Class EnterTheDate

Namespace

CSF.Screenplay.Selenium.Actions

Assembly

CSF.Screenplay.Selenium.dll

A IPerformable which represents an actor entering a date value into an <input type="date"> element.

public class EnterTheDate : IPerformable, ICanReport

Inheritance

object

EnterTheDate

Implements

IPerformable

ICanReport

Inherited Members

object.Equals(object)

object.Equals(object, object)

object.GetHashCode()

object.GetType()

object.MemberwiseClone()

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

object.ToString()

Examples

For example, a British English browser en-GB expects dates to be entered in the format ddMMyyyy. However, a US English browser en-US expects dates to be entered in the format MMddyyyy.

Remarks

Note that this task is culture-sensitive. Ensure that the date value is entered into the browser using the culture in which the browser is running. If no culture information is specified then this task defaults to the current culture: CurrentCulture. However, this is not certain to be correct, particularly in remote/cloud configurations where the web browser is operating on different infrastructure to the computer which is executing the Screenplay performance. These two computers might be operating in different cultures.

If the date specified to this task is null then this task will clear the date from the target.

Constructors

EnterTheDate(DateTime?, ITarget, CultureInfo)

Initializes a new instance of the EnterTheDate class with the specified date.

public EnterTheDate(DateTime? date, ITarget target, CultureInfo culture = null)

Parameters

date DateTime?

The date to enter into the element.

target ITarget

The element into which to enter the data

culture CultureInfo

The culture for which to enter the date

Methods

GetReportFragment(Actor, IFormatsReportFragment)

Gets a fragment of a Screenplay report, specific to the execution (performables) or gaining (abilities) of the current instance, for the specified actor.

public ReportFragment GetReportFragment(Actor actor, IFormatsReportFragment formatter)

Parameters

actor Actor

An actor for whom to write the report fragment

formatter IFormatsReportFragment

A report-formatting service

Returns

ReportFragment

A human-readable report fragment.

Examples

For a performable which clicks a button (where the button itself has been constructor-injected into the performable instance), then a suitable return value might be a formatted string such as {Actor name} clicks {Button}, where the two placeholders indicated by braces: {} are substituted with the actor's Name and a string representation of the button.

For a performable which reads the temperature from a thermometer, a suitable return value might be a string in the format {Actor name} reads the temperature.

For an ability which allows the actor to wash dishes then a suitable return value might be a string in the format {Actor name} is able to wash the dishes.

Remarks

Implementers should return a string which indicates that the named actor is performing (present tense) the performable, for types which also implement a performable interface. For types which represent abilities, the implementer should return a string which indicates that the named actor is able to do something. In particular for abilities, to make them easily recognisable in reports, it helps to stick to the convention {Actor name} is able to {Ability summary}.

For performables which return a value (Questions, or Tasks which behave like Questions), there is no need to include the returned value within the report fragment. The framework will include the return value in the report and will format it via a different mechanism.

Good report fragments are concise. Be aware that report fragments for Tasks (which are composed from other performables) do not need to go into detail about what they do. Users reading Screenplay reports are able to drill-down into Tasks to see what they are composed from, so if the user is curious as to what the task does, it is easy to discover. It is also strongly recommended to avoid periods (full stops) at the end of a report fragment. Whilst report fragments tend to be complete sentences, punctuation like this is distracting and reports are seldom presented as paragraphs of prose.

PerformAsAsync(ICanPerform, CancellationToken)

Performs the action(s) are represented by the current instance.

public ValueTask PerformAsAsync(ICanPerform actor, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)

Parameters

actor ICanPerform

The actor that is performing.

cancellationToken CancellationToken

An optional cancellation token by which to abort the performable.

Returns

ValueTask

A task which completes when the performable represented by the current instance is complete.