Question

Consider this HTML table:

<table id="build-table">
    <tr>
        <th>Build ID</th>
        <th>Build Time</th>
    </tr>

    <tr>
       <td>
            <a href="/Details/5.1">5.1</a>
        </td>
        <td>02.06.2011 13:33:03</td>
    </tr>
</table>

How would I verify in WatiN that the table has the correct headers (Build ID and Build Time), and the correct content (in this case, one row containing the given hyperlink and date string)?

Answer 1

Sorry, we created a custom TableHandler, using the basic table building blocks: Here is the sample code:

public TableController(Regex tableControlId)
{ InitializeMembers(Find.ById(tableControlId), true); }

private void InitializeMembers(WatiN.Core.Constraints.AttributeConstraint tableControlId, bool hasColumnHeaders)
{
    if (tableControlId == null)
    {
        throw new ArgumentNullException("tableControlId", "'tableControlId' passed in should not be null.");
    }

    WatiN.Core.Constraints.AttributeConstraint newTableControlId = tableControlId;
    Assert.IsTrue(IE.Table(newTableControlId).Exists, "Table with id '" + newTableControlId.ToString() + "' does not exist on this page.");
    _controlId = tableControlId;
    _hasColumnHeaders = hasColumnHeaders;

    _columnHeaders = (hasColumnHeaders) ? GetTableColumnHeaders() : null;
    _totalRows = Table.TableRows.Count;
    _totalColumns = GetAllColumnDataFromRow((TableRow)Table.TableRows[0], hasColumnHeaders).Count;
}

private StringCollection GetTableColumnHeaders()
{
    return GetAllColumnDataFromRow((TableRow)Table.TableRows[0], true);
}


private StringCollection GetAllColumnDataFromRow(TableRow tableRow, bool isTableHeaderRow)
{
    StringCollection RowValues = new StringCollection();
    if (tableRow == null)
    {
        for (int colCounter = 0; colCounter < this.TotalColumns; colCounter++) RowValues.Add(String.Empty);
    }

    if (isTableHeaderRow)
    {
        foreach (Element e in tableRow.Elements)
        {
            if (e.TagName == "TH")
            {
                 RowValues.Add(e.Text);
            }
         }
    }
    else
    {
        foreach (TableCell tc in tableRow.TableCells)
        {
            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(tc.Text))
            {
                RowValues.Add(String.Empty);
            }
            else
            {
                RowValues.Add(tc.Text);
            }
        }
     }
    //fill up for the missing cells, if any, with blanks
    int actualCellsInRow = tableRow.TableCells.Count;
    int expectedCellsInRow = this.TotalColumns;
    for (int colCounter = actualCellsInRow; colCounter < expectedCellsInRow; colCounter++)
    {
        RowValues.Add(String.Empty);
    }

    return RowValues;
}

Hope this helps.