behat_form_field Class Reference

Representation of a form field. More...

Inheritance diagram for behat_form_field:

Public Member Functions
	__construct (Session $session, NodeElement $fieldnode)
	General constructor with the node and the session to interact with.
	get_attribute ($name)
	Get the value of an attribute set on this field.
	get_value ()
	Returns the current value of the select element.
	getSession ($name=null)
	Returns the Mink session.
	key_press ($char, $modifier=null)
	Presses specific keyboard key.
	matches ($expectedvalue)
	Generic match implementation.
	set_value ($value)
	Sets the value to a field.

Public Attributes
const	PAGE_READY_JS
	The JS code to check that the page is ready.

Protected Member Functions
	get_field_instance_for_element (NodeElement $element)
	Returns the appropriate form field object for a given node element.
	get_field_locator ($locatortype=false)
	Gets the field locator.
	get_internal_field_id ()
	Gets the field internal id used by selenium wire protocol.
	running_javascript ()
	Returns whether the scenario is running in a browser that can run Javascript or not.
	text_matches ($expectedvalue, ?string $actualvalue=null)
	Checks if the provided text matches the field value.
	wait_for_pending_js ()
	Waits for all the JS activity to be completed.

Protected Attributes
NodeElement	$field
	The field DOM node to interact with.
string	$fieldlocator = false
	The field's locator.
Session	$session
	Behat session.

Detailed Description

Representation of a form field.

Basically an interface with Mink session.

Copyright

2012 David Monllaó

License

http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

__construct()

behat_form_field::__construct	(	Session	$session,
		NodeElement	$fieldnode )

General constructor with the node and the session to interact with.

Parameters

Session	$session	Reference to Mink session to traverse/modify the page DOM.
NodeElement	$fieldnode	The field DOM node

Return values

void

Member Function Documentation

get_attribute()

behat_form_field::get_attribute

(

$name

)

Get the value of an attribute set on this field.

Parameters

string

$name

The attribute name

Return values

string

The attribute value

get_field_instance_for_element()

behat_form_field::get_field_instance_for_element ( NodeElement $element )

protected

Returns the appropriate form field object for a given node element.

Parameters

NodeElement

$element

The node element

Return values

behat_form_field

get_field_locator()

behat_form_field::get_field_locator ( $locatortype = false )

protected

Gets the field locator.

Defaults to the field label but you can specify other locators if you are interested.

Public visibility as in most cases will be hard to use this method in a generic way, as fields can be selected using multiple ways (label, id, name...).

Exceptions

coding_exception

Parameters

string

$locatortype

Return values

string

get_internal_field_id()

behat_form_field::get_internal_field_id ( )

protected

Gets the field internal id used by selenium wire protocol.

Only available when running_javascript().

Exceptions

coding_exception

Return values

int

get_value()

behat_form_field::get_value

(

)

Returns the current value of the select element.

Return values

string

Reimplemented in behat_form_checkbox, behat_form_editor, behat_form_filemanager, behat_form_radio, behat_form_select, behat_form_select_menu, and behat_form_text.

getSession()

behat_form_field::getSession

(

$name = null

)

Returns the Mink session.

Parameters

string | null

$name

name of the session OR active session will be used

Return values

Behat\Mink\Session

Implements behat_session_interface.

key_press()

behat_form_field::key_press	(		$char,
			$modifier = null )

Presses specific keyboard key.

Parameters

mixed	$char	could be either char ('b') or char-code (98)
string	$modifier	keyboard modifier (could be 'ctrl', 'alt', 'shift' or 'meta')

matches()

behat_form_field::matches

(

$expectedvalue

)

Generic match implementation.

Will work well with text-based fields, extension required for most of the other cases.

Parameters

string

$expectedvalue

Return values

bool	The provided value matches the field value?

Reimplemented in behat_form_checkbox, behat_form_editor, behat_form_filemanager, behat_form_select, and behat_form_text.

running_javascript()

behat_form_field::running_javascript ( )

protected

Returns whether the scenario is running in a browser that can run Javascript or not.

Return values

bool

set_value()

behat_form_field::set_value

(

$value

)

Sets the value to a field.

Parameters

string

$value

Return values

void

Reimplemented in behat_form_autocomplete, behat_form_availability, behat_form_checkbox, behat_form_date, behat_form_editor, behat_form_filemanager, behat_form_inplaceeditable, behat_form_inplaceeditable_select, behat_form_passwordunmask, behat_form_radio, behat_form_select, behat_form_select_menu, and behat_form_text.

text_matches()

behat_form_field::text_matches ( $expectedvalue, ?string $actualvalue = null )

protected

Checks if the provided text matches the field value.

Parameters

string	$expectedvalue
string | null	$actualvalue	The actual value. If not specified, this will be fetched from $this->get_value().

Return values

bool

wait_for_pending_js()

behat_form_field::wait_for_pending_js ( )

protected

Waits for all the JS activity to be completed.

Return values

bool	Whether any JS is still pending completion.

Member Data Documentation

PAGE_READY_JS

const behat_session_interface::PAGE_READY_JS

inherited

Initial value:

= "document.readyState === 'complete' && " .
        "(typeof M !== 'object' || typeof M.util !== 'object' || " .
        "typeof M.util.pending_js === 'undefined' || M.util.pending_js.length === 0)"

The JS code to check that the page is ready.

The document must be complete and either M.util.pending_js must be empty, or it must not be defined at all.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• lib/behat/form_field/behat_form_field.php