Locust4j

Links

• Locust Website: locust.io
• Locust Documentation: docs.locust.io

Description

Locust4j is a load generator for locust, written in Java. It’s inspired by boomer and nomadacris.

Features

• Write user test scenarios in Java
  Because it’s written in Java, you can use all the things in the Java Ecosystem.

• Thread-based concurrency
  Locust4j uses threadpool to execute your code with low overhead.

Build

git clone https://github.com/myzhan/locust4j
cd locust4j
mvn package

Run BuiltIn Example

# start locust master
locust -f dummy.py --master --master-bind-host=127.0.0.1 --master-bind-port=5557

# start Locust4j
java -cp target/locust4j-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar com.github.myzhan.locust4j.examples.Main

Maven

Add this to your Maven project’s pom.xml.

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.github.myzhan</groupId>
    <artifactId>locust4j</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0</version>
</dependency>

More Examples

See Main.java.

This file represents all the exposed APIs of Locust4j.

Author

• myzhan
• vrajat

Known Issues

• When stop-the-world happens in the JVM, you may get wrong response time reported to the master.
• Because of the JIT compiler, Locust4j will run faster as time goes by, which will lead to shorter response time.

TODO

• Add more tests.
• Add more documentations.

License

Open source licensed under the MIT license (see LICENSE file for details).