How to implement auto healing on web page locators with Selenium?
Auto healing for locators in Selenium refers to the capability of automation scripts to dynamically adapt to changes in web page locators. In the context of Selenium, locators are used to identify and interact with elements on a web page, such as buttons, input fields, or dropdowns. However, web pages are dynamic, and the structure of elements can change due to various reasons like updates, dynamic content, or other modifications.
Auto healing is a proactive approach to handling these changes without manual intervention. When a script is designed with auto healing, it can intelligently adjust its locator strategies to ensure continued successful execution even if the locators of elements change.
Let’s go through an example using Java code snippets to illustrate the implementation of auto healing on web page locators with Selenium. We’ll focus on dynamic XPath and custom functions for auto-healing.
public class AutoHealingExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.get("https://test.com");
WebElement dynamicElement = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[contains(@id, 'dynamicPart')]"));
WebElement stableElement = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button[data-action='submit']"))…
