1.
What is Object Repository?
Object Repository is a place where
we can store objects information, it acts as interface between Test script and
application in order to identify the objects during the execution
2.
Uses of Object Repository
1.
Object
repository is a centralized location of the objects and their properties, so
that if any object information changed in AUT, you need not to change in all
the scripts, it is enough to change in the Object repository
2.
Easily
maintain your tests or components when an object in your application changes
3.
Creating Object repository:
It’s up to you create an object
repository, and which file you want to use, you can use properties file, you can
use XML file….etc. You can learn about this in framework design concepts during
the training; you can find the source code to read the values from the object
repository in the project provided during the training.
Let us discuss about few
ways here to create a object repository:
First way to Create OR File:
1.
After
create a Project, Create a following project structure in your project(I am
Assuming here my application is Yahoo, and I am Following POM framework)
Note: Here Sagara is my client Name
2.
Create
a simple text file with the Extension as .OR
(ex: LoginPage.OR) under object Repository Package (here it is com.sagara.objectRepository)
3.
Create
a Simple java class file under test Pages package (ex : LoginPage.Java)
After above steps, your project
looks a like:
4.
Open
your LoginPage.OR and write the objects informations like this :
5.
Open
your LoginPage.Java, and write the below code to get the objects information's from the OR Page and use it
Second way to Create OR File:
1.
After Creating a project, make sure that you
will be having the following project structure (It is optional)
2.
Create a simple Java Class under testObjects
Package(Let us say YahooLoginPage.Java)
3.
Create a simple java class under testscripts
Package (Let us say ‘TestYahooLoginPage.java’)
4.
Open your YahooLoginPage.Java
and write the below code :
5.
Open TestYahooLoginPage. Java and write the
below code :
Congrats!!...Now you have learnt how to maintain Object Repository
in selenium
