test-factory 0.2.3 → 0.2.4

data/lib/test-factory/page_factory.rb

@@ -96,9 +96,17 @@ class PageFactory
     # @example
     #   link("Click Me For Fun!") => Creates the methods #click_me_for_fun and #click_me_for_fun_link
     #
-    def link(link_text)
-      element(damballa(link_text+"_link")) { |b| b.link(:text=>link_text) }
-      action(damballa(link_text)) { |b| b.link(:text=>link_text).click }
+    # The last parameter in the method is optional. Use it when
+    # you need the method name to be different from the text of
+    # the link--for example if the link text changes and you don't
+    # want to have to go through all your data objects and step
+    # definitions to update them to the new method name.
+    #
+    # @example
+    #   link("Click Me For Fun!", :click_me) => Creates the methods #click_me and #click_me_link
+    #
+    def link(link_text, *alias_name)
+      elementize(:link, link_text, *alias_name)
     end
 
     # Use this for buttons that are safe to define by their value attribute.
@@ -114,9 +122,17 @@ class PageFactory
     # @example
     #   button("Click Me For Fun!") => Creates the methods #click_me_for_fun and #click_me_for_fun_button
     #
-    def button(button_text)
-      element(damballa(button_text+"_button")) { |b| b.button(:value=>button_text) }
-      action(damballa(button_text)) { |b| b.button(:value=>button_text).click }
+    # The last parameter in the method is optional. Use it when
+    # you need the method name to be different from the text of
+    # the button--for example if the button text changes and you don't
+    # want to have to go through all your data objects and step
+    # definitions to update them to the new method name.
+    #
+    # @example
+    #   link("Click Me For Fun!", :click_me) => Creates the methods #click_me and #click_me_link
+    #
+    def button(button_text, *alias_name)
+      elementize(:button, button_text, *alias_name)
     end
 
     private
@@ -127,6 +143,19 @@ class PageFactory
       StringFactory::damballa(text)
     end
 
+    def elementize(type, text, *alias_name)
+      hash={:link=>:text, :button=>:value}
+      if alias_name.empty?
+        el_name=damballa("#{text}_#{type}")
+        act_name=damballa(text)
+      else
+        el_name="#{alias_name[0]}_#{type}".to_sym
+        act_name=alias_name[0]
+      end
+      element(el_name) { |b| b.send(type, hash[type]=>text) }
+      action(act_name) { |b| b.send(type, hash[type]=>text).click }
+    end
+
   end
 
 end # PageFactory

data/test-factory.gemspec

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = 'test-factory'
-  s.version = '0.2.3'
+  s.version = '0.2.4'
   s.summary = %q{rSmart's framework for creating automated testing scripts}
   s.description = %q{This gem provides a set of modules and methods to help quickly and DRYly create a test automation framework using Ruby and Watir (or watir-webdriver).}
   s.files = Dir.glob("**/**/**")

metadata

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
 name: test-factory
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
-  version: 0.2.3
+  version: 0.2.4
   prerelease: 
 platform: ruby
 authors:
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ authors:
 autorequire: 
 bindir: bin
 cert_chain: []
-date: 2013-03-13 00:00:00.000000000 Z
+date: 2013-03-19 00:00:00.000000000 Z
 dependencies:
 - !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
   name: watir-webdriver