How can I avoid having multiple xpath variables in Selenium?

Question

i am defining 2 variables in Selenium like this:

@FindBy(xpath = "//span[contains(text(),'€11')]")
    private WebElement singleTicket;

@FindBy(xpath = "//span[contains(text(),'€19')]")
    private WebElement returnTicket;`

i need to pass different values in these variables for different tests e.g. "$12" but i dont want to create more variables in my page object with different prices. what is a good solution for this?

Muzzamil · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-24 12:12:07Z

1

There is no way to pass parameter to @FindBy annotation. But you can write a custom function to get webelement based on specific value and tag too. so you don't need to create separate element everytime. Please have a look on below function.

   public  WebElement getWebElementForSpecificText(String tagName, String text) {
        String formXpath= ".//"+tagName+"[contains(text(),'"+text+"')]";
        return driver.findElement(By.xpath(formXpath));
    }

Yu can call this function as mentioned below:

getWebElementForSpecificText("span", "€11");
getWebElementForSpecificText("span", "€12");
getWebElementForSpecificText("span", "€19");

answered Jan 24, 2020 at 12:12

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