Read data from JSON file ?

How to Read data from JSON file ?

Regarding Object Repository in frameworks, we are using Properties file, Excel Files and text files.

Here we can see how to JSON file as object repository. For example, i have json file say "./objectrepo.json." in framework and is has web page elements like below:

{

  "Window"            : "linkText;Introduction to collections",

  "AnotherWindow" : "linkText;Overview on Collections"

}

How to get elements from JSON file:

public class JsonReadData {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, ParseException {
    WebDriver driver;
    System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", ".\\library\\chromedriver_win32\\chromedriver.exe");
    driver = new ChromeDriver();
    driver.get("http://keeplearners.blogspot.in/");
    driver.manage().window().maximize();
    JSONParser parser = new JSONParser();
    //creating an object for json file
    Object obj = parser.parse(new FileReader(".\\CucumberProject\\src\\test\\elements\\home_page.json"));
    //converting Object obj to JSONObject
    JSONObject jsonObject = (JSONObject) obj;
    // Prints all data in json file
    System.out.print(jsonObject);
    //Get the required key value in string type
    String getvalue= (String) jsonObject.get("Window");
    //Using split method, get locator type and locator value in array
    String[] values=getvalue.split(";");
    System.out.println("locatorType="+values[0] + "\n" +"locatorValue="+ values[1]);
    //return locator type like ID,Name,class etc.,.
    String locatorType=values[0];
    //return locator type value
    String locatorValue=values[1];
    if(locatorType.equalsIgnoreCase("linkText")){
    driver.findElement(By.linkText(locatorValue)).click();
    System.out.println("clicked");
  }
}

Output:
JSON file data={"Window":"linkText;Introduction to collections","AnotherWindow":"linkText;Overview on Collections"}
locatorType=linkText
locatorValue=Introduction to collections
clicked
So in our existing frameworks also we can directly use json file as above.

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