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## org.apache.jmeter.functions
Interface Function

All Known Implementing Classes:
  AbstractFunction, BeanShell, CharFunction, CompoundVariable, CSVRead, EscapeHtml, EvalFunction, EvalVarFunction, FileToString, IntSum, IterationCounter, JavaScript, JexlFunction, LogFunction, LogFunction2, LongSum, MachineName, Property, Property2, Random, RegexFunction, SetProperty, SplitFunction, StringFromFile, ThreadNumber, TimeFunction, UnEscape, UnEscapeHtml, Variable, XPath

    public interface Function

Methods that a function must implement

Method Summary
`String` `execute(SampleResult previousResult, Sampler currentSampler)` Given the previous SampleResult and the current Sampler, return a string to use as a replacement value for the function call.
`List<String>` `getArgumentDesc()` Return a list of strings briefly describing each parameter your function takes.
`String` `getReferenceKey()` Return the name of your function.
`void` `setParameters(Collection<CompoundVariable> parameters)` A collection of the parameters used to configure your function.

Method Detail

### execute

    String execute(SampleResult previousResult,
                   Sampler currentSampler)
                   throws InvalidVariableException

  Given the previous SampleResult and the current Sampler, return a string to use as a replacement value for the function call. Assume "setParameter" was previously called. This method must be threadsafe - multiple threads will be using the same object.

  Throws:
    `InvalidVariableException`

### setParameters

    void setParameters(Collection<CompoundVariable> parameters)
                       throws InvalidVariableException

  A collection of the parameters used to configure your function. Each parameter is a CompoundVariable and can be resolved by calling the execute() method of the CompoundVariable (which should be done at execution.)

  Parameters:
    `parameters` -
  Throws:
    `InvalidVariableException`

### getReferenceKey

    String getReferenceKey()

  Return the name of your function. Convention is to prepend "__" to the name (ie "__regexFunction")

### getArgumentDesc

    List<String> getArgumentDesc()

  Return a list of strings briefly describing each parameter your function takes. Please use JMeterUtils.getResString(resource_name) to grab a resource string. Otherwise, your help text will be difficult to internationalize. This list is not optional. If you don't wish to write help, you must at least return a List containing the correct number of blank strings, one for each argument.

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