try to dynamically find the element type from xpath

[Castone22]

Attempts to reduce replication by checking if the element type is present within the xpath if it's provided, then passes that as a watir element, still supports manual overriding failing an auto detection.

Currently:

add_static_text(:mission_statement, element_type: :h2, xpath: '//section[@class="main-content"]//h2[@class="fancy-text"]')

Given the element type was actually provided in the xpath (h2[@class="fancy-text"]]), it makes sense for Oz to be able to infer it from the path, letting us do:

add_static_text(:mission_statement, xpath: '//section[@class="main-content"]//h2[@class="fancy-text"]')

[greenarrowdb]

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[Castone22]

Allows oz to create attempt to infer the element type from an xpath if it is used.

[greenarrowdb]

That's the 'what' but what is the 'why'? :)

[Castone22]

To reduce replication :)

[greenarrowdb]

Of what? please provide a use case (yes I know we talked about this one, but I am trying to keep things clean) :)

[Castone22]

Might make sense to make this also work for css selectors... though given they are less likely to specify the exact element type you're looking for, and that they have a less standard format than xpaths, might be a lot of work for very little gain.

[ThePROX]

What is the current status of this merge request? Are we going forward with this pattern, or does it require some discussion?