String representation of HTML element in HTTPUnit

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Been trying to find a way of getting the String representation of an HTMLElement in HTTPUnit. I'm using HTTPUnit in some tests to get response HTML, and can get the text content of an element, however this does not include a text representation of its surrounding HTML, which I want to compare with a test value.

Any help appreciated.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 26 '14 at 11:09

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The is more than one way to represent an HTML element. For instance, the attributes of an HTML element can be in any order, so you could produce a string, but it is not guarantied to be identical to the original element.

answered Jun 26 '14 at 11:09

Maurice Perry

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Thanks for that, quite right. I ended up validating the HTML elements existed rather than doing string comparisons. – Malcolm Murray Jun 26 '14 at 15:02

String representation of HTML element in HTTPUnit

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