[#246 state:resolved] added external application server if you have your own started

lib/webrat/selenium/application_server_factory.rb

@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ module Webrat
         when :rails
           require "webrat/selenium/rails_application_server"
           return RailsApplicationServer.new
+        when :external
+          require "webrat/selenium/application_servers/external"
+          return Webrat::Selenium::ApplicationServers::External.new
         else
           raise WebratError.new(<<-STR)
 Unknown Webrat application_framework: #{Webrat.configuration.application_framework.inspect}

lib/webrat/selenium/application_servers.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+require "webrat/selenium/sinatra_application_server"
+require "webrat/selenium/merb_application_server"
+require "webrat/selenium/rails_application_server"
+require "webrat/selenium/application_servers/external"

lib/webrat/selenium/application_servers/external.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+module Webrat
+  module Selenium
+    module ApplicationServers
+      class External < ApplicationServer
+        def start
+          warn "Webrat Ignoring Start Of Application Server Due to External Mode"
+        end
+
+        def stop
+        end
+
+        def fail
+        end
+
+        def pid_file
+        end
+
+        def wait
+        end
+
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

spec/public/selenium/application_server_factory_spec.rb

@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ require "webrat/selenium/silence_stream"
 require "webrat/selenium/application_server_factory"
 require "webrat/selenium/application_server"
 
-require "webrat/selenium/sinatra_application_server"
+require "webrat/selenium/application_servers"
-require "webrat/selenium/merb_application_server"
-require "webrat/selenium/rails_application_server"
 
 describe Webrat::Selenium::ApplicationServerFactory do
 
@@ -34,6 +32,14 @@ describe Webrat::Selenium::ApplicationServerFactory do
     Webrat::Selenium::ApplicationServerFactory.app_server_instance
   end
 
+  it "should require and create a rails server in external mode" do
+    server = mock(Webrat::Selenium::ApplicationServers::External)
+    Webrat.configuration.application_framework = :external
+    Webrat::Selenium::ApplicationServerFactory.should_receive(:require).with("webrat/selenium/application_servers/external")
+    Webrat::Selenium::ApplicationServers::External.should_receive(:new).and_return(server)
+    Webrat::Selenium::ApplicationServerFactory.app_server_instance
+  end
+
   it "should handle unknown servers with an exception in unknown modes" do
     Webrat.configuration.application_framework = :unknown
     lambda {

spec/public/selenium/application_servers/external_spec.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../../spec_helper')
+
+require "webrat/selenium/application_server"
+require "webrat/selenium/application_servers/external"
+
+describe Webrat::Selenium::ApplicationServers::External do
+
+  it "should just boot up with no exceptions" do
+    Webrat::Selenium::ApplicationServers::External.new.boot
+  end
+
+end