Selenium Page object Pattern usage

使用Selenium的framework，大家免不了要使用他的page object pattern来开发适合自己的framework，原因很简单，page object 可以将测试的对象抽象成一个个的class 类，每个页面对应一个page的class。这个有点类似于QTP的对象库，所以使用它的好处显而易见。一个好的framework是可以节省很多的coding的。所以你在使用page object的时候可以先写一个基础的page object的类，然后其他的任何的page都继承这个类，这样的好处就是符合面向对象编程的多态的特性，而且在其他的page对象中很容易引用基础类中的method，这样你可以整合你的所有的可重用的method在基础类中。使用起来引用即可；

这里截取一个自己开发的base的page object类，其他的page object 只需要继承这个类即可，使用起来相当的方便。

/**
 * Project Name:
 * File Name:PageBase.java
 * Package Name:com.hp.pop
 * Date:Sep 13, 20131:06:16 PM
 * Copyright (c) 2013, alterhu2020@gmail.com All Rights Reserved.
 *
*/

package com.test.pop;

import java.awt.AWTException;
import java.awt.Robot;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.junit.Assert;
import org.openqa.selenium.Alert;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.JavascriptExecutor;
import org.openqa.selenium.Keys;
import org.openqa.selenium.NoAlertPresentException;
import org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException;
import org.openqa.selenium.TimeoutException;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.interactions.Actions;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedCondition;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.Select;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait;

import com.google.common.base.Strings;
import com.test.utility.FilesUtils;
import com.test.utility.SeleniumCore;

/**
 * ClassName:PageBase
 * Function: TODO ADD FUNCTION.
 * Reason:     TODO ADD REASON.
 * Date:     Sep 13, 2013 1:06:16 PM
 * @author   huchan
 * @version
 * @since    JDK 1.6
 * @see       http://chon.techliminal.com/page_object/#/slide4
 * @see       https://github.com/ChonC/wtbox/blob/master/src/wtbox/pages/PageBase.java
 */
/**
 * @author huchan
 *
 */
public abstract class PageObject {

    public final WebDriver driver; // this is the webdriver instance
    public static Logger logger=Logger.getLogger(PageObject.class);  // this is the log4j instance

    /*
     * the blow is for the test data we will generate in the email report
     */
    public  static String status;  //this is the static step status we need
    public  static String comments;  //this is the comment generate for this step
    //the blow is the data we need to populate in our email for the data used
    public static String comment_executionstart=null;
    public static String comment_login_credential=null;
    public static String comment_paf_buildnumber=null;
    public static String comment_paf_url=null;

    public PageObject(WebDriver driver){
        this.driver=driver;
    }

    /**
     * this is the first method we must use in every page ,so that we can get the page loading time
     * @param pagename
     * @throws IOException
     * @throws Exception
     */
    public void verifyPageElements(String pagename) throws IOException{
    //    this is a line seperator so that we can see the debug log clearly
        logger.info("\n"+Strings.repeat("*", 20)+pagename+Strings.repeat("*", 20));
        //get the page loading time  in every page if we use this method
        long pageloadingtime=getPageLoadTime();
        generatePageLoadTime(pagename, pageloadingtime);
    }

    /** Is the text present in page. */
    public  boolean isTextPresent(String text){
          boolean textpresent=driver.getPageSource().contains(text);
          logger.info("Verify the element text present in the page,the text seacrh is :"+text+",and found the element status is:"+textpresent);
          return textpresent;
    }

    /** Is the Element in page. */
    public boolean isElementPresent(By by) {
            try {
                driver.findElement(by);//if it does not find the element throw NoSuchElementException, thus returns false.
                return true;
            } catch (NoSuchElementException e) {
                return false;
            }
     }

      /**
        * Checks if the elment is in the DOM and displayed.
        *
        * @param by - selector to find the element
        * @return true or false
        */
      public boolean isElementPresentAndDisplay(WebElement e) {
          boolean isdisplay=false;
            try {
                isdisplay=e.isDisplayed();
                logger.info("Verify current element is displayed in the page :"+isdisplay);
            } catch (NoSuchElementException error) {
                logger.info("Sorry,this element not displayed in the page,throw:"+error.getMessage());
            }
            return isdisplay;
      }

      /**
       * Returns the first WebElement using the given method.
       * It shortens "driver.findElement(By)".
       * @param by         element locater.
       * @return         the first WebElement
       */
      public WebElement getWebElement(By by){
              return driver.findElement(by);
      }

      /**
         * clear the text in the elment and then type the new string in this element
         * @param e -- the webelment you need to type
         * @param text -- the text you want to input
         * @author huchan
         */
        public void clearAndTypeString(WebElement e, String text) {
            logger.info("Type a text into the element is:" + e.getTagName()
                    + ", the inputted text:" + text);
            //e.sendKeys(Keys.DELETE);
            //String code=getInnerHtmlCode(driver, e);
        //    logger.info("Clicked element html code is:"+code);
            highLight(e);
            e.clear();
            e.sendKeys(text);
            //e.sendKeys(Keys.TAB);

        }

        /**
         * highLight:(highlight the web element in the page).
         * 

         * @author huchan
         * @param driver -- the web driver instance
         * @param e -- the web element object
         * @since JDK 1.6
         */
        public  void highLightExt(WebDriver driver, WebElement e) {
            logger.info("Highlight the element ,the object is:" + e.getTagName()
                    + ",the text in this object is:" + e.getText());
            Actions action = new Actions(driver);
            action.contextClick(e).perform();
            logger.info("Had right click the object ,then press the escape key");
            e.sendKeys(Keys.ESCAPE);
        }
        public void highLight(WebElement e) {
            if (driver instanceof JavascriptExecutor) {
                executeJS("arguments[0].style.border='3px solid red'",e);
            }
        }

        /**
         * executeJS:(execute the java script in this page). 

         * @author huchan
         * @param driver -- the web driver's instance
         * @param script  --the java script we need to execute
         * @since JDK 1.6
         */
        public Object executeJS(String script) {
            logger.info("Run the javascript from page ,the java script is:"
                    + script);
            JavascriptExecutor je = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
            return je.executeScript(script);

        }
        public void executeJS(String script,WebElement e) {
            logger.info("Run the javascript from page ,the java script is:"
                    + script);
            //highLight(e);
            JavascriptExecutor je = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
            je.executeScript(script,e);

        }
        public Object executeJSReturn(String script,WebElement e) {
            logger.info("Run the javascript from page ,the java script is:"
                    + script);
            //highLight(e);
            JavascriptExecutor je = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
            Object object=je.executeScript(script,e);
            return object;

        }
        public Object executeJSReturn(String script) {
            logger.info("Run the javascript from page ,the java script is:"
                    + script);
            JavascriptExecutor je = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
            Object object=je.executeScript(script);
            return object;
        }

        /**
         * click an element in the page
         * @param driver TODO
         * @param e --the WebElment we need to click
         * @author huchan
         */
        public void clickElement(WebElement e) {
            logger.info("Click elements in page-clicked this element:"
                    + e.getTagName() + ",the text is:" + e.getText());
            //In chrome browser this function didn't work ,so give a solution to load the page correctly
        //    ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("window.scrollTo(0,"+e.getLocation().y+")");
            //String code=getInnerHtmlCode(driver, e);
            //logger.info("Clicked element html code is:"+code);
            highLight(e);
            e.click();
        }

        /**
         * click an element in the page
         * @param e --the WebElment we need to click
         * @author huchan
         */
        public void clickElementViaJs(WebElement e) {
            logger.info("Click elements in page-clicked this element:"
                    + e.getTagName() + ",the text is:" + e.getText());
            //In chrome browser this function didn't work ,so give a solution to load the page correctly
            highLight(e);
            executeJS("arguments[0].click();", e); 

        }
        /**
         * click an element in the page
         * @param e --the WebElment we need to click
         * @author huchan
         */
        public void clickElementViaJsID(String elementid) {
              logger.info("Click elements in page-clicked this element html id is"+elementid);
            //In chrome browser this function didn't work ,so give a solution to load the page correctly
              //highLight(e);
              executeJS("document.getElementById('"+elementid+"').click();");
              logger.info("Clicked element's html ID is:"+elementid);
        }

        /**
         * click an element in the page
         * @param e --the WebElment we need to click
         * @author huchan
         */
        public void clickElementViaMouse(WebElement e) {
            logger.info("Click elements in page-clicked this element:"
                    + e.getTagName() + ",the text is:" + e.getText());
            //In chrome browser this function didn't work ,so give a solution to load the page correctly
        //    ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("window.scrollTo(0,"+e.getLocation().y+")");
            highLight(e);
            new Actions(driver).moveToElement(e).clickAndHold().release().build().perform();
             //"return arguments[0].fireEvent('onclick');",
            // String code=getInnerHtmlCode(driver, e);
            // logger.info("Clicked element html code is:"+code);

        }
        /**
         * right click an element in the page
         * @param e --the WebElment we need to click
         * @author huchan
         */
        public void rightClickElement(WebElement e) {
            logger.info("Right Click elements in page-clicked this element:"
                    + e.getTagName() + ",the text is:" + e.getText());
            //In chrome browser this function didn't work ,so give a solution to load the page correctly
        //    ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("window.scrollTo(0,"+e.getLocation().y+")");
            highLight(e);
            new Actions(driver).contextClick(e).perform();
             //"return arguments[0].fireEvent('onclick');",
            // String code=getInnerHtmlCode(driver, e);
            //logger.info("Right Clicked element html code is:"+code);

        }

        /**
         * send key to an element
         * @param e --the webelement you want to send the key
         * @param enter -- the key need to send
         * @author huchan
         */
        public void sendKeys(WebElement e, String enter) {
            logger.info("Send keys in this element:" + e.getTagName()
                    + ",the key we send is:" + enter);
        //    e.clear();
            highLight(e);
            e.sendKeys(enter);
        }

        /**
         * @param testedURL
         * @throws Exception
         */
        public void open(String testedURL) throws Exception {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            //Date:Sep 26, 20139:14:57 AM
            driver.get(testedURL);
        }

        /**
         * select an option from the drop list, depends on the visible text
         * @param e --the web element object
         * @param text -- the visible text from the dropdown list
         * @author huchan
         */
        public void selectElementViaText(WebElement e, String text) {
            logger.info("Select option text from the list ,list element is:"
                    + e.getTagName() + ",the option text is:" + text);
            highLight(e);
            Select select = new Select(e);
            select.selectByVisibleText(text);
        }

        /**
         * select an option from the drop list, depends on the tag's attribute value
         * @param e  --the web element object
         * @param value -- the value attribute for this element
         * @author huchan
         */
        public void SelectElementViaValue(WebElement e, String value) {
            logger.info("Select option value from the list ,list element is:"
                    + e.getTagName() + ",the option value is:" + value);
            highLight(e);
            Select select = new Select(e);
            select.selectByValue(value);
        }

        /**
         * select an option from the drop list, depends on the index ,the index begin with 0
         * @param e  --the web element object
         * @param index -- the index of this webelement ,begin with 0
         * @author huchan
         */
        public void SelectElementViaIndex(WebElement e, int index) {
            logger.info("Select option index from the list ,list element is:"
                    + e.getTagName() + ",the option index is:" + index);
            highLight(e);
            Select select = new Select(e);
            select.selectByIndex(index);
        }

        /**
         * wait for an object to be dislayed in the page
         * @param e -- the web element object
         * @return  true: the object displayed ,
         *          false:the object not displayed in the page ;
         * @author huchan
         * @throws Exception
         */
        public boolean waitProcessBarNotAppear(WebElement e){
            int waitcount = 0;
            boolean isDisplayed = false;
            while (e.isDisplayed()) {
                waitcount = waitcount + 1;
                isDisplayed = e.isDisplayed();
                logger.info("Waitting for the object displayed status-the load object displayed status is:"
                        + isDisplayed);
                sleepSeconds(3);
                if (waitcount == 5) {
                    logger.error("Waitting for the object displayed status-the object cannot show in the page:"
                            + e.getTagName() + ",exit the identify the object ");
                    break;
                }

            }
            return isDisplayed;

        }

        /**
         * wait for the object displayed in the page ,the time out will be 120 seconds ,if it still not show ,it will failed
         * @param driver
         * @param xpathExpression
         * @return
         */
        public boolean waitForObjectDisplay(final String xpathExpression){
            boolean findobject=false;
            WebDriverWait wait=new WebDriverWait(driver, 120);
            try{
            wait.until(new ExpectedCondition<Boolean>() {

                    @Override
                    public Boolean apply(WebDriver driver) {
                        logger.info("Enter the waitForObjectDisplay method to wait for the object displayed in the page ");
                        return (driver.findElement(By.xpath(xpathExpression)).isDisplayed());
                    }
            });
            findobject=true;
            }
            catch(TimeoutException te){
                logger.info("throw expection ,cannot find the web element:"+te.getMessage());
                logger.info("the time out is 120 ,we cannot find this webelment:"+xpathExpression);
                Assert.fail("Cannot find this web element in the page:"+xpathExpression);
            }

            return findobject;
        }

        /**
         * execute the script to set the datepicker value
         * @param driver --the webdriver instance
         * @param elementid -- the web element's id
         * @param date   --the date we need to set ,it's string
         * @author huchan
         */
        public void setDateTimePicker(String elementid,
                String date) {
            logger.info("Set DatePicker Date or Time --Execute the java script to modify the weblement's attribute:value,the element id is:"
                    + elementid);

            executeJS("window.document.getElementById('" + elementid
                    + "').setAttribute('value', '" + date + "');");

        }

        /**
         * select the checkbox ,if it selectd ,we will not select it again
         * @param e -- the web element object
         * @author huchan
         */
        public void checkboxed(WebElement e) {
            highLight(e);
            if (!(e.isSelected())) {
                logger.info("Check the checkbox,the webelment :" + e.getTagName()
                        + e.getText() + ",had been selected now");
                e.click();
            } else {
                logger.info("Check the checkbox,the webelment :" + e.getTagName()
                        + e.getText() + ",had been selected default");
            }
        }

        /**
         * get the text in the web element
         * @param e  -- the web element object
         * @return  String -- the web element's text
         * @author huchan
         */
        public String getElementText(WebElement e) {
            logger.info("Get the element text.The webelement is:" + e.getTagName()
                    + ",the text in the webelement is:" + e.getText().trim());
            highLight(e);
            return e.getText().trim();
        }

        /**
         * verify the object is enabled in the page
         * @param e  -- the web element object
         * @return  true :the object is enabled ,false:the object is disabled
         * @author huchan
         */
        public boolean isEnabled(WebElement e) {
            logger.info("Verify webelement Enabled in the page-the current webelement is:"
                    + e.getTagName()
                    + ",the text in the webelement is:"
                    + e.getText().trim());
            highLight(e);
            return e.isEnabled();
        }

        /**
         * verify the object is selected in the page
         * @param e --the web element object
         * @return  true:the object is selected,false:the object is not selected
         * @author huchan
         */
        public boolean isSelected(WebElement e) {
            logger.info("Verify webelement Selected in the page-the current webelement is:"
                    + e.getTagName()
                    + ",the text in the webelement is:"
                    + e.getText().trim());
            highLight(e);
            return e.isSelected();

        }

        /**
         * get the webelement's attribute value
         * @param e  --the web element object
         * @param attributename  -- the web element's attribute
         * @return String-- the attribute value for this web element
         * @author huchan
         */
        public String getAttribute(WebElement e, String attributename) {
            logger.info("Get the webelement Attribute-the webelement's attribute:"
                    + e.getTagName() + ",the text in the webelement is:"
                    + e.getText().trim());
            String attributevalue = e.getAttribute(attributename);
            logger.info("Get the webelement Attribute-the webelement's attribute:"
                    + attributename + " value is:" + attributevalue);
            return attributevalue;
        }

        /**
         * get the web element's tag name
         * @param e -- the web element object
         * @return  String --the web element's tag name
         * @author huchan
         */
        public String getTagName(WebElement e) {
            logger.info("Get the webelement TagName-the webelement's tag name is:"
                    + e.getTagName() + ",the text in the webelement is:"
                    + e.getText().trim());
            highLight(e);
            String tagname = e.getTagName();
            logger.info("Get the webelement TagName-the webelement's tag name is:"
                    + e.getTagName());
            return tagname;
        }

        /**
         * get all the web elements behind the specified element
         * @param e -- the web element object
         * @param tagname  -- the web element's tag name
         * @return  List<WebElement> a list of all the sub web element we found
         * @author huchan
         */
        public List<WebElement> findElementListByTagName(WebElement e,
                String tagname) {
            logger.info("Find all subelements by Tag Name:" + e.getTagName()
                    + ",the sub elment's tag name is:" + tagname);
            highLight(e);
            List<WebElement> elements = e.findElements(By.tagName(tagname));
            return elements;
        }

        /**
         * find the element by xpath in the page
         * @param e --the web element object
         * @param xpath -- the web element's xpath
         * @return  WebElement -- get the found web element
         */
        public WebElement findElementByXpath(WebElement e, String xpath) {
            logger.info("Find subelement by Xpath-we will find an sub element with the xpath:"
                    + xpath);
            highLight(e);
            WebElement element = e.findElement(By.xpath(xpath));
            //highLight(driver, element);
            return element;
        }
        /**
         * find the element by xpath in the page
         * @param e --the web element object
         * @param xpath -- the web element's xpath
         * @return  WebElement -- get the found web element
         */
        public WebElement findElementByCSS(WebElement e, String css) {
            logger.info("Find subelement by css-we will find an sub element with the css selector:"
                    + css);
            highLight(e);
            WebElement element = e.findElement(By.cssSelector(css));
            //highLight(driver, element);
            return element;
        }
        /**
         * click the ok button in the pop up dialog (alert dialog)
         * @param driver  -- the web driver's instance
         * @param seconds -- the seconds we need to wait to click it
         * @author huchan
         */
        public boolean alertClickOK(int seconds) {
            boolean isclicked=false;
            WebDriverWait wait=new WebDriverWait(driver, seconds);
            try{
            Alert alert=wait.until(ExpectedConditions.alertIsPresent());
            logger.info("Pop up Alert text is:"+alert.getText());
            alert.accept();
            isclicked=true;
            }catch(NoAlertPresentException e){
                logger.info("the Alert didn't pop up currently:"+e.getMessage());
            }catch(TimeoutException e){
                logger.error("Time out we cannot find this OK button:"+seconds);
            }

            return isclicked;
            // driver.w
        }

        /**
         * this fuction is used for clicking the cancel button
         * @category click the Alert dialog ,click the cancel button
         * @param driver -- the web driver instance
         * @param seconds -- the second we need to wait to click the cancel button
         * @see alertClickOK
         * @author huchan
         */

        public boolean alertClickCancel(int seconds) {
            boolean isclicked=false;
            WebDriverWait wait=new WebDriverWait(driver, seconds);
            try{
            Alert alert=wait.until(ExpectedConditions.alertIsPresent());
            logger.info("Pop up Alert text is:"+alert.getText());
            alert.dismiss();
            isclicked=true;
            }catch(NoAlertPresentException e){
                logger.info("the alert didn't pop up currently:"+e.getMessage());
            }
            catch(TimeoutException e){
                logger.error("Time out we cannot find this Cancel button:"+seconds);
            }

            return isclicked;
        }

        /**
         * getCurrentURL:(get the current page URL address). 

         * @author huchan
         * @param driver  --- the web driver instance
         * @return String ---the url of current page
         * @since JDK 1.6
         */
        public String getCurrentPageURL(){
            String pageurl="";
            JavascriptExecutor je=(JavascriptExecutor) driver;
            final String docstate=(String) je.executeScript("return document.readyState");
            logger.info("Current loading page state is:"+docstate);
            WebDriverWait wait=new WebDriverWait(driver,120);
            ExpectedCondition<Boolean> ec = new ExpectedCondition<Boolean>() {
                  @Override
                public Boolean apply(WebDriver d) {
                    return (docstate.equals("complete"));
                  }
                };
            try{
               logger.info("We just wait for the current page load correctly now...");
               wait.until(ec);
               pageurl=driver.getCurrentUrl();
               logger.info("we found the current url is:"+pageurl);
            }
            catch(TimeoutException e){
                pageurl="time out:120 seconds";
                logger.error("Sorry the page cannot be loaded correctly:"+e.getMessage()+driver.getCurrentUrl());
            }
            return pageurl;
        }

        /**
         * wait for the web page to full loading correctly ,it will wait for 3 minutes to load the page ,
         * if the page not loading in 3 minutes ;it will throw error;
         * @param driver
         */
        public boolean waitForBrowserFullSync(){
            final String currentbowserstate=(String)executeJS("return document.readyState;");
            logger.info("Current browser state is:"+currentbowserstate);
            WebDriverWait wdw=new WebDriverWait(driver, 180);
            ExpectedCondition<Boolean> ec=new ExpectedCondition<Boolean>() {
                @Override
                public Boolean apply(WebDriver driver) {
                    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                    String newpagestate=(String) executeJS("return document.readyState;");
                    logger.debug("the new page state is:"+newpagestate);
                    return (newpagestate.equals("complete"));
                }
            };

            boolean loaded=wdw.until(ec);
            logger.debug("finally the load is loading with completed status is:"+loaded);
            return loaded;
        }

        //***********************************************************************************************************
        /**
         * switchtoWindow:(Here describle the usage of this function).
         * http://santoshsarmajv.blogspot.com/2012/04/how-to-switch-control-to-pop-up-window.html
         * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11614188/switch-between-two-browser-windows-using-selenium-webdriver
         *
         * @author huchan
         * @param driver
         * @param windowTitle
         * @throws AWTException
         * @since JDK 1.6
         */
        public void switchtoWindow(String windowTitle) throws AWTException{
            Robot robot=new Robot();
            Set<String> allwindows=driver.getWindowHandles();
            for (String window : allwindows) {
                driver.switchTo().window(window);
                if (driver.getTitle().contains(windowTitle)) {
                   robot.delay(5000);
                  // robot.keyPress(keycode);
                }
            }
        }

        /**
         * refresh the current page
         * @param driver
         */
        public void refreshPage(){
            //driver.navigate().refresh();
            logger.info("Now refresh the page to keep the session valid");
            //or blow
            Actions actions = new Actions(driver);
            actions.sendKeys(Keys.F5).perform();
        }
        /**
         * get the page title
         * @param driver
         * @return String
         */
        public String getPageTitle(){
            String title=driver.getTitle();
            logger.info("Get current page title is:"+title);
            return title;
        }

        /**
         * get the webelement's html code
         * @param driver
         * @param e
         * @return String
         */
        public String getInnerHtmlCode(WebElement e){
            String contents = (String)executeJSReturn("return arguments[0].innerHTML;", e);
            logger.info("Get the html code for this webelement:"+contents);
            highLight(e);
            return contents;
        }

        /**
         * wait for a few time to find the object displayed in the page
         * @param driver
         * @param e
         * @param timeout
         * @return true found the element visible displayed in the page ,false ,cannot find the webelement
         */
        public boolean waitForGUIAppear(WebElement e,long timeout){
            boolean findelement=false;
            WebDriverWait wdw=new WebDriverWait(driver, timeout);
            logger.info("wait for the object displayed in the page:"+getInnerHtmlCode(e));
            wdw.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOf(e));
            return findelement;

        }

        /**
         * scroll the view to we can see in the page
         * @param driver
         * @param e
         */
        public void scrollToView(WebElement e){
               highLight(e);
               executeJS("window.scrollTo(0,"+e.getLocation().y+")");
               executeJS("arguments[0].scrollIntoView(true);", e);
               logger.info("Now we scroll the view to the position we can see");

        }
        /**
         * click the upload button to upload the file ,this is for hte webFile element ,the input type is file
         * @param driver
         * @param e
         * @param filepath
         * http://sauceio.com/index.php/2012/03/selenium-tips-uploading-files-in-remote-webdriver/
         * upload the local file from remote webdriver
         */
        public void uploadFile(WebElement e,String filepath){
            String uploadcode=getInnerHtmlCode(e);
            highLight(e);
            logger.info("the upload webelement html code we get is:"+uploadcode);
            e.sendKeys(filepath);
        }

         /**
          * generate a email page loading row in the page loading table
         * @param stepname
         * @param stepchecker
         * @param status
         * @param comments
         * @param driver TODO
         * @throws IOException
         */
        public static void generatePageLoadTime(String pagename,long pageloadtime) throws IOException{
             String pageloadingfolder=SeleniumCore.getProjectWorkspace()+"reporter";
             String pageloadingfile=pageloadingfolder+File.separator+"pageloading.log";
             boolean updatedbefore=false;
             File pagefile=null;
             try{

                FilesUtils.newFolder(pageloadingfolder);
                logger.debug("As there is no reporter folder,we created it again");
                 pagefile= new File(pageloadingfile);

                 if (!pagefile.exists()) {
                     pagefile.createNewFile();
                    }
                    BufferedReader br=new BufferedReader(new FileReader(pageloadingfile));
                    String strline = null;
                    while ((strline = br.readLine()) != null) {
                        if (strline.contains(pagename)) {
                            //find the status report we had reported before
                            FilesUtils.replaceStringOfFile(pageloadingfile,strline,pagename + "|" +pageloadtime);
                            updatedbefore=true;
                        }
                    }
                    br.close();
                    if(!updatedbefore){
                        //if this is the first time to report the step
                        FileWriter writer = new FileWriter(pageloadingfile, true);
                        BufferedWriter bufferwriter = new BufferedWriter(writer);
                        bufferwriter.write(pagename + " Loading Time|"+pageloadtime + "\n");
                        bufferwriter.close();
                    }

                }
                    catch (IOException e) {
                        logger.error("Sorry Met the IOException for the reporter file :"
                                + pagefile.getAbsolutePath() + " the error Exception is :"
                                + e.getMessage());
                    }

         }

        /**
         * get the current page loading time ,it will return seconds
         * @param driver
         *
         * @see http://www.softwareishard.com/blog/firebug/support-for-performance-timing-in-firebug/
         * @see http://selenium.polteq.com/en/implement-web-timings/
         * @see http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/webperformance/basics/
         * @see http://www.theautomatedtester.co.uk/blog/2010/selenium-webtimings-api.html
         */
        public long getPageLoadTime(){
            long pageloadtime=0;
            long pagestarttime=0;
            long pageendtime=0;

            //try{
            //different with browser ,ie will return is double value but firefox and chrome will return is long
              Object startobject=executeJSReturn("return window.performance.timing.navigationStart;");
            Object endobject=executeJSReturn("return window.performance.timing.loadEventEnd;");
            //@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
            // pagetimer=executeJSReturn("var performance = window.performance || window.webkitPerformance || window.mozPerformance || window.msPerformance || {};"+
              //             " var timings = performance.timing || {};"+
                //           " return timings;");
            //long pageloadend=(pagetimer.get("loadEventEnd"))/1000;
           //    long pageloadstart=(pagetimer.get("navigationStart"))/1000;
            //pageloadtime=(pageloadend-pageloadstart);
            //think it's the firefox or chrome browser
            if(startobject instanceof Long){
                pagestarttime=(Long) startobject;
                logger.debug("the page navigate start time is:"+pagestarttime);
            }
            if(startobject instanceof Double){
                Double tempvalue=(Double) startobject;
                pagestarttime=new Double(tempvalue).longValue();
                logger.debug("the page navigate start time is:"+pagestarttime);
            }
            if(endobject instanceof Long){
                pageendtime=((Long) endobject);
                logger.debug("the page end time is:"+pageendtime);
            }
            if(endobject instanceof Double){
                double tempvalue=(Double) endobject;
                pageendtime=new Double(tempvalue).longValue();
                logger.debug("the page end time is:"+pageendtime);
            }

            pageloadtime=(pageendtime-pagestarttime)/1000;
            logger.info("Get current page loading time is:"+pageloadtime);

            return pageloadtime;
        }

        /**
         * sleep the current step for a few seconds
         * @param seconds -- the seconds we need to sleep
         * @throws InterruptedException
         * @author huchan
         */
        public void sleepSeconds(int seconds)
                 {
            logger.info("Begin to sleep current step for " + seconds
                    + " seconds........");
            //You need to be in a synchronized block in order for Object.wait() to work.

            //Also, I recommend looking at the concurrency packages instead of the old school threading packages. They are safer and way easier to work with.
            //synchronized (driver)
        //    {
            //    driver.wait(seconds * 1000);
        //    }
            try {
                Thread.sleep(seconds*1000);
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                logger.error("Sleep current step met an error:"+e.getMessage());
            }

        }    

       /**wait for the ajax to be completed
        * inspired by the the blow url:
        * @link  http://hedleyproctor.com/2012/07/effective-selenium-testing/
        * @link  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3272883/how-to-use-selenium-2-pagefactory-init-elements-with-wait-until
        * @author huchan
        * @param timeoutInSeconds
        */
    public void waitForAjaxPresent(int timeoutInSeconds)  {
               if (driver instanceof JavascriptExecutor) {
                   final long currentbowserstate=(Long)executeJS("return return jQuery.active;");
                    logger.info("Current ajax active code  is:"+currentbowserstate);
                    WebDriverWait wdw=new WebDriverWait(driver, timeoutInSeconds);
                    ExpectedCondition<Boolean> ec=new ExpectedCondition<Boolean>() {
                        @Override
                        public Boolean apply(WebDriver driver) {
                            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                            long newpagestate=(Long) executeJS("return return jQuery.active;");
                            logger.debug("the new ajax active code is:"+newpagestate);
                            return (newpagestate==0L);
                        }
                    };

                    boolean loaded=wdw.until(ec);
                    logger.debug("finally the ajax had been loaded status is:"+loaded);
                }
                else{
                    logger.error("Web driver: " + driver + " cannot execute javascript");
                }

            }
}