Systems and methods for identifying user interface (ui) elements

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform a process, the instructions comprising instructions to:

• identify a targeted user interface (UI) element using a uniform resource identifier (URI), wherein the URI includes one or more URI fragments with each of the URI fragments being associated with a specific UI element;
• parse the URI identifying a UI element to validate a format syntax of the URI;
• determine from a current session an initial resolution context;
• resolve each of the URI fragments within a UI hierarchy in a current resolution context, wherein the current resolution context is the initial resolution context for a first URI fragment;
• and
• after resolving a last of the URI fragments, return a reference to the targeted UI element.

A computer system including instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer system comprising:

• a test player module configured to identify a targeted user interface (UI) element using a uniform resource identifier (URI), wherein the URI includes one or more URI fragments with each of the URI fragments being associated with a specific UI element;
• a URI parser configured to parse the URI identifying a UI element to validate a format syntax of the URI;
• and
• a URI resolver configured to:
• determine from a current session an initial resolution context,
• resolve each of the URI fragments within a UI hierarchy in a current resolution context, wherein the current resolution context is the initial resolution context for a first URI fragment, and
• after resolving a last of the URI fragments, return a reference to the targeted UI element.