[LDTP-Dev] Inconsistency in APIs to use mnu object name

[Ara Pulido]

Hello all,

I've always found the way LDTP deals with menus a bit weird.

I think it is much better if all the functions dealing with menus would 
use some kind of hierarchy. Or better, if it could be set in the parameters:

ldtp.doesmenuitemexist(windows_name, "mnuFile;mnuCloseAll", hierarchy=true)

ldtp.doesmenuitemexist(windows_name, "mnuCloseAll", hierarchy=false)

One question for LDTPv2, would this inconsistencies be solved? Would be 
ooldtp be better in LDTPv2?

Thanks,
Ara.

On 14/10/09 17:00, Nagappan Alagappan wrote:
> Hi Scott,
>
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 4:02 AM, Wang Qi, Scott <wangqi.s at gmail.com
> <mailto:wangqi.s at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Nagappan,
>
>     I saw some inconsistency in the parameter when calling these two
>     functions : hasstate () and doesmenuitemexist().
>
>     1) ldtp.doesmenuitemexist(windows_name, 'mnuFile;mnuCloseAll')
>
>     doesmenuitemexist () requires the full path which is the
>     'mnuFile;mnuCloseAll' menu.
>
>     2) ldtp.hasstate(windows_name, 'mnuCloseAll', ldtp.state.SENSITIVE)
>
>     hasstate () only requires the last node which is 'mnuCloseAll'.
>
>     Is this design deliberately as this?
>
>
> hasstate is a general function, which works for all object type. To work
> with menu, we have to follow the hierarchy. If its a requirement we can
> implement it on LDTPv2.
>
>
>
>     The second question is that if 2 root menus has a  submenu with the
>     same name for example, 'mnuFile;mnuCloseAll' and
>     'mnuProject;mnuCloseAll'. How ldtp.hasstate() will return the status
>     with input of 'mnuCloseAll'? Will it only return the first found mnu
>     named "mnuCloseAll"?  I did a simple experiment. It seems it indeed
>     returns the attribute for the first mnu. So how to get the attribute
>     for the 2nd sub menu item.
>
>
> 'mnuCloseAll1' should return the state of it :)
>
> Thanks
> Nagappan
>
>
>     Thanks
>     Scott
>
>
>
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