com.btmatthews.selenium.junit4.runner

Interface SeleniumFactory<T>

Type Parameters:

T -

• Selenium for Selenium Server and Wrapped Web Driver factories
• WebDriver for Web Driver factories

All Known Implementing Classes:

ServerFactory, WebDriverFactory, WrappedDriverFactory

public interface SeleniumFactory<T>

Generic interface that must be implemented by the factories that create the Selenium Server, Web Driver and Wrapped Web Driver objects.

Since:

1.0.0

Author:

Brian Thomas Matthews

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
T	create() Create the Selenium Server, Web Driver or Wrapped Web Driver object.
String	getBrowser() Return a string to identify the browser.
void	start(T object) Connect to the Selenium Server or start the Web Browser used to execute the tests.
void	stop(T object) Disconnect from the Selenium Server or stop the Web Browser used to execute the tests.

Method Detail

getBrowser

String getBrowser()

Return a string to identify the browser.

Returns:

A browser identification string.

create

T create()
         throws Exception

Create the Selenium Server, Web Driver or Wrapped Web Driver object.

Returns:

A instance of T.

Throws:

Exception - IF there was an problem creating the object.

start

void start(T object)
           throws Exception

Connect to the Selenium Server or start the Web Browser used to execute the tests.

Parameters:

object - The object used to communicate with the Selenium Server or Web Browser.

Throws:

Exception - If there was a problem connecting to the Selenium Server or starting the Web Browser.

stop

void stop(T object)
          throws Exception

Disconnect from the Selenium Server or stop the Web Browser used to execute the tests.

Parameters:

object - The object used to communicate with the Selenium Server or Web Browser.

Throws:

Exception - If there was a problem disconnecting from the Selenium Server or stopping the Web Browser.