add scenario navigator for uuids

playwright/pages/item-metadata.page.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { Locator, Page, expect } from "@playwright/test";
 
+// sets which UUID is to be used for sample record navigation
+export type MetadataScenario = "DEFAULT" | "SAMPLE1" | "SAMPLE2";
+
 class FieldLocatorService {
   // Method returns an object containing both the Locator and the content/text Pattern
   public getNameLocatorAndPattern(
@@ -24,13 +27,39 @@ class FieldLocatorService {
     // return locator values and full-text for assertions
     return { locator: locator, pattern: fullExpectedPattern };
   }
+
+  public getBasicLocator(
+    allEntryContainers: Locator,
+    expectedText: string
+  ): { locator: Locator; pattern: RegExp } {
+    // Pattern:  define pattern here
+    const basicExpectedPattern = new RegExp(`^${expectedText}$`, "i");
+
+    // Filter the general locator to find the specific container
+    const locator = allEntryContainers.filter({
+      hasText: basicExpectedPattern,
+    });
+
+    // return locator values and full-text for assertions
+    return { locator: locator, pattern: basicExpectedPattern };
+  }
 }
 
 export default class ItemMetadataPage {
   readonly page: Page;
   private locatorService = new FieldLocatorService();
 
-  static itemResultURL: string = "/items/8b2b3160-c5d5-012f-d95c-58d385a7bc34";
+  // Sample URL-Record Mapping
+  private static readonly SCENARIOS: Record<MetadataScenario, string> = {
+    DEFAULT: "8b2b3160-c5d5-012f-d95c-58d385a7bc34",
+    SAMPLE1: "25a47180-c55f-012f-3759-58d385a7bc34", // Topics
+    SAMPLE2: "4649be20-9890-0138-2359-2360945aaf51", // Genres
+  };
+
+  async loadScenario(scenario: MetadataScenario): Promise<void> {
+    const uuid = ItemMetadataPage.SCENARIOS[scenario];
+    await this.page.goto(`/items/${uuid}`);
+  }
 
   // item-metadata
   readonly itemDataHeader: Locator;