How to send variable (dynamic value) at @findby in POM using java

Question

How to send variable with dynamic value at @findby in POM using java like -

//div[@class='item']/div[@class='containerbody'][@columnid=' "+i+" ']/div/div[contains(@class,'swimLaneheader')] where i is the variable

Please provide me some examples that includes @FindBy, with the dynamic declaration and dynamic value sending.

Answer 1

This is not possible. Since Java annotations does not allow dynamic parameterization.

For more details check this answer.

Answer 2

Not exactly using @FindBy but the same effect could be achieved with something like that:

private static final String ROW_OF_GIVEN_PERSON = "//tr[contains(.,'%s')]";

public String getRowOfThePerson(String personName) {
    return String.format(ROW_OF_GIVEN_PERSON, personName);
}

WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.xpath(locators.getRowOfThePerson(personFullName)));

Where %s in xpath is replaced with personName given in parameter.