Module: Watirloo::Browsers

Defined in:
lib/watirloo/browsers.rb

Overview

manage references to browsers. Currently IE or Firefox. Safari? Other Browser? not yet

Constant Summary collapse

@@target =

by default we talk to IE on Windows.

:ie
@@targets = 
[:ie, :firefox]

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.ff ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/watirloo/browsers.rb', line 60

def ff
  require 'watirloo/extension/firewatir_ducktape'
  # this is a cruch for quick work with pages.
  # in reality you want to create a browser and pass it as argument to initialize Page class
  floc = FireLocker.instance
  begin
    floc.browser.url
    floc.browser
  rescue
    floc.clear
    ::FireWatir::Firefox.new
    sleep 2
    floc.browser
  end
end

.ie(key = 'default') ⇒ Object

provides browser instance to client. attaches to the existing ‘default’ test session browser on the desktop By convention the mental model here is that we are working with one browser on the desktop. This is how a person would typically work



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# File 'lib/watirloo/browsers.rb', line 48

def ie(key='default')
  begin
    Locker.browser key
  rescue #XXX it's probably a bad practice to use exception for logic control
    # TODO logger here
    ie = Watir::IE.start
    sleep 3
    Locker.add(ie, key)
    ie #return newly created browser for the test session and store it for later usage
  end
end

.target ⇒ Object

set and get the target. by default we talk to :ie.



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# File 'lib/watirloo/browsers.rb', line 31

def target
  return @@target
end

.target=(indicator) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/watirloo/browsers.rb', line 35

def target=(indicator)
  if @@targets.include? indicator
    @@target = indicator
  else
    raise Exception, "target indicator #{indicator} is not valid: use :ie or :firefox"
  end
end