org.imaginea.test.automation.framework.datadrive

Class BaseDataDrive

java.lang.Object

org.imaginea.test.automation.framework.datadrive.BaseDataDrive

Direct Known Subclasses:

CsvDataDrive, ExcelDataDrive

public abstract class BaseDataDrive
extends Object

Base Data Drive abstract class providing common methods to get the Parsed data of respective data files to be used for data drive.

Author:

Varun Menon

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BaseDataDrive()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T> List<T>	getClassObjectList(Class<?> type) Method to be used to parse the data file and to create data objects of the respective passed class.
protected abstract Map<String,List<String>>	getData() Method to be implemented by the extending class for providing the parsed Data of the respective data file.
<T> Object[][]	getTestngData(Class<?> type) Method to be used to parse the data file and to create data objects of the respective passed class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BaseDataDrive

public BaseDataDrive()

Method Detail

getData

protected abstract Map<String,List<String>> getData()

Method to be implemented by the extending class for providing the parsed Data of the respective data file.

Returns:

Map of keys as column names and List of values present in the said column.

getTestngData

public <T> Object[][] getTestngData(Class<?> type)
                         throws ClassParser.ClassParserException,
                                ClassParser.DataNotAvailableException

Method to be used to parse the data file and to create data objects of the respective passed class. Mainly used to provide data drive variables for testng data drive methods.

Parameters:

type - Class type for which the object has to be created for each entry in the row of the data file.

Returns:

Object[][] containing the objects of the Class - type passed as argument

Throws:

ClassParser.ClassParserException - in case of any issues while parsing the said class

ClassParser.DataNotAvailableException - in case no column for the variable present in the class is present in the data file.

getClassObjectList

public <T> List<T> getClassObjectList(Class<?> type)
                           throws ClassParser.ClassParserException,
                                  ClassParser.DataNotAvailableException

Method to be used to parse the data file and to create data objects of the respective passed class.

Parameters:

type - Class type for which the object has to be created for each entry in the row of the data file.

Returns:

List containing the objects of the Class - type passed as argument

Throws:

ClassParser.ClassParserException - in case of any issues while parsing the said class

ClassParser.DataNotAvailableException - in case no column for the variable present in the class is present in the data file.