Junit v&s Http Unit

[Abhijit Sontakey]

Hi,
I am facing a problem wherein the my test using HttpUnit are taking more time to complete than the JUnit Test cases.
I am using WebConversation to get the response for a request and then compare the request against a predefined text:
Response res = WebConverstaion.getResponse(request).

Where following code takes lesser time:
PostMethod pm = new PostMethod("http...")
HttpClient.execute(PostMethod).

Can anzbody help me in this regard. Any help will me in this regard.

[Lasse Koskela]

So what exactly is your problem? Can you accomplish what you need to do with the second (faster) approach?

[Abhijit Sontakey]

Hi,
The problem is i have used HttpUnit Testing to test the code.
Now it is taking more time compared to Junit. So i need to explain why HttpUnit is taking more time.Is it documented somewhere that HttpUnit is slower than Unit.

[Ilja Preuss]

Well, HttpUnit actually does a lot more than just executing a post request. It parses the whole website; if it contains a frameset, it loads all subframes; if it contains javascript, it executes it as necessary etc. pp.

Take a look at its source code to see what happens behind the curtain - it's open source, after all!