refs #54 - added helper function to use XPath selectors

@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@ exports.create = function create(options) {
     return new Casper(options);
 };
 
+exports.selectXPath = function selectXPath(expression) {
+    return {
+        type: 'xpath',
+        path: expression,
+        toString: function() {
+            return this.type + ' selector: ' + this.selector;
+        }
+    };
+};
+
 /**
  * Main Casper object.
  *
@@ -479,9 +489,6 @@ Casper.prototype.fetchText = function fetchText(selector) {
  */
 Casper.prototype.fill = function fill(selector, vals, submit) {
     submit = submit === true ? submit : false;
-    if (!utils.isString(selector) || !selector.length) {
-        throw new CasperError("Form selector must be a non-empty string");
-    }
     if (!utils.isObject(vals)) {
         throw new CasperError("Form values must be provided as an object");
     }
@@ -507,12 +514,17 @@ Casper.prototype.fill = function fill(selector, vals, submit) {
     }
     // File uploads
     if (fillResults.files && fillResults.files.length > 0) {
-        (function _each(self) {
-            fillResults.files.forEach(function _forEach(file) {
-                var fileFieldSelector = [selector, 'input[name="' + file.name + '"]'].join(' ');
-                self.page.uploadFile(fileFieldSelector, file.path);
-            });
-        })(this);
+        if (utils.isObject(selector) && selector.type === 'xpath') {
+            this.echo('⚠  Filling file upload fields is currently not supported using', 'COMMENT');
+            this.echo('   XPath selectors; Please use a CSS selector instead.', 'COMMENT');
+        } else {
+            (function _each(self) {
+                fillResults.files.forEach(function _forEach(file) {
+                    var fileFieldSelector = [selector, 'input[name="' + file.name + '"]'].join(' ');
+                    self.page.uploadFile(fileFieldSelector, file.path);
+                });
+            })(this);
+        }
     }
     // Form submission?
     if (submit) {

 var fs = require('fs');
 var clientutils = require('clientutils').create();
+
 var testCases = {
     'an empty string': '',
     'a word':          'plop',
@@ -20,19 +21,4 @@ for (var what in testCases) {
     casper.test.assertEquals(clientutils.decode(encoded), source, 'ClientUtils can encode and decode ' + what);
 }
 
-casper.test.comment('XPath');
-
-casper.start('tests/site/index.html', function() {
-    this.test.assertExists({
-        type: 'xpath',
-        path: '/html/body/ul/li[2]'
-    }, 'XPath selector can find an element');
-    this.test.assertDoesntExist({
-        type: 'xpath',
-        path: '/html/body/ol/li[2]'
-    }, 'XPath selector does not retrieve an unexistent element');
-});
-
-casper.run(function() {
-    this.test.done();
-});
+casper.test.done();

+var x = require('casper').selectXPath;
+
+casper.test.comment('XPath');
+
+casper.start('tests/site/index.html', function() {
+    this.test.assertExists({
+        type: 'xpath',
+        path: '/html/body/ul/li[2]'
+    }, 'XPath selector can find an element');
+    this.test.assertDoesntExist({
+        type: 'xpath',
+        path: '/html/body/ol/li[2]'
+    }, 'XPath selector does not retrieve an unexistent element');
+    this.test.assertExists(x('/html/body/ul/li[2]'), 'selectXPath() shortcut can find an element as well');
+    this.test.assertEvalEquals(function() {
+        return __utils__.findAll({type: 'xpath', path: '/html/body/ul/li'}).length;
+    }, 3, 'Correct number of elements are found');
+});
+
+casper.thenClick(x('/html/body/a[2]'), function() {
+    this.test.assertTitle('CasperJS test form', 'Clicking XPath works as expected');
+    this.fill(x('/html/body/form'), {
+        email: 'chuck@norris.com'
+    });
+    this.test.assertEvalEquals(function() {
+        return document.querySelector('input[name="email"]').value;
+    }, 'chuck@norris.com', 'Casper.fill() can fill an input[type=text] form field');
+});
+
+casper.run(function() {
+    this.test.done();
+});