Old reflection code

BaseSteps_old.java

	private static Object getObject(String elementName) throws Throwable {
		Page page = PageManager.getPage(); // Get the current reference to the page I am on.
		elementName = elementName.replaceAll("\\s+", "_").toLowerCase(); // Turn our text into all lower case with spaces replaced by underscores to match object names.
		Method pageElementName = null;
		try {
			pageElementName = page.getClass().getMethod(elementName); // Create a Method object to store the PageElement we want to exercise.
		} catch(NoSuchMethodException e) {
			log.error("Element " + elementName + " is not defined for the page object " + page.getClass().toString() + ". Make sure you have spelled the page object name correctly in your Cucumber step definition and in the page object.");
			throw e;
		}
		log.debug("PageElement Name: " + pageElementName.getName());
		Object classObject = (Object)pageElementName.invoke(page); // Invoke the creation of the PageElement and return it into a variable.
		log.debug("PageElement Object Name: " + classObject.getClass().getName());
		
		return classObject;
	}
	
	private static Method getMethod(Object element, String methodName) throws Throwable {
		Method method = (Method)element.getClass().getMethod(methodName); // Create an object to store the method we want to call on the PageElement object.
		log.debug("Method Name: " + method.getName());
		
		return method;
	}
	
	private static Method getMethodWithStringArgument(Object element, String methodName) throws Throwable {
		Method method = (Method)element.getClass().getMethod(methodName, String.class); // Create an object to store the method we want to call on the PageElement object.
		log.debug("Method Name: " + method.getName());
		
		return method;
	}
	
	private static Method getMethodWithIntArgument(Object element, String methodName) throws Throwable {
		Method method = (Method)element.getClass().getMethod(methodName, int.class); // Create an object to store the method we want to call on the PageElement object.
		log.debug("Method Name: " + method.getName());
		
		return method;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Executes a method with no parameters on an element.
	 * @param elementName String
	 * @param methodName String
	 * @return Object - Returns a castable object if there is one. You have to know what you expect to get.
	 * @throws Throwable - Throws any exceptions received farther upstream.
	 */
	public static Object executeMethod(String elementName, String methodName) throws Throwable {
		Object element = getObject(elementName); // Get the element object.
		Method method = getMethod(element, methodName); // Get the method to run.
		return method.invoke(element); // Call the method on the element.
	}
	
	/**
	 * Executes a method on an element and passes a String parameter.
	 * @param elementName String
	 * @param methodName String
	 * @param text String
	 * @return Object - Returns a castable object if there is one. You have to know what you expect to get.
	 * @throws Throwable - Throws any exceptions received farther upstream.
	 */
	public static Object executeMethod(String elementName, String methodName, String text) throws Throwable {
		Object element = getObject(elementName); // Get the element object.
		Method method = getMethodWithStringArgument(element, methodName); // Get the method to run.
		log.debug("Text to " + methodName.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + methodName.substring(1) + ": " + text);
		return method.invoke(element, text); // Call the method on the element.
	}
	
	/**
	 * Executes a method on an element and passes two String parameters.
	 * @param elementName String
	 * @param methodName String
	 * @param text String
	 * @param text2 String
	 * @return Object - Returns a castable object if there is one. You have to know what you expect to get.
	 * @throws Throwable - Throws any exceptions received farther upstream.
	 */
	public static Object executeMethod(String elementName, String methodName, String text, String text2) throws Throwable {
		Object element = getObject(elementName); // Get the element object.
		Method method = getMethodWithStringArgument(element, methodName); // Get the method to run.
		log.debug("Text to " + methodName.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + methodName.substring(1) + ": " + text);
		return method.invoke(element, text, text2); // Call the method on the element.
	}
	
	/**
	 * Executes a method on an element and passes an integer parameter.
	 * @param elementName String
	 * @param methodName String
	 * @param number int
	 * @return Object - Returns a castable object if there is one. You have to know what you expect to get.
	 * @throws Throwable - Throws any exceptions received farther upstream.
	 */
	public static Object executeMethod(String elementName, String methodName, int number) throws Throwable {
		Object element = getObject(elementName); // Get the element object.
		Method method = getMethodWithIntArgument(element, methodName); // Get the method to run.
		log.debug("Send int to " + methodName.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + methodName.substring(1) + ": " + number);
		return method.invoke(element, number); // Call the method on the element.
	}