Adding methods to start and stop the selenium server java process

lib/webrat/selenium.rb

@@ -2,4 +2,30 @@
 require "selenium/client"
 require "webrat/selenium/selenium_session"
 
-Webrat.configuration.mode = :selenium
+Webrat.configuration.mode = :selenium
+
+module Webrat
+
+  def self.with_selenium_server
+    start_selenium_server
+    yield
+    stop_selenium_server
+  end
+
+  def self.start_selenium_server
+    remote_control = Selenium::RemoteControl::RemoteControl.new("0.0.0.0", 4444, 5)
+    remote_control.jar_file = File.expand_path(__FILE__ + "../../../../vendor/selenium-server.jar")
+    remote_control.start :background => true
+    puts "Waiting for Remote Control to be up and running..."
+    TCPSocket.wait_for_service :host => "0.0.0.0", :port => 4444
+    puts "Selenium Remote Control at 0.0.0.0:4444 ready"
+  end
+
+  def self.stop_selenium_server
+    puts "Stopping Selenium Remote Control running at 0.0.0.0:4444..."
+    remote_control = Selenium::RemoteControl::RemoteControl.new("0.0.0.0", 4444, 5)
+    remote_control.stop
+    puts "Stopped Selenium Remote Control running at 0.0.0.0:4444"
+  end
+
+end