Selenium Object Bank Services

Following are the services provided by SOB

• Adding an Object

• Removing an Object

• Updating an Object

• View Available Objects 

How to Use

Let’s start with an example by Testing WordPress Website for adding and deleting a post. 

Step 1: 
Download the sample Eclipse project for WordPress [SOB Sample Demo Download Link] 
Import the Project into Eclipse 
After importing you can see three Java Files 

• atu.selenium.scripts.WithoutObjectBank
• com.test.Testing
• objects.mapper.com.test.HasTestingObjects

Download the latest Selenium Server Standalone jar file and add it to your Build Path

[Selenium Server Standalone Jar Link]

Download the SOB jar file and add it to your Build Path [SOB Jar File Download Link]

• The first class atu.selenium.scripts.WithoutObjectBank is a sample Selenium WebDriver script without using SOB
• The Second class com.test.Testing is the same Selenium WebDriver script with SOB features
• The Third class objects.mapper.com.test.HasTestingObjects is generated automatically by SOB

Step 2: 
Right click on the com.test.Testing java and Select Selenium Object Bank Manager as shown in below figure  

Once you select, SOB window appears as shown below

 

• From the SOB window you can see the available Objects in the left Pane
• When you click on any Object from the left pane, you can see the Object details and the Element Tag type from the Properties table and the Select Box
• To Add an Object, Enter a Unique Object Name in the field, Select the element tag type, enter the attribute and its value (you can add more than one locator)and click on Add button

• To Remove an Object from the Available Objects, Select one of them and click on Remove button
• To Update an Object Attribute or Value, Select any object from the left pane and edit values from the Properties table
• The Clear Fields button is used when you want to clear the Properties and Object Name field. (While Adding an Object)

How does SOB work?

• Create a WebDriver Script
• Right Click on the Script and select Selenium Object Bank Manager, since it is a newly created script it pops up a message box like below as it does not have an Object Bank associated with it.
• Click on Yes to Create an Object Bank for the Script

• After clicking on Yes button, a Directory Named ObjectBank is created in the project folder. Under this ObjectBank directory, an XML file is generated that stores the Object details for the corresponding script
•  The XML file name is same as the Script name and its directory structure is same as the Script package structure
•  Along with this XML file, for each Script, a corresponding java file named Has[Script Name]Objects is generated under the objects.mapperpackage. The script’s directory structure is same as its package structure.

           NOTE:  Please refresh the Eclipse Project folder to see the newly created files 

•  For example: if the script name is com.test.Registration.java then
•  An XML file is generated in ObjectBank\com\test\Registration.xml
•  A Java file is generated in objects\mapper\com\test\HasRegistrationObjects.java under src package

Future Scope for SOB

Well, we are using this approach for our Projects and will be continued in future :) 

A whole lot of new features will be introduced into SOB to the benefit of various Clients, Organizations, and Users including myself. Stay tuned :) 

We love WebDriver, as an Open Source tool, we love to keep its utilities Open Source.