Question

I’m trying to unit test a java WFS web service implementation. The service can accept requests containing KVP params such as:
http://www.someserver.com/wfs&SERVICE=WFS&VERSION=1.1.0&REQUEST=GetFeature&TYPENAME=InWaterA_1M

or it can also accept a request containing an XML fragment such as

<?xml version="1.0" ?> 
  <GetFeature  version="1.1.0" service="WFS" maxFeatures="10000" 
       xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs" 
       xmlns:myns="http://www.someserver.com/myns" 
       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/wfs ../wfs/1.1.0/WFS.xsd"> 
    <Query typeName="myns:InWaterA_1M"/> 
  </GetFeature>

I’m testing the KVP way using ServletUnit, which is straight forward:

 ServletUnitClient sc = servletRunner.newClient();
 WebRequest request = new PostMethodWebRequest( "http://www.someserver.com/wfs
 request.setParameter( "SERVICE", "WFS );
 ...
 request.setParameter( "TYPENAME" "InWaterA_1M" ); 
 sc.getResponse( request);

I can’t figure out how to create a corresponding request for the XML type of request though. Any ideas? I’d rather not have to use another testing framework library unless absolutely necessary.

Answer 1

You can create a do the following:

1. Create a XML of the request you want..

2. Create a MockHttpServletRequest
   API: http://static.springsource.org/spring/docs/2.0.x/api/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletRequest.html

3. Call setContent(xml); and setContentType("text/xml");

4. Call your servlet method directly. e.g. someServlet(mockReq,mockRes);

This way there is no need to fire up the servlet container while jUnit testing…