Using Selenium Java, how to create our own locating mechanisms by extending the "By" class

[Sundaram Iyer]

Can someone share  an example code in Selenium with Java where we can create our own locating mechanism?

as per the documentation, it says:              

"By" is an abstract class for locating elements. So to create own locating mechanisms, it is possible to subclass this class and override the protected methods as required.

Inside the "By" class I see only two protected methods. But I am not sure how to override them in order to create my own locating mechanisms. Please help if someone has used this before.

 

These are the two protected methods inside the "By" class

protected JavascriptExecutorgetJavascriptExecutor​(SearchContext context)
 
protected WebDrivergetWebDriver​(SearchContext context)

Thanks

[Serguei Kouzmine]

See how set of  custom By is implemented in https://github.com/sergueik/jProtractor

feel free to ask  further questions

Serguei Kouzmine