Annotations

java.lang.Object
- org.openqa.selenium.support.pagefactory.AbstractAnnotations
- - org.openqa.selenium.support.pagefactory.Annotations

public class Annotations
extends AbstractAnnotations

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

Annotations(java.lang.reflect.Field field)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected void`	`assertValidAnnotations()`
`org.openqa.selenium.By`	`buildBy()`	Defines how to transform given object (field, class, etc) into `By` class used by webdriver to locate elements.
`protected org.openqa.selenium.By`	`buildByFromDefault()`
`protected java.lang.reflect.Field`	`getField()`
`boolean`	`isLookupCached()`	Defines whether or not given element should be returned from cache on further calls.

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

- Constructor Detail
  - Annotations
```
public Annotations(java.lang.reflect.Field field)
```
    Parameters:
    
    field - expected to be an element in a Page Object
- Method Detail
  - isLookupCached
```
public boolean isLookupCached()
```
    Defines whether or not given element should be returned from cache on further calls.
    
    Specified by:
    
    isLookupCached in class AbstractAnnotations
    
    Returns:
    
    true if @CacheLookup annotation exists on a field
  - buildBy
```
public org.openqa.selenium.By buildBy()
```
    Defines how to transform given object (field, class, etc) into By class used by webdriver to locate elements. Looks for one of FindBy, FindBys or FindAll field annotations. In case no annotations provided for field, uses field name as 'id' or 'name'.
    
    Specified by:
    
    buildBy in class AbstractAnnotations
    
    Returns:
    
    By object
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - when more than one annotation on a field provided
  - getField
```
protected java.lang.reflect.Field getField()
```
  - buildByFromDefault
```
protected org.openqa.selenium.By buildByFromDefault()
```
  - assertValidAnnotations
```
protected void assertValidAnnotations()
```