com.paypal.selion.platform.dataprovider

Interface XmlDataProvider

All Superinterfaces:

SeLionDataProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

XmlDataProviderImpl

public interface XmlDataProvider
extends SeLionDataProvider

This interface defines prototype to implement xml data provider implementation to parse the xml format data file.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object[][]	getAllKeyValueData() Generates a two dimensional array for TestNG DataProvider from the XML data representing a map of name value collection.

Methods inherited from interface com.paypal.selion.platform.dataprovider.SeLionDataProvider

getAllData, getDataAsHashtable, getDataByFilter, getDataByIndex, getDataByIndex, getDataByKeys

Method Detail

getAllKeyValueData

Object[][] getAllKeyValueData()

Generates a two dimensional array for TestNG DataProvider from the XML data representing a map of name value collection. This method needs the referenced XmlFileSystemResource to be instantiated using its constructors with parameter Class<?> cls and set to KeyValueMap.class. The implementation in this method is tightly coupled with KeyValueMap and KeyValuePair. The hierarchy and name of the nodes are strictly as instructed. A name value pair should be represented as nodes 'key' and 'value' as child nodes contained in a parent node named 'item'. A sample data with proper tag names is shown here as an example :-

 
     
         k1
         val1
     
     
         k2
         val2
     
     
         k3
         val3
     
 
 

Returns:

A two dimensional object array.