Project Summary
HtmlUnit is a "browser for Java programs". It models HTML documents and provides an API that allows you to invoke pages, fill out forms, click links, etc... just like you do in your "normal" browser.
It has fairly good JavaScript support (which is constantly improving) and is able to work even with quite complex AJAX libraries, simulating either Firefox or Internet Explorer depending on the configuration you want to use.
It is typically used for testing purposes or to retrieve information from web sites.
In a Nutshell, HtmlUnit...
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a average size development team
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took an estimated 175 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in September, 2002
ending with its most recent commit 6 days ago
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Apache License 2.0
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