Parallel execution using POM with PageFactory - selenium

Question

I started encountering problems when I use static objects reference for WebDriver and run the tests in parallel.
public static WebDriver driver;
Hence I decided to use non-static object reference for the WebDriver.
private WebDriver driver;
Now when I use POM with Page Factory, my understanding is that everytime I create a Test I will have to be creating a new Object in the test class as shown below.
/* Constructor in the Page Object class */
private WebDriver driver;
public LoginPage(WebDriver driver) {
this.driver = driver;
PageFactory.initElements(driver, this);
}
2 testcases as shown below in the same class.
private LoginPage loginPage;
#Test
public void testCase1() {
loginPage = new LoginPage(getDriver());
loginPage.sendkeys("sometext");
}
#Test
public void testCase2() {
loginPage = new LoginPage(getDriver());
loginPage.sendkeys("sometext");
}
My question here is a
Am I right in creating page object for every test cases?
Is there any way I can optimize this? Because One doubt I got is that non-static object reference may be getting overridden and causing problems in one of the methods if I run them in parallel.
Sorry if my query is naive. Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

You do not need to initialize it again. Also, initialize the pages in #BeforeTest rather than in test cases.

Answer 2

Here i would like to give you example of Page object model. Hope you can relate this.
My Main test:
#Before
public void SelectBrowser(){
driver = WebUtils.SelectBrowser(driver,"Chrome");
}
#Test
public void LoginToGmail() throws InterruptedException{
//WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
//MAximize the Screen
driver.manage().window().maximize();
//Go to Gmail Login Page
SignInPage SignInPage = new SignInPage();
WebUtils.GoToSignInPageForPropertyFile(driver, "URL");
//Click on Next
SignInPage.ClickToLogin(driver, By.cssSelector("input[id='next']"));
Now Supporting class:
GoToSignInPageForPropertyFile method will be in WebUtils
Whatever i write in Webutils will be used by each page object class.
For e.g.
public class WebUtils {
public static pageobject.SignInPage GoToSignInPageForPropertyFile(WebDriver driver, String URL) {
ReadFileData File = new ReadFileData();
Properties Values = File.ReadFile();
driver.get(Values.getProperty("URL"));
return PageFactory.initElements(driver, pageobject.SignInPage.class);
}
}
Now the method ClickToLogin is defined under SignInPage class as:
public class SignInPage {
public EmailViewPage ClickToLogin(WebDriver driver, By by) {
WebUtils.Click(driver, by);
return PageFactory.initElements(driver, EmailViewPage.class);
}
}
Which will further be in Webutils
public class WebUtils {
public static void Click(WebDriver driver, By by) {
WebElement Element = driver.findElement(by);
Element.click();
}
}