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package org.openqa.selenium.support.pagefactory;

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.SearchContext;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;

import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * The default element locator, which will lazily locate an element or an element list on a page. This class is
 * designed for use with the {@link org.openqa.selenium.support.PageFactory} and understands the
 * annotations {@link org.openqa.selenium.support.FindBy} and {@link org.openqa.selenium.support.CacheLookup}.
 */
public class DefaultElementLocator implements ElementLocator {
    private final SearchContext searchContext;
    private final boolean shouldCache;
    private final By by;
    private WebElement cachedElement;
    private List<WebElement> cachedElementList;

    /**
     * Creates a new element locator.
     *
     * @param searchContext The context to use when finding the element
     * @param field The field on the Page Object that will hold the located value
     */
    public DefaultElementLocator(SearchContext searchContext, Field field) {
        this(searchContext, new Annotations(field));
    }

    /**
     * Use this constructor in order to process custom annotations.
     *
     * @param searchContext The context to use when finding the element
     * @param annotations AbstractAnnotations class implementation
     */
    public DefaultElementLocator(SearchContext searchContext, AbstractAnnotations annotations) {
        this.searchContext = searchContext;
        this.shouldCache = annotations.isLookupCached();
        this.by = annotations.buildBy();
    }

    /**
     * Find the element.
     */
    @Override
    public WebElement findElement() {
        if (cachedElement != null && shouldCache()) {
            return cachedElement;
        }

        WebElement element = searchContext.findElement(by);
        if (shouldCache()) {
            cachedElement = element;
        }

        return element;
    }

    /**
     * Find the element list.
     */
    @Override
    public List<WebElement> findElements() {
        if (cachedElementList != null && shouldCache()) {
            return cachedElementList;
        }

        List<WebElement> elements = searchContext.findElements(by);
        if (shouldCache()) {
            cachedElementList = elements;
        }

        return elements;
    }

    /**
     * Returns whether the element should be cached.
     *
     * @return {@code true} if the element should be cached
     */
    protected boolean shouldCache() {
        return shouldCache;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return this.getClass().getSimpleName() + " '" + by + "'";
    }
}