Add web driver code, page objects & share the same web driver across pages

In previous post, we had discussed about the challenges. Let’s 1^st look onto how can we share same driver object across pages?

The answer to the above question is, we can implement Page Factory design patter in our project. In Page Factory Design pattern, we have a method, PageFactory.initElements(driver, LunchPage.class)

The above method will initialize the driver object in LunchPage class internally.

Let’s change the code as below & after that will explain the code overview:

Before I explain the code overview, let’s discuss the s/w requirements of our project. In this project, we are going to use Selenium 3. In selenium 3, to initialize Firefox browser, we need to download the geckodriver.exe file & set the system property value.

Download geckodriver.exe file from here & copy the .exe file into src/test/resources directory. For more details please visit selenium official site to understand how selenium 3 works with geckodriver.

In SignInTest.java file replace the previous @Test codes with below lines of code:

@Test

public void signInTet(){

       System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "./src/test/resources/geckodriver.exe");//sets  the path of geckodriver

       WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(); //Instantiate a blank firefox driver

       PageFactory.initElements(driver, LunchPage.class);//passes the driver object in LuchPage

       LunchPage lunchPage = new LunchPage(driver);  //creates the object of lunch page

       lunchPage.openURL(); // calls the method inside lunch page

       lunchPage.gotoSignInPage(); // calls the method inside lunch page

       SignInPage signInPage = new SignInPage(); //creates the object for signin page

       signInPage.doLogIn("abc123@test.com", "abc123"); //calls the method inside signin page

}

Code Overview:

System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver","./src/test/resources/geckodriver.exe");

            The above line will set the system property value to open firefox using geckodriver.

WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();

            This line will open a blank firefox window.

PageFactory.initElements(driver, LunchPage.class);

            This line uses PageFactory’s initElements method which will take the driver instance & will share the same driver instance in LunchPage class.

In SignInPage.java file replace the code as below:

public class LunchPage {

       WebDriver driver;

      

       public LunchPage(WebDriver driver){

              this.driver = driver;

       }

      

       /**

        * initializes the browser & creates the instance of the browser.

        */

       public void openURL(){

              System.out.println("Opening the URL");

              driver.get("http://automationpractice.com/index.php");//Will navigate to the site

       }

       /**

        * Navigates to Sign In Page.

        * @return objectOfSignInPage

        */

       public SignInPage gotoSignInPage(){

              System.out.println("Inside sign in method");

              SignInPage signInPage = new SignInPage();

              return signInPage;

       }

      

}

Code Overview:

•  In the 1^st line we are declaring the object of WebDriver.

• Creating the constructor & inside the constructor we are assigning the global driver object with the local driver using this keyword.

•  In openURL method, we are calling the driver.get()method to navigate to the site URL.

To implement page objects, download the files from here & follow the steps below:

• Extract the .zip file.

• Copy & replace SignInTest.java file inside com.demo.pom.testcases package.

• Copy & replace SignInPage.java & LunchPage.java files inside com.demo.pom.pages package.

•  In LunchPage.jave, I have declared the xpath of sign in link.

• In gotoSignInPage, added the webdriver code to click on SignIn link.

• SignInPage.java, here I have added the Xpaths of web elements & also updated the doLogin() code where it will insert the details & clicks on Sign In button.

By changing the above code, if you are executing the SignInTest.java file then it should open a firefox browser & will navigate to the URL: http://automationpractice.com/index.php

If you are not facing with any problems, then you are ready to go ahead & implement the Page Objects.

Implementing Page Objects in LunchPage & SignInPage:

The Page Objects are nothing but the web elements in that page. For implementing the Page Objects, we will use @FindBy annotation in each Page classes & using @FindBy annotation we will declare the web elements. 

Code Overview:

•  In LunchPage.jave, I have declared the xpath of sign in link.
• In gotoSignInPage, added the webdriver code to click on SignIn link.
• SignInPage.java, here I have added the Xpaths of web elements & also updated the doLogin() code where it will insert the details & clicks on Sign In button.

Once, the above steps are done run SignTest.java file & verify whether it’s able to Login Successfully or not. If Login is success & user is in My Account page, then we are ready to go ahead for further implementations. If everything works fine, then you see the result as below:

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