AI-Generated Page Objects: Automating the Automation

# Traditional manual approach
class LoginPage:
    def __init__(self, driver):
        self.driver = driver
        self.username_field = driver.find_element(By.ID, "user-name")
        self.password_field = driver.find_element(By.ID, "password")
        self.login_button = driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, "button[type='submit']")

# AI-generated approach with context understanding
from ai_page_object import AIPageGenerator

generator = AIPageGenerator()
LoginPage = generator.analyze_and_generate(
    url="https://example.com/login",
    page_name="LoginPage"
)

# Generated code includes semantic understanding:
# - Identifies form purpose (authentication)
# - Groups related elements (credentials)
# - Generates resilient selectors with fallbacks
# - Adds validation methods automatically

// AI-generated page object with semantic grouping
class CheckoutPage {
  constructor(driver) {
    this.driver = driver;

    // AI identified this as a form group
    this.shippingInfo = {
      firstName: () => this.driver.findElement(By.css('[name="shipping-first-name"]')),
      lastName: () => this.driver.findElement(By.css('[name="shipping-last-name"]')),
      address: () => this.driver.findElement(By.css('[aria-label="Street address"]')),
      validate: async () => {
        // Auto-generated validation based on form attributes
        const required = await this.driver.findElements(By.css('[required]'));
        return required.length === 3;
      }
    };

    // AI identified this as a payment section
    this.payment = {
      cardNumber: () => this.driver.findElement(By.css('[data-testid="card-number"]')),
      expiryDate: () => this.driver.findElement(By.css('[placeholder*="MM/YY"]')),
      cvv: () => this.driver.findElement(By.css('[autocomplete="cc-csc"]'))
    };
  }
}

from ai_selector import SelectorOptimizer

optimizer = SelectorOptimizer()

# Analyze element and generate optimal selector
element_context = {
    'html': '<button class="btn btn-primary submit-order" data-testid="checkout-submit" id="order-btn-123">Place Order</button>',
    'surrounding_dom': '...',  # Context for uniqueness check
    'change_history': [...]  # Historical UI changes
}

result = optimizer.generate_selector(element_context)

print(result)
# Output:
# {
#   'primary': '[data-testid="checkout-submit"]',
#   'fallback': 'button.submit-order',
#   'score': 0.94,
#   'reasoning': 'data-testid provides semantic stability, class is reliable fallback',
#   'predicted_stability': 0.92  # ML-based prediction
# }

// Traditional approach - fragile
WebElement submitButton = driver.findElement(By.id("submit-btn-12345"));

// AI-generated resilient selector
public class AIPageObject {
    @FindBy(how = How.CUSTOM, using = "resilient-submit-button")
    private WebElement submitButton;

    // AI-generated resilient finder with fallback chain
    public static class ResilientFinder implements By {
        public List<WebElement> findElements(SearchContext context) {
            // Primary: semantic attribute
            List<WebElement> elements = context.findElements(
                By.cssSelector("[data-testid='checkout-submit']")
            );
            if (!elements.isEmpty()) return elements;

            // Fallback 1: ARIA label
            elements = context.findElements(
                By.cssSelector("button[aria-label='Place Order']")
            );
            if (!elements.isEmpty()) return elements;

            // Fallback 2: Text content + type
            elements = context.findElements(
                By.xpath("//button[contains(text(), 'Place Order')]")
            );
            return elements;
        }
    }
}

// AI recognizes this is a data table pattern
interface AIGeneratedTableComponent {
  // Auto-detected table structure
  headers: string[];
  rows: TableRow[];

  // Auto-generated interaction methods
  sortByColumn(columnName: string): Promise<void>;
  filterBy(criteria: FilterCriteria): Promise<void>;
  getRowByValue(column: string, value: string): Promise<TableRow>;

  // Auto-generated validation methods
  validateHeaders(expected: string[]): Promise<boolean>;
  validateRowCount(expected: number): Promise<boolean>;
}

// AI generates reusable table component
class DataTable implements AIGeneratedTableComponent {
  constructor(private container: WebElement) {}

  async sortByColumn(columnName: string): Promise<void> {
    // AI detected sort functionality from clickable headers
    const header = await this.container.findElement(
      By.xpath(`//th[text()='${columnName}']`)
    );
    await header.click();
  }

  async getRowByValue(column: string, value: string): Promise<TableRow> {
    // AI generated smart row finder
    const columnIndex = this.headers.indexOf(column);
    const row = await this.container.findElement(
      By.xpath(`//tr[td[${columnIndex + 1}]='${value}']`)
    );
    return new TableRow(row);
  }
}

from ai_page_maintenance import PageObjectMaintainer

maintainer = PageObjectMaintainer()

# Monitor application for changes
changes = maintainer.detect_changes(
    baseline_url="https://app.example.com/checkout",
    current_url="https://app.example.com/checkout",
    page_object="CheckoutPage.py"
)

# AI analyzes impact and suggests updates
for change in changes.breaking_changes:
    print(f"Element: {change.element}")
    print(f"Issue: {change.issue}")
    print(f"Suggested fix:\n{change.suggested_code}")
    print(f"Confidence: {change.confidence}")

# Output:
# Element: payment.cardNumber
# Issue: ID changed from 'card-num' to 'cc-number-input'
# Suggested fix:
# cardNumber: () => this.driver.findElement(By.css('[data-testid="card-number"]'))
# Confidence: 0.89

// AI-powered self-healing page object
public class SmartPageObject
{
    private readonly IWebDriver driver;
    private readonly SelfHealingLocatorService healingService;

    [SelfHealing(
        Primary = "css=#submit-order",
        Fallbacks = new[] { "css=[data-testid='submit']", "xpath=//button[@type='submit']" },
        HealOnFailure = true
    )]
    public IWebElement SubmitButton => FindElementWithHealing("submit-button");

    private IWebElement FindElementWithHealing(string elementKey)
    {
        try {
            return driver.FindElement(By.Id("submit-order"));
        }
        catch (NoSuchElementException) {
            // AI attempts to locate element using alternative strategies
            var healedLocator = healingService.HealLocator(
                elementKey,
                driver.PageSource
            );

            if (healedLocator != null) {
                // Log the healing for later page object update
                healingService.LogHealing(elementKey, healedLocator);
                return driver.FindElement(healedLocator);
            }
            throw;
        }
    }
}

// Testim AI-generated page object
const { TestimSDK } = require('@testim/sdk');

class AIGeneratedLoginPage {
  constructor(driver) {
    this.driver = driver;
    this.testim = new TestimSDK({ driver });
  }

  // AI-learned element with smart locator
  async getUsernameField() {
    return await this.testim.findElement({
      aiName: 'username-input',  // AI-assigned semantic name
      confidence: 0.85,  // Required confidence threshold
      fallback: By.css('[name="username"]')
    });
  }

  async login(username, password) {
    // AI validates the login flow
    const flow = await this.testim.executeFlow('login', {
      username,
      password
    });

    return flow.success;
  }
}