How to use javascript-xpath
- by Nirmal Patel
I am using Selenium RC with IE 6 and XPath locators are terribly
slow.
So I am trying to see if javascript-xpath actually speeds up things.
But could not find enough/clear documentation on how to use native x-
path libraries.
I am doing the following:
protected void startSelenium (String testServer, String appName, String testInBrowser){
selenium = new DefaultSelenium("localhost", 4444, "*" +testInBrowser, testServer+ "/"+ appName + "/");
echo("selenium instance created:"+selenium.getClass());
selenium.start();
echo("selenium instance started..." + testServer + "/" + appName +"/");
selenium.runScript("lib/javascript-xpath-latest-cmp.js");
selenium.useXpathLibrary("javascript-xpath");
selenium.allowNativeXpath("true");
}
This results in speed improvement of XPath locator but the
improvements are not consistent. On some runs the time taken for a
locator is halved; while sometimes its randomly high.
Am I missing any configuration step here? Would be great if someone
who has had success with this could share their views and approach.
Thanks,
Nirmal
