org.imaginea.test.automation.framework.datastore

Class GlobalDataStore

java.lang.Object

org.imaginea.test.automation.framework.datastore.GlobalDataStore

public class GlobalDataStore
extends Object

A global data store class to store the data that can be used in your tests. The class provide utility to store the data as a static data as well as for a thread. This is helpful when you want to share a particular data across multiple tests in a execution or in a particular thread when you are executing tests in parallel.

Author:

Varun Menon

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static GlobalDataStore	getInstance() Use this method to get the instance of the of this class.
<T> T	getStaticData(String key) Use this method to retrieve the data that has been stored to be available across the whole execution.
<T> T	getStaticData(String key, Object defaultValue) Use this method to retrieve the data that has been stored to be available across the whole execution.
<T> T	getThreadData(String key) Use this method to retrieve the data that has been stored for a particular thread.
<T> T	getThreadData(String key, Object defaultValue) Use this method to retrieve the data that has been stored for a particular thread.
void	putStaticData(String key, Object value) Stores data in a static way this data will available to the whole execution.
void	putThreadData(String key, String value) Stores data in way that is will be available for a particular thread.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public static GlobalDataStore getInstance()

Use this method to get the instance of the of this class.

Returns:

GlobalDataStore singleton instance

putStaticData

public void putStaticData(String key,
                 Object value)

Stores data in a static way this data will available to the whole execution.

Parameters:

key - Name to be used to refer to the said data.

value - The data object that you need to store this can be any object.

putThreadData

public void putThreadData(String key,
                 String value)

Stores data in way that is will be available for a particular thread. This usefule when you executing tests in a multi-threaded environment and want to share certain data across particular thread and not across whole execution.

Parameters:

key - Name to be used to refer to the said data.

value - The data object that you need to store this can be any object.

getThreadData

public <T> T getThreadData(String key)

Use this method to retrieve the data that has been stored for a particular thread.

Parameters:

key - The key which was used to store the data

Returns:

The value stored for the said key or null in case no key was found.

getStaticData

public <T> T getStaticData(String key)

Use this method to retrieve the data that has been stored to be available across the whole execution.

Parameters:

key - The key which was used to store the data

Returns:

The value stored for the said key or null in case no key was found.

getThreadData

public <T> T getThreadData(String key,
                  Object defaultValue)

Use this method to retrieve the data that has been stored for a particular thread.

Parameters:

key - The key which was used to store the data

defaultValue - The default value that needs to be returned in case the key is not found.

Returns:

The value stored for the said key or the given defaultValue in case no key was found.

getStaticData

public <T> T getStaticData(String key,
                  Object defaultValue)

Use this method to retrieve the data that has been stored to be available across the whole execution.

Parameters:

key - The key which was used to store the data

defaultValue - The default value that needs to be returned in case the key is not found.

Returns:

The value stored for the said key or the given defaultValue in case no key was found.