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

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Me too.  It should make more sense to an ant user new to Webtest. You'll
deprecate the <proxy> then, right?

- Paul

Quoting Dierk Koenig <dierk.koenig@canoo.com>:

> 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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