Research on page object generation approach for web application testing

Abstract

Test code generated by using the page object design pattern during web testing is easy to maintain. Page clustering is an essential stage of the page object approach. However, existing methods only consider the DOM structure in page clustering, which leads to inaccuracy when generating page objects. A state with the same DOM structure may result in an entirely different migration. The method of considering only the DOM structure cannot accurately generate page object classes. In order to improve the accuracy of page object generation, this paper not only considers DOM structure information but also considers CSS styles and the attributes of DOM elements in page clustering. Based on the experimental evaluation results, our method can automatically generate page objects that cover most of the application functions, which is more effective for the creation and maintenance of web test cases.