Accessor Functions

Assert functions will always trigger a failure if they do not succeed. Verify Functions described above, unlike Assert functions, can be configure not to fail the script execution using the setAssertType function.

_byClassName = byClassName

Parameters: value
Description: Finds an element by class name with given tag name and constrained by given relations
Example:

<div class="bigfont">Some text</div>

_byClassName("bigfont", "DIV")

_byCss = byCss

Parameters: value
Description: This returns the element matching with the specified css
Example:

_navigateTo("http://sahitest.com/");
_click(_link("demo"));
_click(_byCss("a.a.x"));
_click(_link("Back"));

_byId = byId

Parameters: value
Description: This returns the element matching with the specified id
Example 1:

<div id="s2id_autogen2">Add Member</div>

_byId("s2id_autogen2") // points to the above tag. Note that the tagName "div" is not used here.

Example 2:

_navigateTo("http://sahitest.com/demo/linkTest.htm");
_click(_byCss("myLink"));

_byName = byName

Parameters: value
Description: Finds the element with the name of the element. If more than one match, this returns the first matching element.
Example:

navigateTo("http://sahitest.com/");
click(link("demo"));
click(link("Form Test"));
var t1 = byName("t1");

_byJQuery = byJQuery

Parameters: value
Description: Returns the first match based on the input string. Input can be any of jQuery selectors
Example:

byJQuery("#s1Id"); // id selector since u can see # in it
byJQuery("input"); // returns the first match input element
byJQuery(".ac-content"); // returns the first match of element class selector

_bySelenium = bySelenium

Parameters: value
Description: uses selenium locator to get the element
Example:

_navigateTo("http://sahitest.com/demo/");
_click(_bySelenium("css=a.a.x"));
_click(_link("Back"));

_byTagName = byTagName

Parameters: value
Description: Finds the element with the tag name of the element. If more than one match, this returns the first matching element.
Example:

navigateTo("http://sahitest.com/");
click(link("demo"));
click(link("Form Test"));
var text = byTagName("input");

_byXPath = byXPath

Parameters: value
Description: This returns the element matching with the specified XPath
Example:

navigateTo("http://demosite.appvance.com/");
click(byXPath('//*[@class="list-group-item"]'));
click(byXPath('//*[@class="list-group-item"]'));