Define Model for Test Data

Let us see how to define test data for environments and read them through code

Define Test data specific to environments#

As an example, let us say we have an address that needs to be stored.

1. qa

Let us add data_sets/QA/address.json as below

{
  "address": [
    {
      "firstName": "Hari",
      "city": "Bangalore",
      "pinCode": "11001"
    }
  ]
}

2. uat

Let us add data_sets/UAT/address.json as below

  "address": [
    {
      "firstName": "Puja",
      "city": "Delhi",
      "pinCode": "22002"
    }
  ]
}

Model & DataClients#

Now we have defined the test data as JSON, next steps are :

1. Generate a Model to hold the JSON as an object
2. Generate a DataClient which reads the Model

Create a folder called src/test/java/dataclients/address to store Model

Generate Model#

Copy json string representing address from address.json to clipboard. Please copy only the object as shown below.

    {
      "firstName": "Hari",
      "city": "Bangalore",
      "pinCode": "11001"
    }

Right-click on dataclients/address folder → New → Generate POJO from JSON. Below window would open

Paste the JSON from the clipboard. Enter Root object name is Address. Choose Lombok as Framework.

Click Generate button. This will Generate a class called Address with the below details.

Now Address Model would get generated as below:

dataclients/address/Address.java

package dataclients.address;

import lombok.Data;

public @Data class Address{
   private String firstName;
   private String city;
   private String pinCode;
}

Generate Data Client#

Data Client is a class that reads a Model. Let us see how this is done

Right-click on dataclients/address folder → New → Ekam Component.

In the popup choose Data Client & enter the name is AddressDataClient

The purpose of AddressDataClient is to read the Address model.

Complete the AddressDataClient by adding the method shown below to read the address object:

package dataclients.address;
import com.testvagrant.ekam.commons.data.DataSetsClient;

public class AddressDataClient extends DataSetsClient {

    public Address getAddress() {
        return getValue("address", Address.class);
    }
}

as seen above: the key is “address” and the value would be address object

Retrieve Data#

Now that we created Model and DataClient for the Model, let us see how to fetch the address object

1. Inject the AddressDataClient
2. Call the getValue method

package ekam.example.web;

import com.google.inject.Inject;
import com.testvagrant.ekam.testBases.testng.WebTest;
import dataclients.address.Address;
import dataclients.address.AddressDataClient;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

public class DataSetsClientTest extends WebTest {

    @Inject private AddressDataClient addressDataClient;

    @Test(groups = "web")
    public void shouldFetchAddress() {

        Address address = addressDataClient.getAddress();
        System.out.println(address.getFirstName());
    }
}

Execute test#

Execute test against qa environment:

./gradlew clean runWebTests -Dconfig=qa

The output would be Hari

Execute test against uat environment:

./gradlew clean runWebTests -Dconfig=uat

The output would be Puja