6 Replies Latest reply on Jun 26, 2009 10:51 AM by prabhat.jha

automating testing of photo album application

prabhat.jha Jun 23, 2009 2:18 PM

Hi,
I have configured continuous build of photo album as well as corresponding tests in hudson. Setup is all good but tests do not pass. You can see the details of test results at http://hudson.qa.jboss.com/hudson/view/RichFaces/job/richfaces-photoalbum-tests/lastBuild/testReport/. I have not yet made the build available in public hudson so you have to be in VPN to access the report.

The reason of failure is that RealWorldHelper assumes that id of login link in header.xhtml is going to be loginPanelShowlink. Since this command link is embedded in form that does not have an explicit assigned to it, a random id for form is generated which results into random id for login command link.

Once I assigned an explicit id to the form, Selenium was able to find the right id and proceed with login. I would like to proceed with this and similar changes and commit them (3.3.X branch) so that I can have stable run in Hudson. Please let me know if you have any objection.

Of course, there is an option of xpath manipulation but overall I think having explicit id simplifies life everywhere.
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Thanks,
Prabhat Jha
Portal & Richfaces
JBoss By Red Hat

1. Re: automating testing of photo album application

jbalunas Jun 24, 2009 9:10 AM (in response to prabhat.jha)

Excellent I'm glad to see this set up, now we just need to get the tests passing :-)

If setting the ID fixes the issue I say add it. XPath is not a good way to do this, and I think setting explicit ids is good JSF practice.
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2. Re: automating testing of photo album application

nbelaevski Jun 24, 2009 11:23 AM (in response to prabhat.jha)

Hi Prabhat,

I'm ok with that.
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3. Re: automating testing of photo album application

prabhat.jha Jun 25, 2009 11:47 AM (in response to prabhat.jha)

Thanks Nick. On a similar note, if possible, please do not modify demo application and photo album for few days as I am writing/modifying test cases based on current version of these apps in 3.3.X. For example, test cases for photo album were not in synch with the app in the sense that selenium was looking for some class attributes which do not exist.
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4. Re: automating testing of photo album application

prabhat.jha Jun 25, 2009 6:12 PM (in response to prabhat.jha)

With my latest commit, 23/25 tests pass. Two failing tests need to be resolved. Please see the results at http://hudson.qa.jboss.com/hudson/view/RichFaces/job/richfaces-photoalbum-tests/lastBuild/testReport/
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5. Re: automating testing of photo album application

jbalunas Jun 26, 2009 9:31 AM (in response to prabhat.jha)

Nice you are getting closer :-)
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6. Re: automating testing of photo album application

prabhat.jha Jun 26, 2009 10:51 AM (in response to prabhat.jha)

Regarding remaining 2 tests, I am wondering if I can get some help. It's not fun to find what a test is doing with no comment and looking for components being clicked using reverse engineering of xpath when xpath itself has changed. ;-)
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