Re: how to test / WebResponse creating by reading a filesystem resource

On Dec 13, 2006, at 12:06 PM, Maciej Zywno wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I want to test a method that extracts various forms, fields etc  
> from a WebResponse to make sure that this method extracts the info  
> as I expect it to do. I wanted to avoid the test methods doing any  
> network connections. So I though I could download html, store them  
> on a hard drive and let test methods use them. However when I pass  
> filesystem urls to WebConversation.getResponse(url), there is a  
> problem with embedded javascript. One javascript includes the other  
> on various levels. It seems it may not be so easily downloaded by  
> hand as urls to thos javascripts are generated dynamically.
>
> I would like to ask about your approach to testing code that uses  
> WebResponse and other httpunit classes. Any hints? Do you stub a  
> WebResponse somehow? Did you manage to store It seems like mu unit  
> tests will have to connect to a real webportal to create a  
> WebResponse object. Do you have any solution to that?
>

Have you looked at the test code? It uses a PseudoServer to server  
requests - shouldn't ever actually go to the network in most  
implementations, I believe. Definitely does not require a real web  
portal. The tests are in the "test" directory of the archive.


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