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On Jun 18, 3:42 pm, Stanimir Stamenkov <s7a...@netscape.net> wrote:
> Sat, 18 Jun 2011 04:41:54 -0700 (PDT), /Pete/:
>
> > Below is a bit of code that I intend to use to perform a http "Post"
> > request to an another application - which is still under development.
> > I would like to verify the implemention of this method ie it will
> > perform a http POST request with the xml content to the specified URL.
> > I want to avoid mocking the HttpClient class. I would like to
> > effectively see this method perform the a actions and and some stub
> > application receive the request ( get I presume). Any help, with
> > example code pls, would be very much appreciated.
>
> While I don't see anything wrong with mocking the HttpClient to
> perform a unit test of you code (i.e. to verify it interacts with
> the HttpClient in the intended way), it seems you want an
> integration test performing real HTTP communication.  For this
> you'll need to create (if there's not one already) a test service
> receiving and handling the requests.  I can't give you specific
> example code to build the test service but I guess you could create
> it as simple servlet application.
>
> I don't know if creating the test service would be any easier than
> creating unit tests, mocking the HttpClient (using Mockito [1] I
> have experience with, is quite easy), but in the end you might want
> having both type of tests.  The integration test however would
> require specific test service environment setup and running which is
> usually better suited for running by a continuous integration
> system, while the unit tests could be run by anyone as part of the
> standard build.
>
> --
> Stanimir


Hi Stanimir,

Thank you for your response.
My main concern for not mocking the HTTPClient is really that it is
NOT going to give me the confidence I would like of my implementation.
If I had missed to configure something eg "String url = "URL";", when
the function is called nothing would received at the other end -
mocking the HTTPClient is not going to highlight this until I get to
really integrate with the other application. However,if I did
something like your other suggestion - "a test service receiving and
handling the requests" - this would highlight any issues with my
implementation in advance.
This is subject matter is relatively new to me - even my logic of my
function, I got from the internate. So I wonder if you have any
suggestions how I can create a SIMPLE  "a test service receiving and
handling the requests" to test my function. Again example would very
much be appreciated.

Thank You again.

Pete

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Testing the Post request Pete <vw_bora@sky.com> - 2011-06-18 04:41 -0700
  Re: Testing the Post request Stanimir Stamenkov <s7an10@netscape.net> - 2011-06-18 17:42 +0300
    Re: Testing the Post request Pete <vw_bora@sky.com> - 2011-06-18 08:54 -0700
      Re: Testing the Post request Stanimir Stamenkov <s7an10@netscape.net> - 2011-06-18 19:33 +0300
        Re: Testing the Post request Pete <vw_bora@sky.com> - 2011-06-18 10:40 -0700
          Re: Testing the Post request Stanimir Stamenkov <s7an10@netscape.net> - 2011-06-18 23:36 +0300
            Re: Testing the Post request Pete <vw_bora@sky.com> - 2011-06-18 15:33 -0700
              Re: Testing the Post request Abu Yahya <abu_yahya@invalid.com> - 2011-06-19 23:10 +0530
      Re: Testing the Post request markspace <-@.> - 2011-06-18 11:11 -0700

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