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This is currently the fastest and most lightweight implementation of WebDriver. As the name suggests, this is based on HtmlUnit. ProsFastest implementation of WebDriver A pure Java solution and so it is platform independent. Supports Javascript ConsEmulates other browser s JS behaviour see below Javascript in the HtmlUnitDriver

None of the popular browsers uses the javascript engine used by HtmlUnit Rhino. If you test javascript using HtmlUnit the results may differ significantly from those browsers.

When we say javascript we actually mean javascript and the DOM. Although the DOM is defined by the W3C each browser out there has its own quirks and differences in their implementation of the DOM and in how javascript interacts with it. HtmlUnit has an impressively complete implementation of the DOM and has good support for using javascript, but it is no different from any other browser: it has its own quirks and differences from both the W3C standard and the DOM implementations of the major browsers, despite its ability to mimic other browsers.

With WebDriver, we had to make a choice; do we enable HtmlUnit s javascript capabilities and run the risk of teams running into problems that only manifest themselves there, or do we leave javascript disabled, knowing that there are more and more sites that rely on javascript. We took the conservative approach, and by default have disabled support when we use HtmlUnit. With each release of both WebDriver and HtmlUnit, we reassess this decision: we hope to enable javascript by default on the HtmlUnit at some point. Enabling Javascript

If you can t wait, enabling Javascript support is very easy: HtmlUnitDriver driver new HtmlUnitDriver ;

driver.setJavascriptEnabled true ;HtmlUnitDriver driver new HtmlUnitDriver true ;

This will cause the HtmlUnitDriver to emulate IE s Javascript handling by default. Emulating a Specific Browser

Notwithstanding other considerations above, it is possible to get HtmlUnitDriver to emulate a specific browser. You should not really be doing this, as web-applications are better coded to be neutral of which reasonably recent browser you are using. There are two more constructors for HtmlUnitDriver that take allow us to indicate a browser to emulate. One takes a browser version directly: HtmlUnitDriver driver new HtmlUnitDriver BrowserVersion.FIREFOX_3 ;

The other uses a broader capabilities mechanism: HtmlUnitDriver driver new HtmlUnitDriver capabilities ;.

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HtmlUnit provides excellent JavaScript support, simulating the behavior of the configured browser Firefox or Internet Explorer. It uses the Rhino.

HtmlUnit Driver. This is currently the fastest and most lightweight implementation of WebDriver. As the name suggests, this is based on HtmlUnit.

Launching Different Browsers HTMLUnit web_driver new WebDriver ; session web_driver- session htmlunit, array javascriptEnabled true, version 3.6 ;.

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