Unit testing framework for testing servlets

[A Kumar]

hi,

Which is the best framework for unit testing of servlets?

Regards

[Rahul Bhattacharjee]

I have not personally used Cactus , but am aware that its a good unit testing framework for testing server side code.

Cactus Homepage

[A Kumar]

Is junit good enough for unit testing of servlets?

[Ulf Dittmer]

JUnit would probably be involved in one form or other.

One possibility is to use a web testing framework like jWebUnit (which tests against a running web server/servlet container).

Another option is to test without a container, by using mock objects in lieu of the javax.servlet.(http.)* classes.

[Eugene Abarquez]

Originally posted by A Kumar:
Is junit good enough for unit testing of servlets?

No I believe not. Testing servlets is quite different from testing just plain Java classes as servlets needs to interact with the servlet container, and this is only possible while the container is running. Frameworks like Cactus (mentioned above) makes the job of testing servlets much easier.

[A Kumar]

Another option is to test without a container, by using mock objects in lieu of the javax.servlet.(http.)* classes.

which framework do you suggest??

[Ulf Dittmer]

Originally posted by A Kumar:
which framework do you suggest??

Mockobjects seems to be dead, but Mockrunner is still being updated.

[David O'Meara]

EasyMock is in active development too.

There are other options like HttpUnit (also based on JUnit, I believe)
I'm not sure if OpenSTA is still active, but we once used it to provide simple record/playback tests

[David O'Meara]

EasyMock is in active development too.

There are other options like HttpUnit (also based on JUnit, I believe)
I'm not sure if OpenSTA is still active, but we once used it to provide simple record/playback tests

[A Kumar]

Thanks...for the inputs...

I have downloaded Easymock and am having a look at it...