[Webtest] <setProxy..> versus <config...><proxy../></config>

[Dierk Koenig]

I fully agree.
Mittie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: webtest-admin@lists.canoo.com
> [mailto:webtest-admin@lists.canoo.com]On Behalf Of Marc Guillemot
> Sent: Montag, 24. Oktober 2005 14:06
> To: webtest@lists.canoo.com
> Subject: Re: [Webtest] <setProxy..> versus
> <config...><proxy../></config>
>
>
> No comments?
>
> Waiting for some answers, I've added support for setproxy (available in
> build >= 1017) without deprecating config/proxy.
>
> Marc.
>
> Marc Guillemot wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > since integration of Paul Devine's patch, webtest can be configured to
> > use a proxy:
> >
> > <config ....>
> >   <proxy host="..." port="..." [user="..." [password="..."]]/>
> > </config>
> >
> > Ant has already a task to set proxy configuration: <setProxy .../>
> > (http://ant.apache.org/manual/OptionalTasks/setproxy.html)
> > This task sets some system properties that are currently absolutely not
> > considered by webtest+htmlunit+commons-httpclient.
> >
> > I think that we should try to "use" this standard <setProxy/> rather
> > than reinventing the wheel. It would make webtest more natural to use
> > for experimented ant users.
> >
> > In this case this would mean to deprecate the nested <proxy> task and
> > that webtest should read the http.proxy* system properties that
> may have
> > been set by the standard <setProxy../> task to properly configure the
> > webclient before starting a webtest.
> >
> > As we want to allow in the future any kind of ant tasks to be nested
> > between webtest steps, we will have to take care to possible changes to
> > proxy settings. I think that ant's API allows to track such
> events using
> > BuildListener and that it therefore shouldn't be a motivation
> not to use
> > <setProxy>.
> >
> > Any comments?
> >
> > Marc.
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