nemo-page/lib/normalize.js

View Interface for nemo enhanced with nested locators and collection mechanics.

'use strict';

/**
 *
 * @param locatorString string defining a WebElement locator as defined in this module's README
 * @returns Object {{type: *, locator: *}}
 * @private
 */
var _splitLocator = function (nemo, locatorString) {
    var strategy = locatorString.substr(0, locatorString.indexOf(':'));
    var locator = '';
    if (strategy.length > 0 && nemo.wd.By[strategy] !== undefined) {
        locator = locatorString.substr(locatorString.indexOf(':') + 1, locatorString.length);
    } else {
        strategy = 'css';
        locator = locatorString;
    }

    var jsonLocator = {
        'type': strategy,
        'locator': locator
    };
    return jsonLocator;
};

/**
 * normalizes either string or object locator definition to a selenium Locator object
 * @param nemo
 * @param _locator {String or Object}
 * @returns Locator
 */
module.exports = function normalize(nemo, _locator) {
    var locator = _locator;
    var normalizedLocator;
    if (_locator.constructor === String) {
        locator = _splitLocator(nemo, _locator);
    }
    normalizedLocator = nemo.wd.By[locator.type](locator.locator);
    return normalizedLocator;
};