How to have a reusable method that find all the webelements using WebElement type parameter in page factory model

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I have an automation framework that is driven using page object model using page factory

@FindBy(xpath = "xpathValue")
private WebElement notificationIcon;

I want to have an reusable utility to find all the Webelements. For that I traditionally use findElements methods which takes By parameter. How can I achieve the same using page factory?

I know that I can use the below approach, but I do not want to write for all webelements like this.

@FindBy(xpath = "xpathValue")
private List<WebElement> notificationIcon;

Hence, please find me a solution for this to find all the WebElements using a WebElement type parameter?

undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer · 2023-08-14 13:35:19Z

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The replacement for findElements() in Page Factory can be either of the following:

Using FindBy:

@FindBy(xpath = "xpathValue") 
private List<WebElement> notificationIcon;

Using how:

@FindBy(how = How.XPATH, using = "xpathValue") 
private List<WebElement> notificationIcon;

answered Aug 14, 2023 at 13:35

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NoNoNo Over a year ago

As I said in question, I do not want this approach, Since I have n number of webelements in n pages, It is taking more time to write same webelement two times, one for findElement and one for findElements. Let me if there is any possibility using WebElement parameter.

undetected Selenium Over a year ago

@NoNoNo You don't need to write same webelement two times. That why Page Factory. You simply need a getter.

NoNoNo Over a year ago

@FindBy(xpath = "xpathValue") private WebElement notificationIcon; I do not understand how we can write a getter for List<WebElement> for this?

undetected Selenium Over a year ago

@NoNoNo 1) You can't find all the WebElements withreturn type WebElement. 2) You will need a customized getter as the elements won't be readily available and you need a waiter.

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