Merged selenium tests from akquinet (pull request #65)

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diff --git a/tests/de/akquinet/devops/GitblitRunnable.java b/tests/de/akquinet/devops/GitblitRunnable.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 akquinet tech@spree GmbH
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package de.akquinet.devops;
+
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.ServerSocket;
+
+import com.gitblit.GitBlitServer;
+import com.gitblit.tests.GitBlitSuite;
+
+/**
+ * This is a runnable implementation, that is used to run a gitblit server in a
+ * separate thread (e.g. alongside test cases)
+ * 
+ * @author saheba
+ * 
+ */
+public class GitblitRunnable implements Runnable {
+
+	private int httpPort, httpsPort, shutdownPort;
+	private String userPropertiesPath, gitblitPropertiesPath;
+	private boolean startFailed = false;
+
+	/**
+	 * constructor with reduced set of start params
+	 * 
+	 * @param httpPort
+	 * @param httpsPort
+	 * @param shutdownPort
+	 * @param gitblitPropertiesPath
+	 * @param userPropertiesPath
+	 */
+	public GitblitRunnable(int httpPort, int httpsPort, int shutdownPort,
+			String gitblitPropertiesPath, String userPropertiesPath) {
+		this.httpPort = httpPort;
+		this.httpsPort = httpsPort;
+		this.shutdownPort = shutdownPort;
+		this.userPropertiesPath = userPropertiesPath;
+		this.gitblitPropertiesPath = gitblitPropertiesPath;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * 
+	 * @see java.lang.Runnable#run()
+	 */
+	public void run() {
+		boolean portsFree = false;
+		long lastRun = -1;
+		while (!portsFree) {
+			long current = System.currentTimeMillis();
+			if (lastRun == -1 || lastRun + 100 < current) {
+				portsFree = areAllPortsFree(new int[] { httpPort, httpsPort,
+						shutdownPort }, "127.0.0.1");
+			}
+			lastRun = current;
+
+		}
+		try {
+			GitBlitServer.main("--httpPort", "" + httpPort, "--httpsPort", ""
+					+ httpsPort, "--shutdownPort", "" + shutdownPort,
+					"--repositoriesFolder",
+					"\"" + GitBlitSuite.REPOSITORIES.getAbsolutePath() + "\"",
+					"--userService", userPropertiesPath, "--settings",
+					gitblitPropertiesPath);
+			setStartFailed(false);
+		} catch (Exception iex) {
+			System.out.println("Gitblit server start failed");
+			setStartFailed(true);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Method used to ensure that all ports are free, if the runnable is used
+	 * JUnit test classes. Be aware that JUnit's setUpClass and tearDownClass
+	 * methods, which are executed before and after a test class (consisting of
+	 * several test cases), may be executed parallely if they are part of a test
+	 * suite consisting of several test classes. Therefore the run method of
+	 * this class calls areAllPortsFree to check port availability before
+	 * starting another gitblit instance.
+	 * 
+	 * @param ports
+	 * @param inetAddress
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static boolean areAllPortsFree(int[] ports, String inetAddress) {
+		System.out
+				.println("\n"
+						+ System.currentTimeMillis()
+						+ " ----------------------------------- testing if all ports are free ...");
+		String blockedPorts = "";
+		for (int i = 0; i < ports.length; i++) {
+			ServerSocket s;
+			try {
+				s = new ServerSocket(ports[i], 1,
+						InetAddress.getByName(inetAddress));
+				s.close();
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				if (!blockedPorts.equals("")) {
+					blockedPorts += ", ";
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if (blockedPorts.equals("")) {
+			System.out
+					.println(" ----------------------------------- ... verified");
+			return true;
+		}
+		System.out.println(" ----------------------------------- ... "
+				+ blockedPorts + " are still blocked");
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	private void setStartFailed(boolean startFailed) {
+		this.startFailed = startFailed;
+	}
+
+	public boolean isStartFailed() {
+		return startFailed;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/de/akquinet/devops/LaunchWithUITestConfig.java b/tests/de/akquinet/devops/LaunchWithUITestConfig.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 akquinet tech@spree GmbH
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package de.akquinet.devops;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.Socket;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+
+import junit.framework.Assert;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.gitblit.Constants;
+import com.gitblit.GitBlitServer;
+import com.gitblit.tests.GitBlitSuite;
+
+/**
+ * This test checks if it is possible to run two server instances in the same
+ * JVM sequentially
+ * 
+ * @author saheba
+ * 
+ */
+public class LaunchWithUITestConfig {
+
+	@Test
+	public void testSequentialLaunchOfSeveralInstances()
+			throws InterruptedException {
+		// different ports than in testParallelLaunchOfSeveralInstances to
+		// ensure that both test cases do not affect each others test results
+		int httpPort = 9191, httpsPort = 9292, shutdownPort = 9393;
+		String gitblitPropertiesPath = "test-ui-gitblit.properties", usersPropertiesPath = "test-ui-users.conf";
+
+		GitblitRunnable gitblitRunnable = new GitblitRunnable(httpPort,
+				httpsPort, shutdownPort, gitblitPropertiesPath,
+				usersPropertiesPath);
+		Thread serverThread = new Thread(gitblitRunnable);
+		serverThread.start();
+		Thread.sleep(2000);
+		Assert.assertFalse(gitblitRunnable.isStartFailed());
+		LaunchWithUITestConfig.shutdownGitBlitServer(shutdownPort);
+
+		Thread.sleep(5000);
+
+		GitblitRunnable gitblitRunnable2 = new GitblitRunnable(httpPort,
+				httpsPort, shutdownPort, gitblitPropertiesPath,
+				usersPropertiesPath);
+		Thread serverThread2 = new Thread(gitblitRunnable2);
+		serverThread2.start();
+		Thread.sleep(2000);
+		Assert.assertFalse(gitblitRunnable2.isStartFailed());
+		LaunchWithUITestConfig.shutdownGitBlitServer(shutdownPort);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testParallelLaunchOfSeveralInstances()
+			throws InterruptedException {
+		// different ports than in testSequentialLaunchOfSeveralInstances to
+		// ensure that both test cases do not affect each others test results
+		int httpPort = 9797, httpsPort = 9898, shutdownPort = 9999;
+		int httpPort2 = 9494, httpsPort2 = 9595, shutdownPort2 = 9696;
+		String gitblitPropertiesPath = "test-ui-gitblit.properties", usersPropertiesPath = "test-ui-users.conf";
+
+		GitblitRunnable gitblitRunnable = new GitblitRunnable(httpPort,
+				httpsPort, shutdownPort, gitblitPropertiesPath,
+				usersPropertiesPath);
+		Thread serverThread = new Thread(gitblitRunnable);
+		serverThread.start();
+		Thread.sleep(2000);
+		Assert.assertFalse(gitblitRunnable.isStartFailed());
+
+		GitblitRunnable gitblitRunnable2 = new GitblitRunnable(httpPort2,
+				httpsPort2, shutdownPort2, gitblitPropertiesPath,
+				usersPropertiesPath);
+		Thread serverThread2 = new Thread(gitblitRunnable2);
+		serverThread2.start();
+		Thread.sleep(2000);
+		Assert.assertFalse(gitblitRunnable2.isStartFailed());
+
+		LaunchWithUITestConfig.shutdownGitBlitServer(shutdownPort);
+		LaunchWithUITestConfig.shutdownGitBlitServer(shutdownPort2);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * main runs the tests without assert checks. You have to check the console
+	 * output manually.
+	 * 
+	 * @param args
+	 * @throws InterruptedException
+	 */
+	public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
+		new LaunchWithUITestConfig().testSequentialLaunchOfSeveralInstances();
+		new LaunchWithUITestConfig().testParallelLaunchOfSeveralInstances();
+	}
+
+	private static void shutdownGitBlitServer(int shutdownPort) {
+		try {
+			Socket s = new Socket(InetAddress.getByName("127.0.0.1"),
+					shutdownPort);
+			OutputStream out = s.getOutputStream();
+			System.out.println("Sending Shutdown Request to " + Constants.NAME);
+			out.write("\r\n".getBytes());
+			out.flush();
+			s.close();
+		} catch (UnknownHostException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/de/akquinet/devops/ManualUITestLaunch.java b/tests/de/akquinet/devops/ManualUITestLaunch.java
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+package de.akquinet.devops;
+
+public class ManualUITestLaunch {
+public static void main(String[] args) {
+	int httpPort = 8080, httpsPort = 8443, shutdownPort = 8081;
+	String gitblitPropertiesPath = "test-ui-gitblit.properties", usersPropertiesPath = "test-ui-users.conf";
+
+	GitblitRunnable gitblitRunnable = new GitblitRunnable(httpPort,
+			httpsPort, shutdownPort, gitblitPropertiesPath,
+			usersPropertiesPath);
+	Thread serverThread = new Thread(gitblitRunnable);
+	serverThread.start();
+}
+}
diff --git a/tests/de/akquinet/devops/test/ui/TestUISuite.java b/tests/de/akquinet/devops/test/ui/TestUISuite.java
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+++ b/tests/de/akquinet/devops/test/ui/TestUISuite.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 akquinet tech@spree GmbH
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package de.akquinet.devops.test.ui;
+
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.Suite;
+
+import de.akquinet.devops.test.ui.cases.UI_MultiAdminSupportTest;
+
+/**
+ * the test suite including all selenium-based ui-tests.
+ * 
+ * @author saheba
+ *
+ */
+@RunWith(Suite.class)
+@Suite.SuiteClasses({ UI_MultiAdminSupportTest.class })
+public class TestUISuite {
+
+}
diff --git a/tests/de/akquinet/devops/test/ui/cases/UI_MultiAdminSupportTest.java b/tests/de/akquinet/devops/test/ui/cases/UI_MultiAdminSupportTest.java
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+++ b/tests/de/akquinet/devops/test/ui/cases/UI_MultiAdminSupportTest.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 akquinet tech@spree GmbH
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package de.akquinet.devops.test.ui.cases;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import de.akquinet.devops.test.ui.generic.AbstractUITest;
+import de.akquinet.devops.test.ui.view.RepoEditView;
+import de.akquinet.devops.test.ui.view.RepoListView;
+
+/**
+ * tests the multi admin per repo feature.
+ * 
+ * @author saheba
+ * 
+ */
+public class UI_MultiAdminSupportTest extends AbstractUITest {
+
+	String baseUrl = "https://localhost:8443";
+	RepoListView view;
+	RepoEditView editView;
+	private static final String TEST_MULTI_ADMIN_SUPPORT_REPO_NAME = "testmultiadminsupport";
+	private static final String TEST_MULTI_ADMIN_SUPPORT_REPO_PATH = "~repocreator/"
+			+ TEST_MULTI_ADMIN_SUPPORT_REPO_NAME + ".git";
+	private static final String TEST_MULTI_ADMIN_SUPPORT_REPO_PATH_WITHOUT_SUFFIX = "~repocreator/"
+			+ TEST_MULTI_ADMIN_SUPPORT_REPO_NAME;
+
+	@Before
+	public void before() {
+		System.out.println("IN BEFORE");
+		this.view = new RepoListView(AbstractUITest.getDriver(), baseUrl);
+		this.editView = new RepoEditView(AbstractUITest.getDriver());
+		AbstractUITest.getDriver().navigate().to(baseUrl);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void test_MultiAdminSelectionInStandardRepo() {
+		// login
+		view.login("repocreator", "repocreator");
+
+		// create new repo
+		view.navigateToNewRepo(1);
+		editView.changeName(TEST_MULTI_ADMIN_SUPPORT_REPO_PATH);
+		Assert.assertTrue(editView.navigateToPermissionsTab());
+
+		Assert.assertTrue(editView
+				.changeAccessRestriction(RepoEditView.RESTRICTION_AUTHENTICATED_VCP));
+		Assert.assertTrue(editView
+				.changeAuthorizationControl(RepoEditView.AUTHCONTROL_RWALL));
+
+		// with a second admin
+		editView.addRepoAdministrator("admin");
+		Assert.assertTrue(editView.save());
+		// user is automatically forwarded to repo list view
+		Assert.assertTrue(view.isEmptyRepo(TEST_MULTI_ADMIN_SUPPORT_REPO_PATH));
+		Assert.assertTrue(view
+				.isEditableRepo(TEST_MULTI_ADMIN_SUPPORT_REPO_PATH));
+		Assert.assertTrue(view
+				.isDeletableRepo(TEST_MULTI_ADMIN_SUPPORT_REPO_PATH_WITHOUT_SUFFIX));
+		// logout repocreator
+		view.logout();
+
+		// check with admin account if second admin has the same rights
+		view.login("admin", "admin");
+		Assert.assertTrue(view.isEmptyRepo(TEST_MULTI_ADMIN_SUPPORT_REPO_PATH));
+		Assert.assertTrue(view
+				.isEditableRepo(TEST_MULTI_ADMIN_SUPPORT_REPO_PATH));
+		Assert.assertTrue(view
+				.isDeletableRepo(TEST_MULTI_ADMIN_SUPPORT_REPO_PATH_WITHOUT_SUFFIX));
+		// delete repo to reach state as before test execution
+		view.navigateToDeleteRepo(TEST_MULTI_ADMIN_SUPPORT_REPO_PATH_WITHOUT_SUFFIX);
+		view.acceptAlertDialog();
+		view.logout();
+
+		Assert.assertTrue(view.isLoginPartVisible());
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/tests/de/akquinet/devops/test/ui/generic/AbstractUITest.java b/tests/de/akquinet/devops/test/ui/generic/AbstractUITest.java
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+++ b/tests/de/akquinet/devops/test/ui/generic/AbstractUITest.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 akquinet tech@spree GmbH
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package de.akquinet.devops.test.ui.generic;
+
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
+import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
+import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxProfile;
+
+import com.gitblit.GitBlitServer;
+
+import de.akquinet.devops.GitblitRunnable;
+
+/**
+ * This abstract class implements the setUpClass and tearDownClass for
+ * selenium-based UITests. They require a running gitblit server instance and a
+ * webdriver instance, which are managed by the setUpClass and tearDownClass
+ * method. Write a separate test class derived from this abstract class for each
+ * scenario consisting of one or more test cases, which can share the same
+ * server instance.
+ * 
+ * @author saheba
+ * 
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractUITest {
+
+	private static Thread serverThread;
+	private static WebDriver driver;
+
+	private static final int HTTP_PORT = 8080, HTTPS_PORT = 8443,
+			SHUTDOWN_PORT = 8081;
+	private static final String GITBLIT_PROPERTIES_PATH = "test-ui-gitblit.properties",
+			USERS_PROPERTIES_PATH = "test-ui-users.conf";
+
+	/**
+	 * starts a gitblit server instance in a separate thread before test cases
+	 * of concrete, non-abstract child-classes are executed
+	 */
+	@BeforeClass
+	public static void setUpClass() {
+		Runnable gitblitRunnable = new GitblitRunnable(HTTP_PORT, HTTPS_PORT,
+				SHUTDOWN_PORT, GITBLIT_PROPERTIES_PATH, USERS_PROPERTIES_PATH);
+
+		serverThread = new Thread(gitblitRunnable);
+		serverThread.start();
+		FirefoxProfile firefoxProfile = new FirefoxProfile();
+		firefoxProfile.setPreference("startup.homepage_welcome_url",
+				"https://www.google.de");
+
+		firefoxProfile.setPreference("browser.download.folderList", 2);
+		firefoxProfile.setPreference(
+				"browser.download.manager.showWhenStarting", false);
+		String downloadDir = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir");
+		firefoxProfile.setPreference("browser.download.dir", downloadDir);
+		firefoxProfile.setPreference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk",
+				"text/csv,text/plain,application/zip,application/pdf");
+		firefoxProfile.setPreference("browser.helperApps.alwaysAsk.force",
+				false);
+		System.out.println("Saving all attachments to: " + downloadDir);
+
+		driver = new FirefoxDriver(firefoxProfile);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * stops the gitblit server instance running in a separate thread after test
+	 * cases of concrete, non-abstract child-classes have been executed
+	 */
+	@AfterClass
+	public static void tearDownClass() throws InterruptedException {
+		driver.close();
+		// Stop Gitblit
+		GitBlitServer.main("--stop", "--shutdownPort", "" + SHUTDOWN_PORT);
+
+		// Wait a few seconds for it to be running completely including thread
+		// destruction
+		Thread.sleep(1000);
+	}
+
+	public static WebDriver getDriver() {
+		return AbstractUITest.driver;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/de/akquinet/devops/test/ui/view/Exp.java b/tests/de/akquinet/devops/test/ui/view/Exp.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3433bbb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/de/akquinet/devops/test/ui/view/Exp.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 akquinet tech@spree GmbH
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package de.akquinet.devops.test.ui.view;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.openqa.selenium.By;
+import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
+import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
+import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedCondition;
+
+/**
+ * container class for selenium conditions
+ * 
+ * @author saheba
+ *
+ */
+public class Exp {
+	public static class EditRepoViewLoaded implements ExpectedCondition<Boolean> {
+		public Boolean apply(WebDriver d) {
+			List<WebElement> findElements = d.findElements(By.partialLinkText("general"));
+			return findElements.size() == 1;
+		}
+	}
+	public static class RepoListViewLoaded implements ExpectedCondition<Boolean> {
+		public Boolean apply(WebDriver d) {
+			String xpath = "//img[@src=\"git-black-16x16.png\"]";
+			List<WebElement> findElements = d.findElements(By.xpath(xpath ));
+			return findElements.size() == 1;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/de/akquinet/devops/test/ui/view/GitblitDashboardView.java b/tests/de/akquinet/devops/test/ui/view/GitblitDashboardView.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0908d7c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/de/akquinet/devops/test/ui/view/GitblitDashboardView.java
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 akquinet tech@spree GmbH
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package de.akquinet.devops.test.ui.view;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.openqa.selenium.By;
+import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
+import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
+import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedCondition;
+import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait;
+
+/**
+ * class representing the view componenents and possible user interactions, you
+ * can see and do on most screens when you are logged in.
+ * 
+ * @author saheba
+ * 
+ */
+public class GitblitDashboardView extends GitblitPageView {
+
+	public static final String TITLE_STARTS_WITH = "localhost";
+
+	public GitblitDashboardView(WebDriver driver, String baseUrl) {
+		super(driver, baseUrl);
+	}
+
+	public boolean isLoginPartVisible() {
+		List<WebElement> found = getDriver().findElements(
+				By.partialLinkText("logout"));
+		return found == null || found.size() == 0;
+	}
+
+	public void logout() {
+		// String pathLogout = "//a[@href =\"?" + WICKET_HREF_PAGE_PATH
+		// + ".LogoutPage\"]";
+		// List<WebElement> logout =
+		// getDriver().findElements(By.xpath(pathLogout));
+		// logout.get(0).click();
+		// replaced by url call because click hangs sometimes if the clicked
+		// object is not a button or selenium ff driver does not notice the
+		// change for any other reason
+		getDriver().navigate().to(
+				getBaseUrl() + "?" + WICKET_HREF_PAGE_PATH + ".LogoutPage");
+	}
+
+	public static final String LOGIN_AREA_SELECTOR = "//span[@class = \"form-search\" ]";
+	public static final String WICKET_PAGES_PACKAGE_NAME = "com.gitblit.wicket.pages";
+	public static final String WICKET_HREF_PAGE_PATH = "wicket:bookmarkablePage=:"
+			+ WICKET_PAGES_PACKAGE_NAME;
+
+	synchronized public void waitToLoadFor(int sec) {
+		WebDriverWait webDriverWait = new WebDriverWait(getDriver(), sec);
+		webDriverWait.until(new ExpectedCondition<Boolean>() {
+			public Boolean apply(WebDriver d) {
+				return d.getTitle().toLowerCase()
+						.startsWith(GitblitDashboardView.TITLE_STARTS_WITH);
+			}
+		});
+	}
+
+	public void login(String id, String pw) {
+		String pathID = LOGIN_AREA_SELECTOR + "/input[@name = \"username\" ]";
+		String pathPW = LOGIN_AREA_SELECTOR + "/input[@name = \"password\" ]";
+		String pathSubmit = LOGIN_AREA_SELECTOR
+				+ "/button[@type = \"submit\" ]";
+		// System.out.println("DRIVER:"+getDriver());
+		// List<WebElement> findElement =
+		// getDriver().findElements(By.xpath("//span[@class = \"form-search\" ]"));
+		//
+		// System.out.println("ELEM: "+findElement);
+		// System.out.println("SIZE: "+findElement.size());
+		// System.out.println("XPath: "+pathID);
+		WebElement idField = getDriver().findElement(By.xpath(pathID));
+		// System.out.println("IDFIELD:"+idField);
+		idField.sendKeys(id);
+		WebElement pwField = getDriver().findElement(By.xpath(pathPW));
+		// System.out.println(pwField);
+		pwField.sendKeys(pw);
+		WebElement submit = getDriver().findElement(By.xpath(pathSubmit));
+		submit.click();
+	}
+
+	public void acceptAlertDialog() {
+		getDriver().switchTo().alert().accept();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/de/akquinet/devops/test/ui/view/GitblitPageView.java b/tests/de/akquinet/devops/test/ui/view/GitblitPageView.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43716434
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/de/akquinet/devops/test/ui/view/GitblitPageView.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 akquinet tech@spree GmbH
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package de.akquinet.devops.test.ui.view;
+
+import org.openqa.selenium.JavascriptExecutor;
+import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
+import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
+
+/**
+ * general basic class representing a gitblit webpage and offering basic methods
+ * used in selenium tests.
+ * 
+ * @author saheba
+ * 
+ */
+public class GitblitPageView {
+	private WebDriver driver;
+	private String baseUrl;
+
+	public GitblitPageView(WebDriver driver, String baseUrl) {
+		this.driver = driver;
+		this.baseUrl = baseUrl;
+	}
+
+	public void sleep(int miliseconds) {
+		try {
+			Thread.sleep(miliseconds);
+		} catch (InterruptedException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+	}
+
+	public WebElement getElementWithFocus() {
+		String elScript = "return document.activeElement;";
+
+		WebElement focuseedEl = (WebElement) ((JavascriptExecutor) getDriver())
+				.executeScript(elScript);
+		return focuseedEl;
+	}
+
+	public void navigateToPreviousPageOfBrowserHistory() {
+		driver.navigate().back();
+	}
+
+	public void setDriver(WebDriver driver) {
+		this.driver = driver;
+	}
+
+	public WebDriver getDriver() {
+		return driver;
+	}
+
+	public void setBaseUrl(String baseUrl) {
+		this.baseUrl = baseUrl;
+	}
+
+	public String getBaseUrl() {
+		return baseUrl;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/de/akquinet/devops/test/ui/view/RepoEditView.java b/tests/de/akquinet/devops/test/ui/view/RepoEditView.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef0a3171
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/de/akquinet/devops/test/ui/view/RepoEditView.java
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 akquinet tech@spree GmbH
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package de.akquinet.devops.test.ui.view;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.openqa.selenium.By;
+import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
+import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
+import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait;
+
+/**
+ * class representing the tabs you can access when you edit a repo.
+ * 
+ * @author saheba
+ * 
+ */
+public class RepoEditView extends GitblitDashboardView {
+
+	public static final String PERMISSION_VIEW_USERS_NAME_PREFIX = "users:";
+	public static final String PERMISSION_VIEW_TEAMS_NAME_PREFIX = "teams:";
+
+	public static final String PERMISSION_VIEW_MUTABLE = "permissionToggleForm:showMutable";
+	public static final String PERMISSION_VIEW_SPECIFIED = "permissionToggleForm:showSpecified";
+	public static final String PERMISSION_VIEW_EFFECTIVE = "permissionToggleForm:showEffective";
+
+	public static final int RESTRICTION_ANONYMOUS_VCP = 0;
+	public static final int RESTRICTION_AUTHENTICATED_P = 1;
+	public static final int RESTRICTION_AUTHENTICATED_CP = 2;
+	public static final int RESTRICTION_AUTHENTICATED_VCP = 3;
+
+	public static final int AUTHCONTROL_RWALL = 0;
+	public static final int AUTHOCONTROL_FINE = 1;
+
+	public RepoEditView(WebDriver driver) {
+		super(driver, null);
+	}
+
+	public void changeName(String newName) {
+		String pathName = "//input[@id = \"name\" ]";
+		WebElement field = getDriver().findElement(By.xpath(pathName));
+		field.clear();
+		field.sendKeys(newName);
+	}
+
+	public boolean navigateToPermissionsTab() {
+		String linkText = "access permissions";
+		List<WebElement> found = getDriver().findElements(
+				By.partialLinkText(linkText));
+		System.out.println("PERM TABS found =" + found.size());
+		if (found != null && found.size() == 1) {
+			found.get(0).click();
+			return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	private void changeRepoAdministrators(String action,
+			String affectedSelection, String username) {
+		String xpath = "//select[@name=\"" + affectedSelection
+				+ "\"]/option[@value = \"" + username + "\" ]";
+		WebElement option = getDriver().findElement(By.xpath(xpath));
+		option.click();
+		String buttonPath = "//button[@class=\"button " + action + "\"]";
+		WebElement button = getDriver().findElement(By.xpath(buttonPath));
+		button.click();
+	}
+
+	public void removeRepoAdministrator(String username) {
+		changeRepoAdministrators("remove", "repoAdministrators:selection",
+				username);
+	}
+
+	public void addRepoAdministrator(String username) {
+		changeRepoAdministrators("add", "repoAdministrators:choices", username);
+	}
+
+	public WebElement getAccessRestrictionSelection() {
+		String xpath = "//select[@name =\"accessRestriction\"]";
+		List<WebElement> found = getDriver().findElements(By.xpath(xpath));
+		if (found != null && found.size() == 1) {
+			return found.get(0);
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	public boolean changeAccessRestriction(int option) {
+		WebElement accessRestrictionSelection = getAccessRestrictionSelection();
+		if (accessRestrictionSelection == null) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		accessRestrictionSelection.click();
+		sleep(100);
+		String xpath = "//select[@name =\"accessRestriction\"]/option[@value=\""
+				+ option + "\"]";
+		List<WebElement> found = getDriver().findElements(By.xpath(xpath));
+		if (found == null || found.size() == 0 || found.size() > 1) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		found.get(0).click();
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	public boolean changeAuthorizationControl(int option) {
+		System.out.println("try to change auth control");
+		String xpath = "//input[@name =\"authorizationControl\" and @value=\""
+				+ option + "\"]";
+		List<WebElement> found = getDriver().findElements(By.xpath(xpath));
+		System.out.println("found auth CONTROL options " + found.size());
+		if (found == null || found.size() == 0 || found.size() > 1) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		found.get(0).click();
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	private boolean isPermissionViewDisabled(String prefix, String view) {
+		String xpath = "//[@name =\"" + prefix + view + "\"]";
+		List<WebElement> found = getDriver().findElements(By.xpath(xpath));
+		if (found == null || found.size() == 0 || found.size() > 1) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		String attrValue = found.get(0).getAttribute("disabled");
+		return (attrValue != null) && (attrValue.equals("disabled"));
+	}
+
+	public boolean isPermissionViewSectionDisabled(String prefix) {
+		return isPermissionViewDisabled(prefix, PERMISSION_VIEW_MUTABLE)
+				&& isPermissionViewDisabled(prefix, PERMISSION_VIEW_SPECIFIED)
+				&& isPermissionViewDisabled(prefix, PERMISSION_VIEW_EFFECTIVE);
+	}
+
+	public boolean save() {
+		String xpath = "//div[@class=\"form-actions\"]/input[@name =\""
+				+ "save" + "\"]";
+		List<WebElement> found = getDriver().findElements(By.xpath(xpath));
+		if (found == null || found.size() == 0 || found.size() > 1) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		found.get(0).click();
+		WebDriverWait webDriverWait = new WebDriverWait(getDriver(), 1);
+		webDriverWait.until(new Exp.RepoListViewLoaded());
+		return true;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/de/akquinet/devops/test/ui/view/RepoListView.java b/tests/de/akquinet/devops/test/ui/view/RepoListView.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6ec6203f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/de/akquinet/devops/test/ui/view/RepoListView.java
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 akquinet tech@spree GmbH
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package de.akquinet.devops.test.ui.view;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.openqa.selenium.By;
+import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
+import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
+import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait;
+
+/**
+ * class representing the repo list view, which you see e.g. right after you
+ * logged in.
+ * 
+ * @author saheba
+ * 
+ */
+public class RepoListView extends GitblitDashboardView {
+
+	public RepoListView(WebDriver driver, String baseUrl) {
+		super(driver, baseUrl);
+	}
+	
+	public boolean isEmptyRepo(String fullyQualifiedRepoName) {
+		String pathToLink = "//a[@href = \"?" + WICKET_HREF_PAGE_PATH
+				+ ".EmptyRepositoryPage&r=" + fullyQualifiedRepoName + "\"]";
+		List<WebElement> found = getDriver().findElements(By.xpath(pathToLink));
+		return found != null && found.size() > 0;
+	}
+
+	private String getEditRepoPath(String fullyQualifiedRepoName) {
+		return "//a[@href =\"?" + WICKET_HREF_PAGE_PATH
+				+ ".EditRepositoryPage&r=" + fullyQualifiedRepoName + "\"]";
+	}
+
+	private String getDeleteRepoOnclickIdentifier(
+			String fullyQualifiedRepoPathAndName) {
+		return "var conf = confirm('Delete repository \""
+				+ fullyQualifiedRepoPathAndName
+				+ "\"?'); if (!conf) return false; ";
+	}
+
+	public boolean navigateToNewRepo(long waitSecToLoad) {
+		String pathToLink = "//a[@href =\"?" + WICKET_HREF_PAGE_PATH
+				+ ".EditRepositoryPage\"]";
+		List<WebElement> found = getDriver().findElements(By.xpath(pathToLink));
+		if (found == null || found.size() == 0 || found.size() > 1) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		found.get(0).click();
+		WebDriverWait webDriverWait = new WebDriverWait(getDriver(),
+				waitSecToLoad);
+		webDriverWait.until(new Exp.EditRepoViewLoaded());
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	private boolean checkOrDoEditRepo(String fullyQualifiedRepoName,
+			boolean doEdit) {
+		List<WebElement> found = getDriver().findElements(
+				By.xpath(getEditRepoPath(fullyQualifiedRepoName)));
+		if (found == null || found.size() == 0 || found.size() > 1) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		if (doEdit) {
+			found.get(0).click();
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	public boolean navigateToEditRepo(String fullyQualifiedRepoName,
+			int waitSecToLoad) {
+		boolean result = checkOrDoEditRepo(fullyQualifiedRepoName, true);
+		WebDriverWait webDriverWait = new WebDriverWait(getDriver(),
+				waitSecToLoad);
+		webDriverWait.until(new Exp.EditRepoViewLoaded());
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	public boolean isEditableRepo(String fullyQualifiedRepoName) {
+		return checkOrDoEditRepo(fullyQualifiedRepoName, false);
+	}
+
+	private boolean checkOrDoDeleteRepo(String fullyQualifiedRepoPathAndName,
+			boolean doDelete) {
+		List<WebElement> found = getDriver().findElements(
+				By.partialLinkText("delete"));
+		String onclickIdentifier = getDeleteRepoOnclickIdentifier(fullyQualifiedRepoPathAndName);
+		WebElement result = null;
+		for (WebElement webElement : found) {
+			if (webElement.getAttribute("onclick") != null
+					&& webElement.getAttribute("onclick").equals(
+							onclickIdentifier)) {
+				result = webElement;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		System.out.println("result ? " + result);
+		if (result == null) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		if (doDelete) {
+			System.out.println(".............. DO DELETE .... ");
+			result.click();
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	public boolean isDeletableRepo(String fullyQualifiedRepoPathAndName) {
+		return checkOrDoDeleteRepo(fullyQualifiedRepoPathAndName, false);
+	}
+
+	public boolean navigateToDeleteRepo(String fullyQualifiedRepoPathAndName) {
+		return checkOrDoDeleteRepo(fullyQualifiedRepoPathAndName, true);
+
+	}
+}