[webdriver] Announcing early WebDriver-like framework for SWT Browser object; feedback/comments appreciated

[Misha Koshelev]

Dear All:

I have been working on some end-used web automation projects, and have, in the process, developed some code to (partially) implement a WebDriver-like framework for the SWT browser objects.

The WebDriver browser automation framework
http://code.google.com/p/selenium/
works quite well for web site testing. However, for end-user Web automation applications, where it is desirable to hide the browser window, it is not possible (on all platforms) to use this framework.

On the other hand, the SWT Browser object
http://www.eclipse.org/swt/
http://help.eclipse.org/galileo/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/api/org/eclipse/swt/browser/Browser.html
allows execution of arbitrary JavaScript code on a _native_ browser without any constraints as to its visibility.

Although it is possible to write a formal WebDriver driver for the SWT Browser, both projects are rather large. Rather, I have, so far, implemented a subset of the WebDriver functions for the SWT Browser Object using Javascript commands. There is much work to be done (e.g., xpath support). However, as proof of concept, I have implemented a simple Web Automation App for Facebook, as well as a Javascript Viewer that allows one to view the results of Javascript commands that return HTML Elements or lists of elements.

I have posted my early framework here under GPLv2:
http://www.mkosh.com

I am very interested in contributing the org.swt.eclipse.browser.webdriver classes within my framework to the SWT framework. Please let me know if there is interest in this, and I can try to make these classes (i) more robust and (ii) in the format of patches to SWT trunk.

Thank you so much

Sincerely yours
Misha Koshelev

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[Phani VVS Murthy]

Hi Mishra,

I am working on a product built on top of Eclipse based SWT application which uses a browser component extensively. Looking at your post I felt that it would be really helpful for me in testing this application. I tried to go to the link http://www.mkosh.com  but it seems to be down. Please let me know more on this so that I can evaluate more on the api and see if it is of any use for me.

Thanks in advance

Phani Bandaru