/**
* Generic field setter.
*
* Internal API method, a generic *I set "VALUE" to "FIELD" field*
* could be created based on it.
*
* @param string $fieldlocator The pointer to the field, it will depend on the field type.
* @param string $value
* @return void
*/
protected function set_field_value($fieldlocator, $value)
{
// We delegate to behat_form_field class, it will
// guess the type properly as it is a select tag.
$field = BehatFieldManager::get_form_field_from_label($fieldlocator, $this);
$field->set_value($value);
}
/**
* Guesses the element type we are dealing with in case is not a text-based element.
*
* This class is the generic field type, BehatFieldManager::get_FormFields()
* should be able to find the appropiate class for the field type, but
* in cases like mahara form group elements we can not find the type of
* the field through the DOM so we also need to take care of the
* different field types from here. If we need to deal with more complex
* mahara form elements we will need to refactor this simple HTML elements
* guess method.
*
* @return BehatFormField
*/
private function guess_type()
{
global $CFG;
// We default to the text-based field if nothing was detected.
if (!($type = BehatFieldManager::guess_field_type($this->field, $this->session))) {
$type = 'text';
}
$classname = 'BehatForm' . ucfirst($type);
$classpath = __DIR__ . '/' . $classname . '.php';
require_once $classpath;
return new $classname($this->session, $this->field);
}
