Data providers for annotations-based generic load generator

A method, comprising:

• performing, by one or more computers:
• discovering, by a transaction generation framework at runtime, runtime-discoverable information within a transaction creator module, wherein the transaction generation framework is bound at runtime to the transaction creator module;
• identifying based on the runtime-discoverable information, by the transaction generation framework, one or more transaction methods of the transaction creator module, wherein the runtime-discoverable information comprises a name of at least one of the one or more identified transaction methods, wherein at least one of the one or more transaction methods causes a test transaction to be performed on a network-based service under test, wherein the network-based production service is configured to process requests from clients for the service via a network;
• and
• identifying based on the runtime-discoverable information, by the transaction generation framework, one or more data provider methods of the transaction creator module, wherein at least one of the one or more data provider methods provides test data for one or more of the one or more transaction methods.

A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions that when executed cause one or more computers to perform:

• discovering, by a transaction generation framework at runtime, runtime-discoverable information within a transaction creator module, wherein the transaction generation framework is bound at runtime to the transaction creator module;
• identifying, by the transaction generation framework based on the runtime-discoverable information, one or more transaction methods of the transaction creator module, wherein the runtime-discoverable information comprises a name of at least one of the one or more identified transaction methods, wherein individual ones of the one or more transaction methods cause a test transaction to be performed by a network-based service under test, wherein the network-based service is configured to process requests from clients for the service via a network;
• identifying, by the transaction generation framework based on the runtime-discoverable information, one or more data provider methods of the transaction creator module, wherein at least one of the one or more data provider methods provides test data for one or more of the one or more transaction methods;
• and
• identifying, by the transaction generation framework based on the runtime-discoverable information, a data source for one or more of the one or more data provider methods, wherein the data source comprises one or more records usable for one or more of the one or more test transactions.