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package org.apache.jmeter.samplers;

import org.apache.jmeter.util.JMeterUtils;

/**
 * Base class for SampleSender implementations
 */
public abstract class AbstractSampleSender implements SampleSender {
    
    // Note: this is an instance field (and is not transient), so is created by the JMeter client
    // and propagated to the server instance by RMI.
    // [a static field would be recreated on the server, and would pick up the server properties]
    private final boolean isClientConfigured = JMeterUtils.getPropDefault("sample_sender_client_configured", true); // $NON-NLS-1$

    /**
     * @return boolean indicates how SampleSender configuration is done, true means use client properties and send to servers, false means use server configurations
     */
    public boolean isClientConfigured() {
        return isClientConfigured;
    }

    /**
     * 
     */
    public AbstractSampleSender() {
        super();
    }

    @Override
    public void testEnded() {
        // Not used
    }

}
