As it seems page object model and page factory is doing same thing. So i am confused.
IpmObjectInitializer initialize = new IpmObjectInitializer(driver.getWebDriver()); // Initialize elements in BatchCreationPageFactory class
batchCreationPageFactory = initialize.getBatchCreationPageFactoryObj(); Page Object is a class that represents a web page and hold the functionality and members.
public class LogInPage { private WebElement userName; private WebElement password; public LogInPage() { } public void locateElements() { userName = driver.findElement(By.id("userName")); password = driver.findElement(By.id("password")); } public void doLogIn() { userName.sendKeys("qwe"); password.sendKeys("123"); } } Page Factory is a way to initialize the web elements you want to interact with within the page object when you create an instance of it.
public class LogInPage { @FindBy(id="userName") private WebElement userName; @FindBy(id="password") private WebElement password; public LogInPage() { PageFactory.initElements(driver, this); // initialize the members like driver.findElement() } public void doLogIn() { userName.sendKeys("qwe"); password.sendKeys("123"); } } Page Object Model (POM)
1.. POM is a Design pattern which segregates selenium code based on pages.
Ex: Create a separate java class for the Login page, one more class for Home Page etc.
2.. A Page Object Model is a way of representing an application in a test framework. For every ‘page’ in the application, you create a Page Object to reference the ‘page’.
Page Factory
1.. Advanced concept ( POM + new features )or
Elements are identified using @FindBy or @FindBys Annotation
Initialism all the elements declared in Point#1 at a time.
( in POM, initialization happens on the fly )
PageFactory.initElements(driver,this);
2.. A Page Factory is one way of implementing a Page Object Model. In order to support the Page Object pattern, WebDriver’s support library contains a factory class.
