Use of Generics in Automation Testing

Harshit Shah
3 min readJul 29, 2023

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Are you passionate about test automation and looking for ways to boost your Selenium test scripts? If so, get ready to unlock the powerful world of Java Generics, to revolutionize your test automation framework! 🚀 In this blog, we’ll explore the enchanting world of Generics and see how they can improve your Automation Testing with Selenium. 🧙‍♂️

Simplifying Web Element Interactions: 🔍

As automation testers, we often deal with various web elements like buttons, text fields, and checkboxes. With Java Generics, we can create a flexible utility to handle these elements efficiently in a type-safe manner as below:

Webelement Interaction

With this utility, we can interact with different web elements without worrying about explicit casting as below

2. Building Flexible Test Data Management: 📝

Test data management is crucial in automation testing. With Generics in Java , we can create a reusable data management system that handles various test data types effectively

Now, we can easily manage and switch between different test data types in our test cases as below.

3. Handling Multiple Browser Drivers: 🌐

In Web automation, we often work with multiple browser drivers like Chrome, Firefox, or Edge. With Java Generics, we can create a generic WebDriver factory to handle multiple browser drivers effortlessly

Now, we can easily initialize different browser drivers with just a few lines of code as below

In conclusion, Java Generics, combined with automation, can unveil a new dimension of possibilities in Web and Mobile Automation. With powerful utilities like WebElementUtil, TestDataStore, and flexible page objects, our automation can become more potent and maintainable.

Embracing Generics allows us to weave versatile and reusable test automation frameworks, enhancing productivity and code efficiency. So, let's continue our journey as automation wizards, armed with the magic of Generics, to create test automation charm that conquers the realm of software testing! 🚀✨

Let me know more of the use cases that you guys are using in your automation

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Harshit Shah
Harshit Shah

Written by Harshit Shah

Passionate about Testing and learning new tools and technologies.https://harshitautomation.github.io/

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