Get input type in Geb - geb

Question

I am using Geb to write a script that will test a survey many times with random input to make sure nothing breaks. I would like to iterate through every input on a form and do different things depending on the input type.
For example:
while ($("form").find("input", j)) {
if($("form").find("input", j) == "checkbox"){
//check it sometimes
}
else if($("form").find("input", j) == "select"){
//select a random option
}
j++
}
I'm not exactly sure how the survey is going to work yet, so I would rather go down the page as a human would instead of doing all checkboxes first and then all selects etc. It is possible to check the type of input like my example?
Additionally, I notice I am repeating the $("form").find("input", j). Can I make that into a variable like in jQuery?

Answer 1

Simply collect all your inputs and selects in a navigator and iterate over all of them. Use is(String tagName) to detect select elements and #type attribute accessor to detect other element types:
def form = $("form")
def formElements = form.find("input") + form.find("select")
formElements.each { Navigator element ->
if (element.is("select") {
//select a random option
}
if (element.#type == "checkbox") {
//check it sometimes
}
}