'Selenium - Java - Page Factory: Read from Property file and pass value in Selenium (SendKeys)
I am stuck in this situation:
I try to get some values from a property file (first.properties) and passing to Selenium (sendKeys method) For this I have the next.
I have created an interface for keeping the Strings of a property file.
public interface Constants {
String key_search = "search";
}
My property file:
search = "Selenium Cucumber"
This is the class that read all the properties in the program (I have more than 1 property file)
public class MultiplePropertyReader {
public static String ReadProps() {
Properties properties = new Properties();
try {
// properties.load(new FileInputStream("src/main/resources/data/zero.properties"));
properties.load(new FileInputStream("src/main/resources/data/first.properties"));
//First properties fields
System.out.println("::: First Feature Property File 1 Data :::");
System.out.println(properties.getProperty("search"));
//Get the properties (First properties)
String search = properties.getProperty(key_search);
return search;
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("No properties file found...");
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
}
In my Page Factory class, I have the next code which will pass the parameter to a specific field via sendKeys
public class Page_First extends BasePage {
public Page_First() throws IOException {
PageFactory.initElements(driver, this); }
//////////////////////////////////////////////WEB ELEMENTS//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@FindBy(name = "q")
private WebElement searchText;
@FindBy(name="btnK")
private WebElement searchButton;
//////////////////////////////////////////////BASE METHODS//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
public void startNavigation() {
log.info("Accessing to Google");
}
public void search(String search) {
searchText.sendKeys(search);
}
public void enterButton (){
clickElement(searchButton);
}
}
This is the step of the Step Definition class where it passes the parameter
@When("I query for \"([^\"]*)\" cucumber spring selenium")
public void I_query_for_cucumber_spring_selenium (String search) {
page_first.search(search);
}
When I run the program with IntelliJ, the next issue is displayed:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.openqa.selenium.support.pagefactory.DefaultElementLocator.findElement(DefaultElementLocator.java:69)
at org.openqa.selenium.support.pagefactory.internal.LocatingElementHandler.invoke(LocatingElementHandler.java:38)
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy15.sendKeys(Unknown Source)
at pages.Page_First.search(Page_First.java:39)
at stepdefs.Step_First.I_query_for_cucumber_spring_selenium(Step_First.java:28)
at ✽.When I query for "<search>" cucumber spring selenium(first.feature:10)
If somebody can help me... Best regards.
UPDATED: Property file reader was updated and here I post My feature file.
Feature: Navigation Test
As a user, I would like to make a search in Google
So I want to navigate in the page
Scenario: Search google to verify google search is working
Given I go to Google
When I query for "<search>" cucumber spring selenium
And click search
Then google page title should become the first page
Solution 1:[1]
it seems that you are not passing any values to
Page_First.search
And you have mentioned reading from property file and passing value to send keys, But MultiplePropertyReader.ReadProps() is not used too.
Probably it should be like:
public class MultiplePropertyReader {
public static String ReadProps() {
Properties properties = new Properties();
try {
// properties.load(new FileInputStream("src/main/resources/data/zero.properties"));
properties.load(new FileInputStream("src/main/resources/data/first.properties"));
//First properties fields
System.out.println("::: First Feature Property File 1 Data :::");
System.out.println(properties.getProperty("search"));
//Get the properties (First properties)
String search = properties.getProperty(key_search);
return search;
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("No properties file found...");
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
============================= Page_First==============================
public class Page_First extends BasePage {
public Page_First() throws IOException {
PageFactory.initElements(driver, this); }
//////////////////////////////////////////////WEB ELEMENTS//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@FindBy(name = "q")
private WebElement searchText;
@FindBy(name="btnK")
private WebElement searchButton;
//////////////////////////////////////////////BASE METHODS//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
public void startNavigation() {
log.info("Accessing to Google");
}
public void search(String search) {
searchText.sendKeys(MultiplePropertyReader.ReadProps());
}
public void enterButton (){
clickElement(searchButton);
}
}
Solution 2:[2]
Use custom-page-factory
<dependency>
<groupId>com.github.hemanthsridhar</groupId>
<artifactId>custom-page-factory</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0</version>
</dependency>
Usage
@FilePath(value = PageObjectsConfig.ERROR_MSG_PAGE)
class HomePage {
private WebDriver driver;
public HomePage(WebDriver driver){
this.driver = driver;
PageFactory.initElements(new SearchWithFieldDecorator(new FileBasedElementLocatorFactory(driver, this)), this);
}
@SearchBy
private WebElement userName;
@SearchBy
private WebElement password;
}
If we have a Property file for example
userName_xpath=//label[text()='username']
password_id=pwd
Sources
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Source: Stack Overflow
| Solution | Source |
|---|---|
| Solution 1 | Deepak Kumar |
| Solution 2 | Hemanth |