How to build smarter, more resilient automated tests? We’ve all been there — our Selenium test cases start failing because of minor UI changes like updated element IDs, renamed classes, or even reordered elements. It’s frustrating, time-consuming, and often the most dreaded part of maintaining automated tests. But what if your automation could heal itself? 💡 What is Self-Healing Automation? Self-healing automation refers to the capability of a test automation framework to recover from minor UI changes by automatically trying alternative locators when the primary one fails. It’s like giving your test scripts a survival instinct. 🔨 🛠️ Implementation in Java + Selenium: Step by Step Step 1: Create a Self-Healing Wrapper We start by creating a custom class called SelfHealingDriver. This class wraps the standard WebDriver and handles locator failures gracefully. public class SelfHealingDriver { private WebDriver driver ; public SelfHealingDri...
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