PageObject with Ruby - set text in a text field only works in the main file

Question

I\'m automating a site that has a page with a list of options selected by a radio button. When selecting one of the radios, a text field and a select list are presented.

Answer 1

In ruby all equals methods (methods that end with the = sign) need to have a receiver. Let me show you some code that will demonstrate why. Here is the code that sets a local variable to a value:

domain = "blah"

and here is the code that calls the domain= method:

domain = "blah"

In order for ruby to know that you are calling a method instead of setting a local variable you need to add a receiver. Simply change your method above to this and it will work:

def configure_domain(config={})
    check_option_sub_domain
    self.domain = config[:domain]
    self.tld = config[:tld]
end