PageFactoryTutorial

The project demonstrates use of Page Factory automation framework. The framework implements one test case for showcase purpose.

Getting Started

These instructions will help you get started.

Prerequisites

1. Java
2. Maven
3. Browser driver [Project have a chrome driver embedded, chrome version: Version 76.0.3809.100 (64-bit)]

Tests

Uses Zero banking site for scenarios.

Test scenarios

1. Login to the portal successfully and verify landing page.

How to execute test

1. Through IDE: right click on "TestsToExecute.java" and run "verifyLogin()"
2. Through IDE: right click on "testng.xml" and run
3. Through command prompt: mvn test

Reports from execution

When step 2. and 3. are used for execution, the default testng reports are generated at location

target/surefire-reports/

About Page Factory framework

"Page factory" is one of the way to implement "Page Object Model" and is an optimised way as well. Page Object Model: Each page have an associated class created for it. Each class with UI elements and methods associated with the page. Classes have UI elements declared as "By" object: By signinButton = By.id("signin_button");

Page Factory is annotation inside selenium which we give it to class.

@FindBy(id = "signin_button") WebElement signinButton;

Usage:

signinButton.click();

So, when you define any class as page factory, all the elements inside the class will get loaded while any of element in the class is called.

PageFactory.initElements(driver, this);

This is really a bad practice if we have 100s elements inside a class and we just have to make use of only one. In this case Page Object model should be used