/**
* Generic constructor
*/
public PageObject(IWebDriver driver)
{
_driver = driver;
_windowHandler = new WindowHandler(_driver);
if (_logActions)
{
_logger = SeleniumLogger.GetLogger(_actionLog);
}
}
/** SeleniumLogger GetLogger(string descriptiveLogName)
*
* @param - descriptive name of log.
* ie. TestDetails, DatabaseCalls, etc.
*
* Shows up in _logDir/DATE_descriptiveLogName.txt
*
* This method uses a modified Singleton Design Pattern.
* In the Singleton Design Pattern, the constructor is set to private,
* and there is a static GetObject method and a private static instance
* of that object. For instance, in the normal Singleton Pattern, I
* would create a private static _logger, and the GetLogger() method
* would call the constructor if _logger is null before sending back
* _logger, or just simply return _logger if it has already been
* constructed.
*
* In this modified version of the Singleton Design Pattern, we have a
* private static List<Logger>, and when GetLogger() is called, it
* checks that list to see if it's already created, before returning it,
* creating it if necessary.
*/
public static SeleniumLogger GetLogger(string descriptiveLogName)
{
SeleniumLogger loggerInst;
if (!LoggerDict.ContainsKey(descriptiveLogName))
{
loggerInst = new SeleniumLogger(descriptiveLogName);
LoggerDict.Add(descriptiveLogName, loggerInst);
}
return LoggerDict[descriptiveLogName];
}
