Basics Of RFT Java

Scripting

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Contents

 Basics of Java used for RFT scripting

 Java Objects
 Java Class
 Java Methods
 Steps for Java scripting
 Best Practices for RFT Script Writing
 Demo

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Java Objects

 A Java object is a set of data combined with methods for manipulating data.
 An object is made from a class; a class is the blueprint for the object.
 Each object made from a class will have its own values for the instance variables of
that class.
 The three steps to creating a Java object are:
 Object Declaration
 Object Instantiation
 Object Initialization
 Object Declaration - Declaring an object associates a variable name with an object.
 Object Instantiation - Instantiating an object allocated space in memory for the
object. This is accomplished with the new operator
 Object Initialization - Initializing an object fills the objects varibles with an initial set
of values. This is accomplished using a constructor.

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Create Objects
 This statement creates a new Date object (Date is a class in the java.util package).
 This single statement actually performs three actions: declaration, instantiation, and initialization.

Date EmpJoin = new Date (1996, 8, 30 );

Object Instantiation
(new)

Object Declaration Object Initialization

(type name :Date EMPJoin) type(value) : Date(1996,8,30)

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Java Class
 A Java class is a group of Java methods and variables.
 The implementation of a class is comprised of two components: the class declaration
and the class body.
 The class declaration component declares the name of the class along with other
attributes such as the class's superclass, and whether the class is public, final, or
abstract.
 The class body contains declarations for all instance variables and class variables
(known collectively as member variables) for the class

class Sample

{
class int variable a;
declaration int variable b; class body
String name;
}

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 Java Methods
 A java method is a series of statements that perform some repeated task.
 Every Java program must have one main() method.
 A method implementation consists of two parts: the method declaration and the method
body.
 A method declaration has a name and a return type indicating the data type of the value
returned by the method.
 The method body is where all of the action of a method takes place.

public static void main (String[] args)

method { method
declaration System.out.println{"Hello World!"); body
}

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Steps for Java scripting
 Identify the scenarios to be created as method and group of method to be
created as task
 Create task and testcase folder
 Add Empty Script
 Declare Methods
 Insert Test Object
 Perform Action Under Test
 Insert Verification Points
 Call methods in test case script
 Playback the Script

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Create Task and Test Case folder

 Select the name of the project

 Right click  new  folder
 Enter names (as task and
testcase) and select finish.

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Add Empty Script
• Right Click on test folder  Add Empty
Script.
• Enter name of script(Login_demo) and
click on Finish.

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Declare Methods
 By default one main method is already declared in script .
 Syntax to declare method is ‘returnType methodName() { . . . } ‘
 Below is the code to declare the method names ‘loginDetails’

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 Insert Test Object
 In this step insert the test object which are required for the method
Step 1: Right Click on test objects and select insert test object.
Step 2: Test Object will now appear in test object map

Step 3: Click on Finish

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 Perform Action Under Test
 Tester insert the action to be undertaken on the test object inserted in
pervious step.

AUT Command

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 Insert Verification Points
 In this step insert the verification which are expected to be verified.
Step 1 : Right click on VP and select Insert VP Step 2: Select Object to be verified.

Step 3 : Select type of VP

Step 4: command for VP in Script

mainwindow().performTest( mainPanelVP() );

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Script view
 After adding test object , AUT and verification points script will
appear like this

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Call methods in test case script
 Import the script from task folder
whose method is to be used here.

 Declare the method

 Use the method

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Call methods in test case script
 After calling methods in test case script it appears like this :

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Best Practices for RFT Script Writing
 Handle uncaught exception by surrounding with try/catch or adding catch block to a
surrounding try block.

 Use TestObject.find to locate a TestObject in the application under test (AUT)

dynamically

 Use deleteCookies method in your scripts

 Check the .readystate of the browser object

 Use waitForExistence method to compensate for browser startup speed

 Selection of type of VP to be used

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Try catch
 Handle uncaught exception by surrounding with try/catch or adding catch block to a surrounding
try block .

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TestObject.find
 The TestObject.find method is a Java™ method that the IBM Rational Functional
Tester tool uses to locate a TestObject in the application under test (AUT)
dynamically, at runtime.
 The advantage is that you do not have to change the recognition properties stored
in an Object Map, so you avoid the more tedious and time-consuming way of using
the Object Map UI to make the changes or rerecording the object to update it.
 Methods which can be used with find are :
 atChild searches for any direct child of the TestObject.

 atDescendant looks for any child of the TestObject.

 atList lets you specify a list of atChild, atDescendant, and atProperty objects, so
you can narrow the search.

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Delete cookies

 By deleting cookies in scripts , script execution become faster.

 There are two types of method available in RFT for deleting cookies
 Method 1
 delete Cookies()           
 Description :- Deletes all of the browser's cookies. 
 Method 2
 delete Cookies (java.lang.String cookie, boolean recursive)          
  Description :- Deletes browser cookies specified by the path in cookie

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readyState()

 .readyState () is a property of HTML browser which indicates the current status of

browser.i.e it indicates whether the browser is ready for use or not .
 It indicates the integer value and each integer represents the state in which browser is
.For complete state integer value is 4.
 Sometimes script playback for testing HTML application fails if the ready state of the
browser object is not 4 .
 To avoid above problem tester can capture and ensure that value should be 4 before
moving further.

String a = browser_html ().getProperty(".readyState").toString();

Sample Code

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waitForExistance()

 Each browser start up time is different .for e.g. wait time in IE is less as compared to
Netscape.
 Above property causes problem while doing cross platform execution.
 To avoid the above problem tester can use ‘waitForExistence()’ method of RFT
 Below is the sample code.

startApp(“test”);
browser_html. waitForExistence();
home().click();

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Selection of type of VP to be used
When to use Manual VP

 Manual verification points are useful when tester create the data for the verification point
yourself, and than want to compare the data.
 The data could be the result of a calculation or could come from an external source, such as a
spreadsheet, datapool, database, or custom calculation.
 vpManual ("ManualVP_01", "Check something manually.", "Check something
manually.").performTest();

When to use Dynamic VP

 Sometimes, tester need to perform verification points on test objects that

aren't in test object map. For that purpose dynamic VP is used
 Dynamic verification points raise the appropriate user interface the next
time that the script is played back.
 vpDynamic ("DynamicVP_01", TestObjectHere()).performTest();

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Questions

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Thank You

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