FlexUtil (SAFS API DOCUMENT)

java.lang.Object
- org.safs.rational.FlexUtil

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public class FlexUtil
extends java.lang.Object
```
Purpose: Support Flex applications providing common methods for calling. The format of the R-String for top Flex applicaiton: "Type=FlexApplication;Caption={***.swf}" ***.swf is flex applicaiton's file name.

Since:

OCT 07 2008 Original Release OCT 27 2008 (JunwuMa) Added getName(TestObject), getTextOfFlexMenuItem(TestObject). Added method getMatchingPathObject(TestObject,String) for identifying Flex menu object according to the Path information. DEC 12 2008 (JunwuMa) Modify method drillDownRealFlexObj to fit in the changes of Flex runtime classLoader that is built with RFT8. Flex support in RFT8 is better than in RFT7. Methods getObjectClassName and GetChildren are NO need to be used any more in RFT8. JAN 14 2009 (JunwuMa) Add method getMatchingMenuFromMenuBar(), dig in a Flex menu bar to find out the corresponding menu inside it. JAN 20 2009 (JunwuMa) Add method doSelectMenubar for being evoked from CFComponent and CFFlexMenuBar. MAY 31 2009 (JunwuMa) Update drillDownRealFlexObj() for finding out the FlexApplication not loaded by runtime loader. SEP 18 2009 (JunwuMa) Updates to adapt drillDownRealFlexObj() to more SWFLoaders including SAS-defined SWFLoader. NOV 24 2010 (Carl Nagle) Updates to adapt drillDownRealFlexObj() to non-FlexApplication applications. No SWFLoader. Also fixed issues with getObjectClassName, and getCaption.

Author:

JunwuMa

See Also:

and FlexUtil#getCaption

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`static java.lang.String`	`FLEX_APP_NAME`
`static java.lang.String`	`FLEX_MENU_CLASSNAME`
`static java.lang.String`	`FLEX_MENUBAR_CLASSNAME`
`static java.lang.String`	`FLEX_MENUITEMRENDERER_CLASSNAME`
`static java.lang.String`	`FLEX_RUNTIMELOADER_PREFIX`
`static java.lang.String`	`FLEX_RUNTIMELOADER_SUFFIX`
`static java.lang.String`	`FLEX_RUNTIMELOADING_NAME`
`static java.lang.String`	`FLEX_SWFLOADER_CLASSNAME`
`static java.lang.String`	`FLEX_SWFLOADER_CLASSNAME_SUFFIX`
`static java.lang.String`	`PROPERTY_TYPE_AUTOMATIONCLASSNAME`
`static java.lang.String`	`PROPERTY_TYPE_AUTOMATIONINDEX`
`static java.lang.String`	`PROPERTY_TYPE_AUTOMATIONNAME`
`static java.lang.String`	`PROPERTY_TYPE_CLASSNAME`
`static java.lang.String`	`PROPERTY_TYPE_ID`
`static java.lang.String`	`PROPERTY_TYPE_LABEL`
`static java.lang.String`	`PROPERTY_TYPE_NUMAUTOMATIONCHILDREN`

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description

FlexUtil()

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`FlexUtil()`

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`static void`	`doSelectMenubar(com.rational.test.ft.object.interfaces.TestObject menuObj, java.lang.String menuItemPath)` Purpose: Perform a select operation on Flex menu items.
`static com.rational.test.ft.object.interfaces.TestObject`	`drillDownRealFlexObj(com.rational.test.ft.object.interfaces.TestObject flexObj)` Automated testing of Flex applications requires users to load supporting files in two different ways: 1) At compile-time for applications that are enabled for RFT 2) At run-time for applications that are not enabled for RFT For the second way, the top flex window returned by getTopObjects() on Flex domain object, might be a Flex runtimeloading object not the real application loaded.
`static java.lang.String`	`getCaption(com.rational.test.ft.object.interfaces.TestObject flexObj)` Take property 'automationName' of the top Flex application (FlexApplicationTestObject) as Caption, although there is no caption for a flex application.
`static com.rational.test.ft.object.interfaces.TestObject[]`	`getChildren(com.rational.test.ft.object.interfaces.TestObject obj)` Called by RGuiObjectVector#getChildren for solving duplicate object problem.
`static com.rational.test.ft.object.interfaces.flex.FlexObjectTestObject`	`getMatchingMenuFromMenuBar(com.rational.test.ft.object.interfaces.TestObject flexmenuBar, java.lang.String menuItemPath)` Purpose: Dig in a Flex menu bar to find out the corresponding menu inside it according menu path.
`static com.rational.test.ft.object.interfaces.flex.FlexObjectTestObject`	`getMatchingPathObject(java.lang.Object flexmenuBar, java.lang.String path)` Retrieves the resulting object identified with the Path information applied to flexmenuBar.
`static java.lang.String`	`getName(com.rational.test.ft.object.interfaces.TestObject flexObj)`
`static java.lang.String`	`getObjectClassIndex(com.rational.test.ft.object.interfaces.TestObject flexObj)` returns the class Index for FlexObjectTestObject.
`static java.lang.String`	`getObjectClassName(com.rational.test.ft.object.interfaces.TestObject flexObj)` returns the class name for FlexObjectTestObject.
`static java.lang.String`	`getTextOfFlexMenuItem(com.rational.test.ft.object.interfaces.TestObject flexObj)`
`static boolean`	`isRuntimeLoader(java.lang.String className)`
`static boolean`	`isSWFLoader(java.lang.String className)`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - FLEX_APP_NAME
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public static final java.lang.String FLEX_APP_NAME
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    Constant Field Values
  - FLEX_RUNTIMELOADING_NAME
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public static final java.lang.String FLEX_RUNTIMELOADING_NAME
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    Constant Field Values
  - FLEX_RUNTIMELOADER_PREFIX
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public static final java.lang.String FLEX_RUNTIMELOADER_PREFIX
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    Constant Field Values
  - FLEX_RUNTIMELOADER_SUFFIX
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public static final java.lang.String FLEX_RUNTIMELOADER_SUFFIX
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    Constant Field Values
  - FLEX_SWFLOADER_CLASSNAME_SUFFIX
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public static final java.lang.String FLEX_SWFLOADER_CLASSNAME_SUFFIX
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    Constant Field Values
  - FLEX_SWFLOADER_CLASSNAME
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public static final java.lang.String FLEX_SWFLOADER_CLASSNAME
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    Constant Field Values
  - FLEX_MENUBAR_CLASSNAME
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public static final java.lang.String FLEX_MENUBAR_CLASSNAME
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    Constant Field Values
  - FLEX_MENU_CLASSNAME
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public static final java.lang.String FLEX_MENU_CLASSNAME
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    Constant Field Values
  - FLEX_MENUITEMRENDERER_CLASSNAME
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public static final java.lang.String FLEX_MENUITEMRENDERER_CLASSNAME
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    Constant Field Values
  - PROPERTY_TYPE_AUTOMATIONCLASSNAME
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public static final java.lang.String PROPERTY_TYPE_AUTOMATIONCLASSNAME
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    Constant Field Values
  - PROPERTY_TYPE_AUTOMATIONINDEX
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public static final java.lang.String PROPERTY_TYPE_AUTOMATIONINDEX
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    Constant Field Values
  - PROPERTY_TYPE_AUTOMATIONNAME
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public static final java.lang.String PROPERTY_TYPE_AUTOMATIONNAME
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    Constant Field Values
  - PROPERTY_TYPE_CLASSNAME
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public static final java.lang.String PROPERTY_TYPE_CLASSNAME
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    Constant Field Values
  - PROPERTY_TYPE_ID
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public static final java.lang.String PROPERTY_TYPE_ID
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    Constant Field Values
  - PROPERTY_TYPE_LABEL
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public static final java.lang.String PROPERTY_TYPE_LABEL
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    Constant Field Values
  - PROPERTY_TYPE_NUMAUTOMATIONCHILDREN
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public static final java.lang.String PROPERTY_TYPE_NUMAUTOMATIONCHILDREN
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    Constant Field Values
- Constructor Detail
  - FlexUtil
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public FlexUtil()
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- Method Detail
  - isRuntimeLoader
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public static boolean isRuntimeLoader(java.lang.String className)
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    Parameters:
    
    className - -- usually extracted from a Flex TestObject.
    
    Returns:
    
    True if the classname provided is believed to be a common automation RuntimeLoader class.
  - isSWFLoader
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public static boolean isSWFLoader(java.lang.String className)
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    Parameters:
    
    className - -- usually extracted from a Flex TestObject.
    
    Returns:
    
    True if the classname provided is believed to be a common Flex SWFLoader class.
  - drillDownRealFlexObj
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public static com.rational.test.ft.object.interfaces.TestObject drillDownRealFlexObj(com.rational.test.ft.object.interfaces.TestObject flexObj)
```
    Automated testing of Flex applications requires users to load supporting files in two different ways: 1) At compile-time for applications that are enabled for RFT 2) At run-time for applications that are not enabled for RFT For the second way, the top flex window returned by getTopObjects() on Flex domain object, might be a Flex runtimeloading object not the real application loaded. See the hierarchy of a Flex application loaded by Flex runtime-loading. Flex runtimeloading object ----- top flex window returned by RFT / \ / \ FlexLoader Flex object ----- the Real Flex object loaded in RFT8 / / Flex object ------ no this object in RFT8 (different from in RFT7) Purpose: Drill down a top FlexApplicationTestObject finding out the real Flex application loaded. Only the second loading way is considered. The first loading way will be considered later...
    
    Parameters:
    
    flexObj, - top FlexApplicationTestObject
    
    Returns:
    
    an object(FlexApplicationTestObject) that is the real Flex application
  - getCaption
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public static java.lang.String getCaption(com.rational.test.ft.object.interfaces.TestObject flexObj)
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    Take property 'automationName' of the top Flex application (FlexApplicationTestObject) as Caption, although there is no caption for a flex application. See a top flex window's R-String: "Type=FlexApplcaiton;Caption={FlexWebDemo.swf}" The unique file name is taken as caption to identify different Flex application. This caption format is consistent with it used to be in Java, DotNet, Html...
    
    Parameters:
    
    flexObj, - a FlexObjectTestObject
    
    Returns:
    
    its caption
  - getName
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public static java.lang.String getName(com.rational.test.ft.object.interfaces.TestObject flexObj)
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  - getTextOfFlexMenuItem
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public static java.lang.String getTextOfFlexMenuItem(com.rational.test.ft.object.interfaces.TestObject flexObj)
```
  - getObjectClassName
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public static java.lang.String getObjectClassName(com.rational.test.ft.object.interfaces.TestObject flexObj)
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    returns the class name for FlexObjectTestObject. For top Flex application whatever its file name is, its automationClassName is often 'FlexApplication'. This cannot be taken as the UNIQUE class type for identifying a specific flex window because all FlexApplications might have that class name. Instead, the object className should be unique across Flex applications. className should give us that. See a R-String for a top flex window like "Type=FlexApplication;Caption=...."
    
    Parameters:
    
    flexObj, - a FlexObjectTestObject
    
    Returns:
    
    class name
  - getObjectClassIndex
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public static java.lang.String getObjectClassIndex(com.rational.test.ft.object.interfaces.TestObject flexObj)
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    returns the class Index for FlexObjectTestObject.
    
    Returns:
    
    class name
  - getChildren
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public static com.rational.test.ft.object.interfaces.TestObject[] getChildren(com.rational.test.ft.object.interfaces.TestObject obj)
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    Called by RGuiObjectVector#getChildren for solving duplicate object problem. In the hierarchy of Flex software under test, a container's child objects can be unexpectedly listed by calling getChildren on the container's parent. These child objects are duplicated. The duplicate can be solved by using property numAutomationChildren and method getAutomationChildAt(int), which returns the real child objects that belong to the Flex container.
    
    Parameters:
    
    obj, - FlexObjectTestObject
    
    Returns:
    
    array of TestObjects or an empty array of new TestObject[0].
  - getMatchingPathObject
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public static com.rational.test.ft.object.interfaces.flex.FlexObjectTestObject getMatchingPathObject(java.lang.Object flexmenuBar,
                                                                                                     java.lang.String path)
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    Retrieves the resulting object identified with the Path information applied to flexmenuBar. Called by RGuiObjectRecognition.getMatchingPathObject(Object, String). In R-String "Type=FlexMenuBar;index=1;Path=File->Exit", mx.controls.Menu matches 'File'; mx.controls.menuClasses.MenuItemRenderer matches 'Exit'.
    
    Parameters:
    
    flexmenuBar, - a FlexMenuBarTestObject (not considering FlexTreeTestObject)
    
    path -
    
    Returns:
    
    a FlexObjectTestObject that matches the path.
  - getMatchingMenuFromMenuBar
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public static com.rational.test.ft.object.interfaces.flex.FlexObjectTestObject getMatchingMenuFromMenuBar(com.rational.test.ft.object.interfaces.TestObject flexmenuBar,
                                                                                                          java.lang.String menuItemPath)
```
    Purpose: Dig in a Flex menu bar to find out the corresponding menu inside it according menu path.
    
    Parameters:
    
    flexmenuBar -
    
    menuItemPath -
    
    Returns:
    
    a FlexMenuTestObject (the corresponding menu)
  - doSelectMenubar
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public static void doSelectMenubar(com.rational.test.ft.object.interfaces.TestObject menuObj,
                                   java.lang.String menuItemPath)
                            throws SAFSException
```
    Purpose: Perform a select operation on Flex menu items.
    
    Parameters:
    
    menuObj, - a FlexMenuBarTestObject
    
    menuItemPath, - menu path like "File->Open"
    
    Throws:
    
    SAFSException, - thrown while the operation failed
    
    SAFSException

Class FlexUtil

Field Summary

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Field Detail

FLEX_APP_NAME

FLEX_RUNTIMELOADING_NAME

FLEX_RUNTIMELOADER_PREFIX

FLEX_RUNTIMELOADER_SUFFIX

FLEX_SWFLOADER_CLASSNAME_SUFFIX

FLEX_SWFLOADER_CLASSNAME

FLEX_MENUBAR_CLASSNAME

FLEX_MENU_CLASSNAME

FLEX_MENUITEMRENDERER_CLASSNAME

PROPERTY_TYPE_AUTOMATIONCLASSNAME

PROPERTY_TYPE_AUTOMATIONINDEX

PROPERTY_TYPE_AUTOMATIONNAME

PROPERTY_TYPE_CLASSNAME

PROPERTY_TYPE_ID

PROPERTY_TYPE_LABEL

PROPERTY_TYPE_NUMAUTOMATIONCHILDREN

Constructor Detail

FlexUtil

Method Detail

isRuntimeLoader

isSWFLoader

drillDownRealFlexObj

getCaption

getName

getTextOfFlexMenuItem

getObjectClassName

getObjectClassIndex

getChildren

getMatchingPathObject

getMatchingMenuFromMenuBar

doSelectMenubar