){
			if (hdr.name.equals("MyHeader")) {
				// do some processing. // maybe store value in a variable to use later
				tes.setValue("MyVar", ITestExecutionServices.STORAGE_USER, hdr.value);
				break;
			}
		}
		// the alternative to above is to instead just call directory with the header name you want
		arg.getResponseHeader("MyHeader");
		
		// you can get the response content and perform some kind of data extraction on it
		arg.getResponseContent();
		
		// you can evaluate the return code and do what you want with it. Maybe make a custom counter and report it
		arg.getReturnCode();
		
		return;
	}

}