[Dev] Test script with concurrent threads

[Frank Cohen]

Here's the URL to an article on writing Jython scripts using Threads:
http://www.pushtotest.com/Docs/howto/jythonthreads.html

-Frank


On May 24, 2007, at 11:22 AM, Filipa Martins Soares Abrantes wrote:

> Thank you William for your response.
>
> I've executed without the parenthesis, like thread.start_new_thread 
> ( test.runTest, (i,)),  but now I'm getting the following error:
>
> Traceback (innermost last):
>
>   (no code object) at line 0
>
> TypeError: runTest() too many arguments; expected 1 got 2
>
>
>
> Any idea?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Filipa
>
> On 5/24/07, William Martínez Pomares <wmartinez at avanticatec.net>  
> wrote:
> Hi Filipa.
>
> Sorry for the late response. Since this is the third post without  
> answer, I thought I take a look althought I'm not a Python expert.
>
> I found something in the line "thread.start_new_thread( test.runTest 
> (), (i,))" but I'm not sure.
> As I understand from what I just read in internet, the  
> start_new_thread() method receives two parameters: a method and a  
> tuple with arguments to pass to the method.
>
> That means, the first parameter is the method you want to call.  
> But, you don't need to call it, you just need to pass the method.  
> In the line above, you are actually executing test.runTest() due to  
> the parenthesis!
> I think the line should be: "thread.start_new_thread( test.runTest,  
> (i,))", note there are no parenthesis in runTest.
> With your line, you are first executing runTest(), and the result  
> is passed to start_new_thread().  If runTest() returns a method,  
> then the call is correct, but I think that is not your case.
>
> Please remove the parenthesis from runTest and try it, then let me  
> know if it works. Again, I'm not an expert, so good luck.
>
> William Martínez Pomares
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev-bounces at lists.pushtotest.com [mailto:dev- 
> bounces at lists.pushtotest.com]On Behalf Of Filipa Martins Soares  
> Abrantes
> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 2:23 AM
> To: fcohen at pushtotest.com ; PushToTest TestMaker Developers List
> Subject: [Dev] Test script with concurrent threads
>
>
>  Hi!
>
> I'm still trying to execute a test script with concurrent threads,  
> but the threads are being executed in a sequential order instead.  
> Can anyone tell me how can put the threads executing concurrently?
>
> I really need some help!
>
> This is the code I'm executing:
>
>
>     numThread = 3
>     numThreadPerBlocks = 5
>     fimThread = 0
>     tinicio = Date().time
>
>     while (i < numThread):
>         x = 0
>         if (numThread - i < numThreadPerBlocks):
>             numThreadPerBlocks = numThread - i
>
>         while (x < numThreadPerBlocks):
>                 print "Start thread ", i
>                 test = Portal5( 1, 'console file ', 0, '20.|300|301| 
> 302|303|304|307|401|403|408|41.', ' log.xml', 5, 5, 5, 1, 1,  
> 'Portal5', 1 )
>                 test.setUp()
>                 thread.start_new_thread( test.runTest(), (i,))
>                 x += 1
>                 i += 1
>                 time.sleep(10)
>
>         time.sleep (40)
>         print "Stop between blocks"
>
>     while (fimThread < i):
>         time.sleep(1)
>
> This is my text output:
>
> Start thread  0
> Portal5: Initialize
> test: setUp
> test: runTest
> Request step: 1, http://www1.asd.pt/PortalWeb/content/
> Request step: 2, http://www1.asd.pt/PortalWeb/content/
> ..
> Start thread  1
> Portal5: Initialize
> test: setUp
> test: runTest
> Request step: 1, http://www1.asd.pt/PortalWeb/content/
> Request step: 2, http://www1.asd.pt/PortalWeb/content/
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Filipa
>
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