Creating Object Repository In Selenium WebDriver Using Properties File As An External Source

Hello Folks,

We have seen Page Object Model in previous posts and you must be noticing that we are writing locators within code. It has its own disadvantages as below:

1. For any modification in locator, you must need to touch the code.
2. Difficult for manual tester or beginner in automation testing to find out correct place to change locator if needed.

So, we can also read locators from externals sources like:

a. Database b. Properties file c. XML file

d. Excel sheet