@plightbo
The Setup / TearDown instructions found at http://seleniumhq.org/projects/core/usage.html explains a work around to the issue, however the work around is not the technique I expected. I am personally most familiar with setup/teardown methods that executes before and after each test case.
Just to throw it out there, a function call that opens a given link page, then executes selenium commands found there, which then after completion would return to the original page would probably be what I would be expecting.
The workflow behind the Test Suite would probably has a function that I am searching for. It is similar in that the flow of control starts by opening a test case, executes the commands, then returns to open another test case if available.
Here is a quick crude example in pseudocode of what I am imagining.
File: login_user.html
Login User
- open(”/home”);
- type(”usernameField”, “apple”);
- type(”passwordField”, “password”);
- click(”submitButton”, true);
- assertLocation(”/dashboard”);
File: logout_user.html
Logout User
- click(”Logout”, true);
- assertLocation(”/home”);
File: test_invite_friends.html
Test Invite Friends
- execute(”login_user.html”);
- click(”create event”, true);
- verifyText(”Invite Friends”, true);
- execute(”logout_user.html”);
Ideally, I would like to declare the Setup/Teardown functions in the Test Suite page instead at the beginning and end of each unit test. However I noticed that the Test Suite is only single column table; I am unsure how difficult it would be get Selenium to support multiple columns.
Here is an example of a test suite file in HTML.
<html>
<head>
<title>My Application Test Suite</title>
</head>
<body><table>
<tr><td><b>Suite Of Tests</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Setup</td><td><a href=“./setup.html”>Test Login</a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Teardown</td><td><a href=“./teardown.html”>Test Login</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a href=“./TestLogin.html”>Test Login</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href=“./TestFormEntry.html”>Test Form Entry</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a href=“./TestFormSave.html”>Test Form Save</a></td></tr>
</table></body>
</html>
Please let me know if I need to provide more details or a better written explaination.
- Thanks
@whereisciao
