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Automatic Login to websites using HTTPUnit (To open the result in browser)

I am working on the automatic login to websites usingin java program.
I have written a code and getting the successfull response but I want open the response in browser.
Please find the code mentioned below which successfully logins to the rediff site and the response content has the next page (i.e the used doesnt have to manullay login to the rediff site).but when i try to open the response in browser i am getting the blank page.I tried working on the cookeis part but didnt get the proper response.
Please help me in this part.
(PLEASE REPLACE LOGIN AND PASSWORD WITH THE CORRECT ONE)

import java.io.IOException;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.net.URL;
 
import com.meterware.httpunit.GetMethodWebRequest;
import com.meterware.httpunit.HttpUnitOptions;
import com.meterware.httpunit.WebConversation;
import com.meterware.httpunit.WebForm;
import com.meterware.httpunit.WebRequest;
import com.meterware.httpunit.WebResponse;
import com.meterware.httpunit.cookies.CookieListener;
import com.meterware.httpunit.cookies.CookieProperties;
 
public class Test2 {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		try {
 
			WebConversation wc = new WebConversation();
			CookieProperties.setDomainMatchingStrict(false);
			CookieProperties.setPathMatchingStrict(false);
			HttpUnitOptions.setExceptionsThrownOnScriptError(false);
 
			CookieProperties.addCookieListener(new CookieListener() {
				public void cookieRejected(String s, int i, String s1) {
					System.out
							.println("CookieProperties.isDomainMatchingStrict() = "
									+ CookieProperties.isDomainMatchingStrict());
					System.out
							.println("CookieProperties.isPathMatchingStrict() = "
									+ CookieProperties.isPathMatchingStrict());
					System.out.println("s = " + s);
					System.out.println("s1 = " + s1);
					System.out.println("Reason: " + i);
				}
			});
			WebRequest req = new GetMethodWebRequest(
					"http://www.rediff.com/index.html");
			WebResponse resp = wc.getResponse(req);
 
			WebForm form = resp.getFormWithName("loginform");
           
          //  System.out.println(wc.getCookieDetails("JSESSIONID"));
			String[] cookies = wc.getCookieNames();
			for (int i = 0; i < cookies.length; i++) {
				String cooky = cookies[i];
				System.out.println(cooky + " = " + wc.getCookieValue(cooky));
				wc.putCookie(cooky, wc.getCookieValue(cooky));
			
	
				
			}
 
			form.setParameter("login", "myloginid");
			form.setParameter("passwd", "mypassowrd");
 
			form.submit();
			for (int i = 0; i < cookies.length; i++) {
				String cooky = cookies[i];
				System.out.println(cooky + " = " + wc.getCookieValue(cooky));
				wc.putCookie(cooky, wc.getCookieValue(cooky));
				
			}
			resp = wc.getCurrentPage();
              
			openURL(resp.getURL());
			//System.out.println(resp.getText());
		} catch (Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}
 
	public static void openURL(URL url) throws ClassNotFoundException,
			NoSuchMethodException, IllegalAccessException,
			InvocationTargetException, IOException, InterruptedException {
		String osName = System.getProperty("os.name");
 
		if (osName.startsWith("Mac OS")) {
			Class fileMgr = Class.forName("com.apple.eio.FileManager");
			Method openURL = fileMgr.getDeclaredMethod("openURL",
					new Class[] { String.class });
			openURL.invoke(null, new Object[] { url.toString() });
		} else if (osName.startsWith("Windows")) {
			String cmdLine = "rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler "
					+ url.toString();
			Process exec = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmdLine);
			exec.waitFor();
		} else { // assume Unix or Linux
			String[] browsers = { "firefox", "opera", "konqueror", "epiphany",
					"mozilla", "netscape" };
			String browser = null;
			for (int count = 0; count < browsers.length && browser == null; count++) {
				if (Runtime.getRuntime().exec(
						new String[] { "which", browsers[count] }).waitFor() == 0) {
					browser = browsers[count];
				}
			}
			if (browser == null) {
				throw new IllegalStateException("Could not find web browser");
			} else {
				Runtime.getRuntime().exec(
						new String[] { browser, url.toString() });
			}
		}
	}
 
}

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Mick Barry

thats because when you open it in a browser you will be creating a new session.
The browser knows nothing about the session create by httpclient