[LDTP-Dev] [Bug 547572] New: component should also have a getchild method (wishlist)

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  LDTP | pyldtp | Ver: 1.2.0
           Summary: component should also have a getchild method (wishlist)
           Product: LDTP
           Version: 1.2.0
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Normal
         Component: pyldtp
        AssignedTo: ldtp-maint at gnome.bugs
        ReportedBy: apulido at gmail.com
         QAContact: ldtp-dev at lists.freedesktop.org
     GNOME version: Unspecified
   GNOME milestone: Unspecified


Please describe the problem:
The way objects are arranged in the AT-SPI layer is very hierarchical.

It makes little sense that only context objects have a getchild method. It
would be very useful if component also had this method.

It will improve a lot the way objects can be recognized. In example, if there
are two text field without name (txt0 and txt1), and one is a child of a tab
page that do have a name, the hierarchy can be used to select the correct text
field.

This can be workaround using getobjectproperty(context, component, 'children'),
but having getchild method will improve a lot the OO structure of the script
and will allow to search the child by role.


Steps to reproduce:
This is an improvement

Actual results:


Expected results:


Does this happen every time?


Other information:


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