Reason not to use Selenium.Support about ocaramba HOT 2 CLOSED

I'd like to know the answer to this too. Does anything in the framework prevent using the Selenium.Support method?

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We just decided to not use Page Factory in our framework,
you can find plenty of discussions why to use Page Factory or why not to use Page Factory,
e.g. http://iainrose.tumblr.com/post/27612544255/closing-the-pagefactory

In our solution locators can be parameterized e.g. "//*[@title='{0}' and @ms.title='{1}']" by using Format method.

Example how to use it:

private readonly ElementLocator fileLink = new ElementLocator(Locator.CssSelector, "a[href='download/{0}']");
...
this.Driver.GetElement(this.fileLink.Format("first_file.txt")).Click();
this.Driver.GetElement(this.fileLink.Format("second_file.txt")).Click();

You can still use Page Factory in our framework

[FindsBy(How = How.Id, Using = "username")]
public IWebElement userName { get; set; }
this.userName.SendKeys(BaseConfiguration.Username);

but it doesn't make sense, because you will not be able to use e.g. methods like GetElement from SearchContextExtensions class or parameterize locators .

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