collector.go

/*
 *
 * k6 - a next-generation load testing tool
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package lib

import (
	"context"

	"github.com/loadimpact/k6/stats"
)

// TODO: move to some other package - types? models?

// RunStatus values can be used by k6 to denote how a script run ends
// and by the cloud executor and collector so that k6 knows the current
// status of a particular script run.
type RunStatus int

// Possible run status values; iota isn't used intentionally
const (
	RunStatusCreated            RunStatus = -2
	RunStatusValidated          RunStatus = -1
	RunStatusQueued             RunStatus = 0
	RunStatusInitializing       RunStatus = 1
	RunStatusRunning            RunStatus = 2
	RunStatusFinished           RunStatus = 3
	RunStatusTimedOut           RunStatus = 4
	RunStatusAbortedUser        RunStatus = 5
	RunStatusAbortedSystem      RunStatus = 6
	RunStatusAbortedScriptError RunStatus = 7
	RunStatusAbortedThreshold   RunStatus = 8
)

// TODO: remove

// A Collector abstracts the process of funneling samples to an external storage backend,
// such as an InfluxDB instance.
type Collector interface {
	// Init is called between the collector's creation and the call to Run().
	// You should do any lengthy setup here rather than in New.
	Init() error

	// Run is called in a goroutine and starts the collector. Should commit samples to the backend
	// at regular intervals and when the context is terminated.
	Run(ctx context.Context)

	// Collect receives a set of samples. This method is never called concurrently, and only while
	// the context for Run() is valid, but should defer as much work as possible to Run().
	Collect(samples []stats.SampleContainer)

	// Optionally return a link that is shown to the user.
	Link() string
}