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package org.openqa.selenium.support.pagefactory;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
/**
* Abstract class to work with fields in Page Objects.
* Provides methods to process {@link org.openqa.selenium.support.FindBy},
* {@link org.openqa.selenium.support.FindBys} and
* {@link org.openqa.selenium.support.FindAll} annotations.
*/
public abstract class AbstractAnnotations {
/**
* Defines how to transform given object (field, class, etc)
* into {@link org.openqa.selenium.By} class used by webdriver to locate elements.
*
* @return By object
*/
public abstract By buildBy();
/**
* Defines whether or not given element
* should be returned from cache on further calls.
*
* @return boolean if lookup cached
*/
public abstract boolean isLookupCached();
}