Package net.thucydides.core.steps

Class StepFactory

java.lang.Object

net.thucydides.core.steps.StepFactory

public class StepFactory
extends Object

Produces an instance of a set of requirement steps for use in the acceptance tests. Requirement steps navigate through pages using a WebDriver driver.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
StepFactory()	Create a new step factory without webdriver support.
StepFactory(Pages pages)	Create a new step factory.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static StepFactory	getFactory()
<T> T	getNewCachedStepLibraryFor(Class<T> scenarioStepsClass)
<T> T	getNewStepLibraryFor(Class<T> scenarioStepsClass)
<T> T	getSharedStepLibraryFor(Class<T> scenarioStepsClass)	Returns a new ScenarioSteps instance, of the specified type.
<T> T	getUniqueStepLibraryFor(Class<T> scenarioStepsClass)
<T> T	getUniqueStepLibraryFor(Class<T> scenarioStepsClass, Object... parameters)
<T> T	instantiateNewStepLibraryFor(Class<T> scenarioStepsClass, boolean cacheNewInstance)	Create a new instance of a class containing test steps.
<T> T	instantiateNewStepLibraryFor(Class<T> scenarioStepsClass, Interceptor interceptor, boolean useCache)	Create a new instance of a class containing test steps using custom interceptors.
static boolean	isAssignableFrom(Object argument, Class<?> parameterType)
void	reset()
void	usePageFactory(Pages pages)
StepFactory	usingPages(Pages pages)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

StepFactory

public StepFactory(Pages pages)

Create a new step factory. All web-testing step factories need a Pages object, which is passed to ScenarioSteps objects when they are created.

StepFactory

public StepFactory()

Create a new step factory without webdriver support. This is to be used for non-webtest acceptance tests.

Method Detail

getFactory

public static StepFactory getFactory()

usingPages

public StepFactory usingPages(Pages pages)

getSharedStepLibraryFor

public <T> T getSharedStepLibraryFor(Class<T> scenarioStepsClass)

Returns a new ScenarioSteps instance, of the specified type. This is actually a proxy that allows reporting and screenshots to be performed at each step.

Type Parameters:

T - the scenario step class type

Parameters:

scenarioStepsClass - the scenario step class

Returns:

the instrumented step library

getNewStepLibraryFor

public <T> T getNewStepLibraryFor(Class<T> scenarioStepsClass)

getNewCachedStepLibraryFor

public <T> T getNewCachedStepLibraryFor(Class<T> scenarioStepsClass)

getUniqueStepLibraryFor

public <T> T getUniqueStepLibraryFor(Class<T> scenarioStepsClass)

getUniqueStepLibraryFor

public <T> T getUniqueStepLibraryFor(Class<T> scenarioStepsClass,
                                     Object... parameters)

reset

public void reset()

instantiateNewStepLibraryFor

public <T> T instantiateNewStepLibraryFor(Class<T> scenarioStepsClass,
                                          boolean cacheNewInstance)

Create a new instance of a class containing test steps. This method will instrument the class appropriately and inject any nested step libraries or other dependencies.

instantiateNewStepLibraryFor

public <T> T instantiateNewStepLibraryFor(Class<T> scenarioStepsClass,
                                          Interceptor interceptor,
                                          boolean useCache)

Create a new instance of a class containing test steps using custom interceptors.

usePageFactory

public void usePageFactory(Pages pages)

isAssignableFrom

public static boolean isAssignableFrom(Object argument,
                                       Class<?> parameterType)