MDL-37750 behat: Elements finders at base level

Set of DOM elements finders to
avoid false fails.
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David Monllao 2013-02-04 16:37:10 +08:00
parent 6319737865
commit ff48a235a9

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@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
// NOTE: no MOODLE_INTERNAL test here, this file may be required by behat before including /config.php.
use Behat\Mink\Exception\ExpectationException as ExpectationException,
Behat\Mink\Exception\ElementNotFoundException as ElementNotFoundException;
/**
* Steps definitions base class.
*
@ -76,6 +79,89 @@ class behat_base extends Behat\MinkExtension\Context\RawMinkContext {
return 0 !== strpos($path, 'http') ? $startUrl . ltrim($path, '/') : $path;
}
/**
* Adapter to Behat\Mink\Element\Element::find() using the spin() method.
*
* @link http://mink.behat.org/#traverse-the-page-selectors
* @param Exception $exception Otherwise we throw expcetion with generic info
* @param string $selector The selector type (css, xpath, named...)
* @param mixed $locator It depends on the $selector, can be the xpath, a name, a css locator...
* @return NodeElement
*/
protected function find($selector, $locator, $exception = false) {
// Generic info.
if (!$exception) {
// With named selectors we can be more specific.
if ($selector == 'named') {
$exceptiontype = $locator[0];
$exceptionlocator = $locator[1];
} else {
$exceptiontype = $selector;
$exceptionlocator = $locator;
}
$exception = new ElementNotFoundException($this->getSession(), $exceptiontype, null, $exceptionlocator);
}
// Waits for the node to appear if it exists, otherwise will timeout and throw the provided exception.
return $this->spin(
function($context, $args) {
return $context->getSession()->getPage()->find($args[0], $args[1]);
},
array($selector, $locator),
self::TIMEOUT,
$exception
);
}
/**
* Finds DOM nodes in the page using named selectors.
*
* The point of using this method instead of Mink ones is the spin
* method of behat_base::find() that looks for the element until it
* is available or it timeouts, this avoids the false failures received
* when selenium tries to execute commands on elements that are not
* ready to be used.
*
* All steps that requires elements to be available before interact with
* them should use one of the find* methods.
*
* The methods calls requires a {'find_' . $elementtype}($locator)
* format, like find_link($locator), find_select($locator),
* find_button($locator)...
*
* @link http://mink.behat.org/#named-selectors
* @throws coding_exception
* @param string $method The name of the called method
* @param mixed $arguments
* @return NodeElement
*/
public function __call($name, $arguments) {
if (substr($name, 0, 5) !== 'find_') {
throw new coding_exception('The "' . $name . '" method does not exist');
}
// Only the named selector identifier.
$cleanname = substr($name, 5);
// All named selectors shares the interface.
if (count($arguments) !== 1) {
throw new coding_exception('The "' . $cleanname . '" named selector needs the locator as it\'s single argument');
}
// Redirecting execution to the find method with the specified selector.
// It will detect if it's pointing to an unexisting named selector.
return $this->find('named',
array(
$cleanname,
$this->getSession()->getSelectorsHandler()->xpathLiteral($arguments[0])
)
);
}
/**
* Executes the passed closure until returns true or time outs.
*
@ -91,15 +177,20 @@ class behat_base extends Behat\MinkExtension\Context\RawMinkContext {
* - Must return something != false if finishes as expected, this will be the (mixed) value
* returned by spin()
*
* Requires the exception to provide more accurate feedback to tests writers.
* The arguments of the closure are mixed, use $args depending on your needs.
*
* @throws Exception If it timeouts without receiving something != false from the closure
* @param Closure $lambda The function to execute.
* @param Exception $exception The exception to throw in case it time outs.
* @param array $args Arguments to pass to the closure
* You can provide an exception to give more accurate feedback to tests writers, otherwise the
* closure exception will be used, but you must provide an exception if the closure does not throws
* an exception.
*
* @throws Exception If it timeouts without receiving something != false from the closure
* @param Closure $lambda The function to execute.
* @param mixed $args Arguments to pass to the closure
* @param int $timeout Timeout
* @param Exception $exception The exception to throw in case it time outs.
* @return mixed The value returned by the closure
*/
protected function spin($lambda, $exception, $args, $timeout = false) {
protected function spin($lambda, $args = false, $timeout = false, $exception = false) {
// Using default timeout which is pretty high.
if (!$timeout) {
@ -112,11 +203,18 @@ class behat_base extends Behat\MinkExtension\Context\RawMinkContext {
try {
// We don't check with !== because most of the time closures will return
// direct Behat methods returns and we are not sure it will be always (bool)false.
// direct Behat methods returns and we are not sure it will be always (bool)false
// if it just runs the behat method without returning anything $return == null.
if ($return = $lambda($this, $args)) {
return $return;
}
} catch(Exception $e) {
// We would use the first closure exception if no exception has been provided.
if (!$exception) {
$exception = $e;
}
// We wait until no exception is thrown or timeout expires.
continue;
}
@ -124,6 +222,11 @@ class behat_base extends Behat\MinkExtension\Context\RawMinkContext {
sleep(1);
}
// Using coding_exception as is a development issue if no exception has been provided.
if (!$exception) {
$exception = new coding_exception('spin method requires an exception if the closure doesn\'t throw an exception itself');
}
// Throwing exception to the user.
throw $exception;
}