AppiumByBuilder (java-client 3.3.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.openqa.selenium.support.pagefactory.AbstractAnnotations
- - io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.bys.builder.AppiumByBuilder

```
public abstract class AppiumByBuilder
extends org.openqa.selenium.support.pagefactory.AbstractAnnotations
```
It is the basic handler of Appium-specific page object annotations About the Page Object design pattern please read these documents: - https://code.google.com/p/selenium/wiki/PageObjects - https://code.google.com/p/selenium/wiki/PageFactory

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`protected AnnotatedElementContainer`	`annotatedElementContainer`
`protected String`	`automation`
`protected String`	`platform`

Constructors
Modifier	Constructor and Description
`protected`	`AppiumByBuilder(String platform, String automation)`

Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`protected abstract void`	`assertValidAnnotations()`
`abstract org.openqa.selenium.By`	`buildBy()` Defines how to transform given object (field, class, etc) into `By` class used by webdriver to locate elements.
`protected abstract org.openqa.selenium.By`	`buildDefaultBy()`
`protected abstract org.openqa.selenium.By`	`buildMobileNativeBy()`
`protected static org.openqa.selenium.By`	`createBy(Annotation[] annotations, HowToUseSelectors howToUseLocators)`
`abstract boolean`	`isLookupCached()` Defines whether or not given element should be returned from cache on further calls.
`void`	`setAnnotated(AnnotatedElement annotated)` This method should be used for the setting up of AnnotatedElement instances before the building of By-locator strategies

Methods inherited from class org.openqa.selenium.support.pagefactory.AbstractAnnotations
buildByFromFindBy, buildByFromFindBys, buildByFromLongFindBy, buildByFromShortFindBy, buildBysFromFindByOneOf

protected final AnnotatedElementContainer annotatedElementContainer

protected AppiumByBuilder(String platform,
               String automation)

Class AppiumByBuilder