This section describes how BlueDuck SDA identifies and manages objects in the System under test.

An object repository is a very essential entity in any functional testing framework. A repository allows a tester to store all the objects that will be used in the test scripts in one or more centralized locations rather than letting them be scattered all over the test scripts.

The Object Repository in BlueDuck SDA is an INI file that has the ability to describe objects in the System under test. The following section describes the INI Schema of the object repository.

INI Object Repository file are simple text files with a basic structure composed of "sections" and "properties".

Each Page in the repository is described within a section in the INI file.
Definition: [Page.PageName]

Each Object in the repository is described within a property. The Object element has three attributes.
Definition: [Object Type].[Object Name] =[Object ID]

Example:

Now that you created an Object Repository you can use these objects in your Test cases

				
;Search in Altavista				
$Page = $oRepo.WebPage("Page.AltaVista")
$Page.open("/")
$Page.windowMaximize
$Page.input.item("search").type("BlueDuck SDA")
$Page.button.item("search").click

This table provides a mapping table between the html element in a webpage and the matching object in BlueDuck SDA.

HTML element	Object	Methods	Properties
<a />	WebLink	click clickIn getText doubleClick doubleClickAt fireEvent focus keyPress mouseDown mouseDownRight mouseDownAt mouseDownRightAt mouseUp mouseUpRight mouseUpAt mouseUpRightAt mouseMove mouseMoveAt mouseOver mouseOut isVisible isElementPresent getElementIndex getElementPositionLeft getElementPositionTop getElementWidth getElementHeight isTextPresent dragAndDropToObject dragAndDrop wait clickCoordinates mouseOverAndClick mouseOverCoordinates clickAndWait clickAndPause	Name Locator TimeOut
<Frame />	WebFrame	select wait	Name Locator TimeOut
<img />	WebImage	click type wait getLocation	Name Locator TimeOut Tolerance
<input type=button/>	WebButton	click clickIn getText doubleClick doubleClickAt fireEvent focus submit isVisible isElementPresent getElementIndex getElementPositionLeft getElementPositionTop getElementWidth getElementHeight wait clickCoordinates mouseOverAndClick mouseOverCoordinates clickAndWait clickAndPause	Name Locator TimeOut
<input type=checkbox/>	WebCheck	click clickIn getText doubleClick doubleClickAt fireEvent focus keyPress mouseDown mouseDownRight mouseDownAt mouseDownRightAt mouseUp mouseUpRight mouseUpAt mouseUpRightAt mouseMove mouseMoveAt mouseOver mouseOut isVisible isElementPresent getElementIndex getElementPositionLeft getElementPositionTop getElementWidth getElementHeight isTextPresent addSelection removeSelection removeAllSelections wait clickCoordinates mouseOverAndClick mouseOverCoordinates clickAndWait clickAndPause check uncheck	Name Locator TimeOut
<input type=text/>	WebInput	click clickIn getText doubleClick doubleClickAt fireEvent clickAt focus focusAndTab keyPress mouseDown mouseDownRight mouseDownAt mouseDownRightAt mouseUp mouseUpRight mouseUpAt mouseUpRightAt mouseMove mouseMoveAt mouseOver mouseOut isVisible type typeSend isEditable isElementPresent getElementIndex getElementPositionLeft getElementPositionTop getElementWidth getElementHeight wait clickCoordinates mouseOverAndClick mouseOverCoordinates clickAndWait	Name Locator TimeOut Maxlength
<input type=radio/>	WebRadio	click clickIn getText doubleClick doubleClickAt focus isVisible type isEditable isElementPresent getElementIndex getElementPositionLeft getElementPositionTop getElementWidth getElementHeight wait mouseOverAndClick mouseOverCoordinates clickAndWait	Name Locator TimeOut
<label />	WebText	click clickIn getText doubleClick doubleClickAt focus keyPress mouseDown mouseDownRight mouseDownAt mouseDownRightAt mouseUp mouseUpRight mouseUpAt mouseUpRightAt mouseMove mouseMoveAt mouseOver mouseOut isVisible isElementPresent getElementIndex getElementPositionLeft getElementPositionTop getElementWidth getElementHeight dragAndDropToObject dragAndDrop wait clickCoordinates mouseOverAndClick mouseOverCoordinates clickAndWait clickAndPause	Name Locator TimeOut
<select />	WebCombo	click clickIn getText doubleClick doubleClickAt fireEvent focus keyPress mouseDown mouseDownRight mouseDownAt mouseDownRightAt mouseUp mouseUpRight mouseUpAt mouseUpRightAt mouseMove mouseMoveAt mouseOver mouseOut isVisible isElementPresent getElementIndex getElementPositionLeft getElementPositionTop getElementWidth getElementHeight isTextPresent getSelectedLabels getSelectedLabel getSelectedValue getSelectedIndexes getSelectedIndex getSelectedIds getSelectedId select addSelection removeSelection removeAllSelections type wait clickCoordinates mouseOverAndClick mouseOverCoordinates clickAndWait clickAndPause	Name Locator TimeOut
<table />	WebTable	getElementIndex getElementPositionLeft getElementPositionTopoption getElementWidthoption getElementHeightoption isEditableoption isElementPresentoption getCellInTableoption isVisibleoption waitoption clickCoordinatesoption mouseOverAndClickoption mouseOverCoordinatesoption clickAndWaitoption clickAndPauseoption isTextPresentinTableoption	Name Locator TimeOut Rows Cols
All elements, also the ones not mentioned in this list	WebElement	click clickIn getText doubleClick contextMenu clickAt doubleClickAt contextMenuAt fireEvent focus keyPress mouseDown mouseDownRight mouseDownAt mouseDownRightAt mouseUp mouseUpRight mouseUpAt mouseUpRightAt mouseMove mouseMoveAt mouseOver mouseOut type check uncheck select addSelection removeSelection removeAllSelections submit isChecked getTable getSelectedLabels getSelectedLabel getSelectedValue getSelectedIndexes getSelectedIndex getSelectedIds getSelectedId isSomethingSelected getAttribute isVisible dragAndDropToObject dragAndDrop getElementIndex getElementPositionLeft getElementPositionTop getElementWidth getElementHeight isEditable isElementPresent wait clickCoordinates mouseOverAndClick mouseOverCoordinates clickAndWait clickAndPause	Name Locator TimeOut