Re: [Htmlunit-user] Javascript Image datatype

[Brad C. <yo...@br...>]

--- Dave Kosenko <dko...@ve...> wrote:
> At 01:57 PM 5/4/2005, you wrote:
> >HtmlUnit doesn't load images at all. Is there something else that's broken?
> 
> So that applies, by design, to both html and javascript?  

I wouldn't say "by design" but that is the way it currently functions for all
images, javascript or no. 

> Does the image even get downloaded, or is it completely ignored?

Completely ignored. Only the URL of the image is kept in the DOM.
 
> [snip]
> 
> If you are using HTMLUnit to do performance testing as well as 
> functionality testing, then
> handling images is important, both the download and render phase, since 
> they contribute
> significantly to the overall "load" time of a web page.  Or do you not see 
> HTMLUnit being
> used for performance testing at all?

HtmlUnit is not currently suited to be a performace testing tool. Images and CSS are
never loaded, client DOM and JavaScript processing is not optimized, and
multithreading is still getting the kinks worked out. While I could see it being
used for performance testing I don't think it will be in the near future.

Brad C