Modifying Object Maps

An existing object map is able to reuse existing object map identifiers during recording, even if you have added additional structural elements to the object map.

Example: Adding a DIV to an existing object map

Let us suppose you want to add a DIV element to bundle the email and login fields in the following simple object map:

demo_borland_com                               //BrowserApplication
  BrowserWindow                                         //BrowserWindow
    login-form email                                    //INPUT[@id='login-form:email']
    login-form login                                    //INPUT[@id='login-form:login']

You can change the structure of the object map by adding the new DIV loginArea and the object map will still be able to correctly reuse the object map identifiers during recording.

demo_borland_com                               //BrowserApplication
  BrowserWindow                                         //BrowserWindow
    loginArea                                           //'DIV[@id='login']
      login-form email                                  //INPUT[@id='login-form:email']
      login-form login                                  //INPUT[@id='login-form:login']