Inheriting xpath string in Java using Selenium Webdriver and Cucumber

Question

I have this code as a part of a program to practice Cucumber, Xpath and Selenium:

@When("^I select Divany i Kresla from left vertical menu$")
        public void i_choose_Divany_i_Kresla_from_left_vertical_menu() {
            driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[@class='top-left-menu']/ul/li/a")).click();
            driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(50, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
        }

It's pretty repetitive in every scenario, everything that actually changes is data I select (which I can move to Examples in .feature file) and xpath which I use to access elements on the page. Is there a way to somehow move this step to a generalized class and set it's xpath from inherited classes?

Murthi · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-09 10:32:03Z

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You can try the following step definitions and which takes sub menu name as input and click on it.

@When("^I select .* from left vertical menu$")
    public void i_choose_Divany_i_Kresla_from_left_vertical_menu(String menu) {
        driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[@class='top-left-menu']/ul/li/a[text()="+menu+"]")).click();
        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(50, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
    }

answered Jun 9, 2017 at 10:32

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Gaurang Shah Over a year ago

however the better thing would be to use page object with Cucumber. Do not use hard coded identifier. put them into variable or use PageFactory. else it might be a maintenance night mare if application goes through some changes in future.

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