Tips on HttpUnit

Tips on HttpUnit

1. import package.
   import com.meterware.httpunit.*;
   import junit.framework.*;
2. Unit test source code of httpunit is primary resource to study how to use it.
   httpunit-1.6.2/test/com/meterware/httpunit
3. Code fragment which shows how to log in.
   

   WebConversation     conversation = new WebConversation();
   		WebRequest  request = new GetMethodWebRequest( "http://localhost/portal" );
   
           WebResponse response = conversation.getResponse( request );
           WebForm loginForm = response.getForms()[0];
           request = loginForm.getRequest();
           request.setParameter( "user", "user" );
           request.setParameter( "pwd", "password123" );
           response = conversation.getResponse( request );
   
           assertEquals( "login url", "http://localhost/portal/servlet/login", response.getURL().toString() );
   Code fragment which shows how to disable javascript. Some web application does do some bad html which httpunit can't parse correctly.
   WebConversation conversation = new WebConversation();
   
           //
           // Disabling JavaScript validation
           //
           HttpUnitOptions.setScriptingEnabled(false);
   
   		WebRequest  request = new GetMethodWebRequest( "http://localhost" );
   
           WebResponse response = conversation.getResponse( request );
   
       
   
   
    Code fragment which shows how to get frame.
   
   
       
   String[] frames = response.getFrameNames();
           for ( int i = 0; i < frames.length; i++ )
           {
               System.out.println( "frame[" + i + "]:" + frames[i] );
           }
   
           WebResponse frameResponse = response.getSubframeContents( "topFrame" );
   //        WebResponse frameResponse = response.getSubframeContents( "leftFrame" );
           System.out.println( "mainFrame:" + frameResponse.getURL().toString() );
   
           WebLink[] links = frameResponse.getLinks();
           for ( int i = 0; i < links.length; i++ )
           {
               System.out.println( "link:" + links[i].getText() + ", url:" +links[i].getURLString() );
           }
   
           WebResponse menuResponse = getFrameWithURL( conversation, "topmenu" );
           assertNotNull( "topMenu is null", menuResponse );
   
           links = frameResponse.getLinks();
           for ( int i = 0; i < links.length; i++ )
           {
               System.out.println( "topmenu link:" + links[i].getText() + ", url:" +links[i].getURLString() );
           }
   
   NOTE: the following methods are from httpunit's own unit test.
   	private String getNameOfFrameWithURL( WebConversation wc, String urlString ) {
           String[] names = wc.getFrameNames();
           for (int i = 0; i < names.length; i++) {
               WebResponse candidate = wc.getFrameContents( names[i] );
               System.out.println( "getNameOfFrameWithURL() frame url:" + candidate.getURL().toExternalForm() );
               if (candidate.getURL().toExternalForm().indexOf( urlString ) >= 0) {
                   return names[i];
               }
           }
           return null;
       }
   
   
       private WebResponse getFrameWithURL( WebConversation wc, String urlString ) {
           String name = getNameOfFrameWithURL( wc, urlString );
           System.out.println( "getFrameWithURL:" + name );
           if (name == null) return null;
           return wc.getFrameContents( name );
       }
    Httpunit can't parse iframe's id attribute but name attribute is accepted.