Hello Folks,
We have seen below topics as of now:
- Introduction of Page Object Model
- Plain Page Object Model
In this post we will see inbuilt page object model in selenium webdriver.
Selenium webdriver has inbuilt Page Object Model called Page Factory. It provides @FindBy annotation to create object repository.
What is @FindBy annotation?
- Annotations in java are used to provide additional information.
- @FindBy annotation is used to locate web element using any locators available in selenium webdriver (id, xpath, css etc).
- It is used to mark a field on a Page Object to indicate an alternative mechanism for locating the element or a list of elements.
- It is used in conjunction with PageFactory this allows users to quickly and easily create PageObjects.
Syntax: You can use @FindBy annotation in two ways:
@FindBy(LocatorStrategy=”Locatorvalue”) WebElement elementName;
Where LocatorStrategy may be any one from Id, name, className, tagName, css, xpath, linkText, partialLinkText.
Example:
@FindBy(id=”someID”) @FindBy(name=”someName”) @FindBy(className=”someClassName”) @FindBy(tagName=”sometagName”) @FindBy(xpath=”someXpath”) @FindBy(css=”someCSS”) @FindBy(linkText=”someLinktext”)
@FindBy(partialLinkText=”somePartialLinktext”)