47.1.10.2

Advanced class mapping

After the simple case in the previous section we will take a look at a more complex scenario now. Let's analyze how the textfields showing the selected price information are treated, e.g. the final price textfield. Like in the previous section we need to record some mouse clicks or text checks on those textfields. Then we need to navigate to the recorded components and analyze them. The figure below shows the current situation and our goal again.

	Current recording Simplified recording
		Figure 47.10:  Simplification due to advanced class mapping

We got some SPAN nodes recorded. Here we have no class attribute, but an id attribute assigned. So, we can conclude that the id is very specific to the particular field. When you select its parent component, which is a TD node, you will find a class attribute with the value textfield, which corresponds to the actual component class. When you select that component QF-Test also highlights the entire textfield on the web-page. So we can assume that a component with the value textfield for the class attribute represents a textfield from a business perspective.

		Figure 47.11:  Recording of SPAN textfields

So, now let's extend the parameters of our procedure call of qfs.web.ajax.installCustomWebResolver. We need to map the textfield value as generic class TextField. Therefore, we extend the parameter genericClasses to textfield=TextField,button=Button. As you can see the genericClasses parameter holds a comma-separated list.

When you delete the previously recorded component, re-run the procedure qfs.web.ajax.installCustomWebResolver, reload the web page and re-record the component you will get the following recording:

		Figure 47.12:  Recording TextFields in WebCarConfigurator

The textfields will be recorded as expected and we even get rid of one level in the component hierarchy. In addition, the textfields have QF-Test specific attributes like the extra feature qfs:label assigned.

Note This example uses the parameter genericClasses like the previous one. You can edit the values of the parameter using the 'Edit row' button of the table and insert line-breaks after every comma to increase readability.

The next section show a translation for components which contain data and how to access that data afterwards. Such components represent data-tables, trees or lists and are handled as complex components by QF-Test.

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