Vinay Murthy wrote:
> I would want to know if htmlUnit provides a feature to cache
> frequently visited pages ?
No, it doesn't.
> Also, I would like to know of the authentication schemes used by
> htmlUnit . Does use the schemes provided by httpClient ?
At present, the only authentication scheme exposed by HtmlUnit is basic
authentication. The plan is to expose the underlying copy of
commons-httpclient so that you have full access to all the functionality
it offers (this will address a number of open bugs). Unfortunately,
this isn't trivial with commons-httpclient 2.x so I've been waiting for
their 3.x code to stabilize.
Due to limitations in the 2.x code, HtmlUnit has to manage multiple
instances of commons-httpclient for each WebClient so it isn't a simple
matter of exposing the underlying implementation. With the 3.x code,
we'll be able to have only one httpclient per WebClient which makes
things easier.
The 3.x series of commons-httpclient is currently in alpha so I'm
hesitant to add a dependency to it right now.
Hope this helps.
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