httpclient - commons

[friso dejonge]

Hi,
i just read some articles on the commons, but i am looking specifically at the httpclient now. It looks to me like this can be used, maybe is used as some sort of testing engine like the httpunit.jar
Retrieve a webpage, and take a look at the outcome.
So my questions are:
1. can you chain pages, like filling in a form stretching over multiple pages, and then test the whole form filling procedure
2. can you use javascript in this httpclient, and use the dom-model ?
thanks
friso

[Lasse Koskela]

The Commons HttpClient doesn't deal with the HTML/JavaScript level you're describing -- it concentrates on implementing the HTTP protocol and doing it well.
HttpUnit (and HtmlUnit, JWebUnit) on the other hand supports filling and submitting HTML forms and, to some degree, JavaScript on HTML pages.

[Harshad Oak]

HttpClient is concerned with sending HTTP requests from Java code and then handling the response in Java code.
If i am not mistaken, HtmlUnit uses HttpClient.

[Surasak Leenapongpanit]

I agree with Lasse Koskela and Harshad Oak, please see HttpClient features.

[friso dejonge]

i get the point. thanks,