Method: WatirRobot::Parser#parse_location

Defined in:
lib/watir_robot/parser.rb

#parse_location(loc) ⇒ Hash

(Non-Keyword) Parses the “location” string provided as argument for locating HTML elements.

Watir-WebDriver expects a hash of parameters by which to search for HTML elements. This function take arguments from Robot Framework tests in the form of attribute=value and constructs a hash which Watir-WebDriver can use to uniquely identify HTML elements on the page.

Parameters:

  • loc (String) —

    argument from Robot Framework to locate an HTML element

Returns:

  • (Hash) —

    a hash which Watir-WebDriver can use to locate an HTML element



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# File 'lib/watir_robot/parser.rb', line 117

def parse_location(loc)
  loc = self.trim_sides(loc)
  
  if loc[0..3].downcase == 'css='
    return {:css => loc[4..loc.length]}
  elsif loc[0..5].downcase == 'xpath='
    return {:xpath => loc[6..loc.length]}
  else
    # Comma-separated attributes
    attr_list = loc.split(',')
    attrs = {}
    attr_list.each do |a|
      attr_kv = a.split('=')
      # Need to turn strings in format "/regex-here/" into actual regexes
      if attr_kv[1].start_with?('/')
        attr_kv[1] = Regexp.new(Regexp.quote(attr_kv[1].gsub('/', '')))
      end
      attr_kv[1] = self.trim_sides(attr_kv[1]) unless attr_kv[1].is_a? Regexp
      attrs[self.trim_sides(attr_kv[0])] = attr_kv[1]
    end
    # Watir expects symbols for keys
    attrs = Hash[attrs.map { |k, v| [k.to_sym, v] }]
    if attrs.key? :id
      attrs.delete_if {|k, v| k != :id}
    end
    return attrs
  end
end