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Is there a way to obtain a TestObject object by groovy script.

I’m trying to do this by string, but I can’t find how to do this in Katalon documentation

I now I can obtain WebElement like this:

WebElement mailList = WebUiBuiltInKeywords.findWebElement(table)

But I need get a TestObject in order to execute WebUiBuiltInKeywords functions like WebUiBuiltInKeywords.mouseOver(TestObject to)

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I need the same, could you solve it?

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Tks Nguyen

It works well.

We need to make several tests with the same structure but changing only the TestObject, which one we will pass a string as parameter to build it.

The recommendation is build Objects only in Object Repository folder, right?

But unfortunatelly, we will need to desrespect this in some cases

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In your circumstance, you could use

TestObject flexibleTestObject = new TestObject()
// need to import com.kms.katalon.core.testobject.ConditionType
flexibleTestObject.addProperty("xpath", ConditionType.EQUALS, "[your xpath here]")

Please keep in mind that we do not recommend to do so.

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Hi Nguyen,

I got it, but I think I didn’t explain it well.

Look, using ObjectRepository.findTestObject(String testObjectID) I only can find an object already set in ObjectRepository, right?

So, this is not what I want. I want a script to create an TestObject at runtime passing a xpath as parameter.

I know WebElement.findElement(By.xpath(“xpath”)) returns a WebElement

I need a similar method like above but that returns a TestObject

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Hi Renan Brito,

To find a Test Object, you could use ObjectRepository.findTestObject(String testObjectID) or its shorthand findTestObject(String testObjectID)

Best regards,

nta

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I was able to change the Xpath value in runtime, first created one dummy Test object and during run time I am able to change xpath values which I am getting from Excel file. See screenshot for more details.

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It can be done as Balraj wrote, but you dont even need excel file, just create TestObject variable and modify its proterty:

TestObject product = new TestObject()
	
	product = WebUI.modifyObjectProperty(product, 'xpath', 'equals', '//*[@id = 'something']', true)
	
	WebUI.click(product)
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Nguyen Truong An said:

In your circumstance, you could use

TestObject flexibleTestObject = new TestObject()
// need to import com.kms.katalon.core.testobject.ConditionType
flexibleTestObject.addProperty("xpath", ConditionType.EQUALS, "[your xpath here]")

Please keep in mind that we do not recommend to do so.

Why is this not recommended?

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David,

That statement is safe to ignore. Pretend it’s not there.

There is nothing wrong with using a published API for the purpose it was intended.

David Barker said:

Nguyen Truong An said:

In your circumstance, you could use

TestObject flexibleTestObject = new TestObject()
// need to import com.kms.katalon.core.testobject.ConditionType
flexibleTestObject.addProperty("xpath", ConditionType.EQUALS, "[your xpath here]")

Please keep in mind that we do not recommend to do so.

Why is this not recommended?

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