org.openqa.selenium.support.pagefactory

Class DefaultElementLocator

java.lang.Object

org.openqa.selenium.support.pagefactory.DefaultElementLocator

All Implemented Interfaces:

ElementLocator

Direct Known Subclasses:

AjaxElementLocator

public class DefaultElementLocator
extends Object
implements ElementLocator

The default element locator, which will lazily locate an element or an element list on a page. This class is designed for use with the PageFactory and understands the annotations FindBy and CacheLookup.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DefaultElementLocator(org.openqa.selenium.SearchContext searchContext, AbstractAnnotations annotations) Use this constructor in order to process custom annotaions.
DefaultElementLocator(org.openqa.selenium.SearchContext searchContext, Field field) Creates a new element locator.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
org.openqa.selenium.WebElement	findElement() Find the element.
List<org.openqa.selenium.WebElement>	findElements() Find the element list.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DefaultElementLocator

public DefaultElementLocator(org.openqa.selenium.SearchContext searchContext,
                             Field field)

Creates a new element locator.

Parameters:

searchContext - The context to use when finding the element

field - The field on the Page Object that will hold the located value

DefaultElementLocator

public DefaultElementLocator(org.openqa.selenium.SearchContext searchContext,
                             AbstractAnnotations annotations)

Use this constructor in order to process custom annotaions.

Parameters:

searchContext - The context to use when finding the element

annotations - AbstractAnnotations class implementation

Method Detail

findElement

public org.openqa.selenium.WebElement findElement()

Find the element.

Specified by:

findElement in interface ElementLocator

findElements

public List<org.openqa.selenium.WebElement> findElements()

Find the element list.

Specified by:

findElements in interface ElementLocator