有没有有效的方法来检索和使用Selenium中的测试数据

Question

I'm automating search functionality and want to perform data driven test on it. I'm using an Excel sheet to store the test data and using Apache POI libraries to read the same. This is how testdata stored.

I've one common class in my Framework to read the data from excel file where i have to pass the sheet number while calling the method as mentioned below :

public ArrayList<String> getAllData(int sheetNumber)
{
        list=new ArrayList<String>();
        sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(sheetNumber);
        for(int i=1;i<=sheet.getLastRowNum();i++)
        {
            for(int j=0;j<sheet.getRow(i).getLastCellNum();j++)
            {
                System.out.println(sheet.getRow(i).getCell(j).getStringCellValue());
                list.add(sheet.getRow(i).getCell(j).getStringCellValue());
            }
        }
        return list;
    }

I'm facing trouble in how I use this data in my calling function. Somehow I'm able to mange at my level like:

@Test
public void searchRcontacts() throws IOException, InterruptedException
{

    LoginAnalyser.checkLogin();
    if(!(driver.getCurrentUrl().equals(PropertyFileReader.getProperty("dashboardURL"))))
    {
        driver.get(PropertyFileReader.getProperty("dashboardURL"));
        CommonMethods.waitUntilLoaderGetInvisible(driver);
    }

    //Calling the method from ExcelReader class
    Iterator<String> itr=excel.getAllData(7).iterator();  

    while(itr.hasNext())
    {  
        contacts.enterSearchText(itr.next()); 
        TakeScreenshot.passedScreenShot("Search_");
        LogWriter.logger.info("Search Text enterd");    
        contacts.clickSearchButton();
        CommonMethods.waitUntilLoaderGetInvisible(driver);
        LogWriter.logger.info("Search button clicked"); 
        TakeScreenshot.passedScreenShot("Search_Result_For");   
        assertEquals(contacts.getSearchResult(),itr.next());
        LogWriter.logger.info("Result : "+contacts.getSearchResult());   
      }  
 }

But it doesn't seem like an efficient way. Can someone suggest a better way to do this?

Answer 1

Consider using BDD methodology such as Cucumber or JBehave. In your example, a story could be created:

Scenario: Positive tests

Given I am on the search page
When I enter <testdata>
Then the record is found

Examples:
|testdata  |
|narrendra |
|9422320101|
|jec       |

Scenario: Negative tests

Given I am on the search page
When I enter <testdata>
Then the record is not found

Examples:
|testdata|
|Alex$   |
|Mac100  |

You could also, in the case of JBehave, place the example data in a separate file, and use:

Examples:
.\tables\storyPosTestData.txt