Re: [Htmlunit-user] client side caching

[Mike B. <mb...@Ga...>]

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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