+1, sounds like a useful thing to have. We already have a base test 
class for UI tests right? GeoServerWebTestSupport or something.

Andrea Aime wrote:
> Hi,
> trying to test Wicket pages or components I find it sometimes
> annoying to try and figure out the paths of various components.
> Yes, we have the possibility to get the paths from the UI itself,
> but when testing a component in isolation or a page that
> can reached only with a long workflow, I feel it would be better
> to have a more direct way.
> 
> In the spirit of the print(dom) utility that we have to dump
> down a xml document returned by GeoServer services, I think
> it would be nice to have a print(Component/Page) that prints
> in text the component hierarchy, with ids, visibility status,
> and eventually the model values, something like:
> 
> form []
>    name [John]
>    surname [Doe]
>    hiddenField (h) [secret]
> 
> where the value is in square brackets and (h) marks
> hidden components. We could also consider adding
> a third param like the component class (optional,
> so it would be print(component, showClasses, showValues))
> 
> What do you think?
> I looked around but could not find such an utility
> already made.
> 
> Cheers
> Andrea
> 


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