org.imaginea.test.automation.framework.pagemodel

Class AbstractPageClass

java.lang.Object

org.imaginea.test.automation.framework.util.Utilities

org.imaginea.test.automation.framework.util.PageObjectUtils

org.imaginea.test.automation.framework.pagemodel.AbstractPageClass

Direct Known Subclasses:

PageClass

public abstract class AbstractPageClass
extends PageObjectUtils

Utility class to support Page classes for the Page Object Model implementation

Author:

Varun Menon

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected File	locatorFile

Fields inherited from class org.imaginea.test.automation.framework.util.PageObjectUtils

browser, config

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractPageClass()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract boolean	at() Method used to verify whether the driver object is on the said page or not.
File	evaluateLocatorFile(String fileName)
protected org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver	getDriver() Returns the driver object(if set) for this Page class else return the driver object from the Browser class object.
File	getLocatorFile() Return the locator file which have to be used for initializing the WebElements of the current Page class.
abstract void	init() Use this method in case you want to initialize some variables or data while creating an Object of you Page class.
void	init(Browser browser) Intialization method for the Page class
boolean	isInitialized() Return true or false based on the coniditon whether the said object has been initialized by the TAF framework or its just an object.
protected void	setDriver(org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver driver) Sets the driver object for use with this page class.
void	setLocatorFile(File file) Sets the locator file which have to be used for initializing the WebElements of the current Page class.
abstract String	toUrl() The url for the said page.

Methods inherited from class org.imaginea.test.automation.framework.util.PageObjectUtils

at, at, at, at, at, at, getPageObject, getPageObject, getPageObject, getUrl, isAt, isAt, isAt, isAt, isAt, isAt, setBrowser, to, to, to, to, to, to, to

Methods inherited from class org.imaginea.test.automation.framework.util.Utilities

evaluateFileFromResourceDirectory, waitForElementPresent, waitForElementPresent, waitForElementPresent, waitForElementPresent, waitForElementToBeVisible, waitForElementToBeVisible, waitForPage, waitForPage

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

locatorFile

protected File locatorFile

Constructor Detail

AbstractPageClass

public AbstractPageClass()

Method Detail

init

public void init(Browser browser)

Intialization method for the Page class

Parameters:

browser -

isInitialized

public boolean isInitialized()

Return true or false based on the coniditon whether the said object has been initialized by the TAF framework or its just an object.

Returns:

true or false

setDriver

protected void setDriver(org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver driver)

Sets the driver object for use with this page class.

Parameters:

driver - WebDriver object to be set for use.

getDriver

protected org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver getDriver()

Returns the driver object(if set) for this Page class else return the driver object from the Browser class object.

Returns:

getLocatorFile

public File getLocatorFile()

Return the locator file which have to be used for initializing the WebElements of the current Page class.

Returns:

File

setLocatorFile

public void setLocatorFile(File file)

Sets the locator file which have to be used for initializing the WebElements of the current Page class. Use this method if you want to specify some file else the default behavior of the Selenium PageFactory will be used.

Parameters:

file -

evaluateLocatorFile

public File evaluateLocatorFile(String fileName)

toUrl

public abstract String toUrl()

The url for the said page. Please implement this method in your page classes and return the respective url for the page. In case the page dont have any url just return and empty string. *

Note:Do not append the base url to this url as it is automatically appended at runtime.

Returns:

- Page url without appending the base url.

at

public abstract boolean at()

Method used to verify whether the driver object is on the said page or not. Return true or false based on the criteria to identify whether driver object is on the said page or not.

This is a very important method as it will help in making you Page object model tests robust as it will help you to validate the Page is shown before any of the util methods of the said page is executed. Note: For better results do not store your evaluated condition in a variable. Try to evaluate the success condition everytime this method gets executed.

Returns:

true or false based on the page verification condition.

init

public abstract void init()

Use this method in case you want to initialize some variables or data while creating an Object of you Page class. This method will automatically get executed whenever you use PageObjectUtils.to(Class) or PageObjectUtils.at(Class) utils. In case you have nothing initialize just implement an empty method.