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Initialize Brobot's Environment

Configure Spring to Automate the GUI​

In the executable class, we need to add the following lines for Brobot to be able to execute real runs:

    SpringApplicationBuilder builder = new SpringApplicationBuilder(TheNameOfThisClass.class);
    builder.headless(false);
    ConfigurableApplicationContext context = builder.run(args);

These lines should replace any other code involving SpringApplicationBuilder and the ConfigurableApplicationContext. Replace TheNameOfThisClass with the name of the class.

Setup Brobot​

This needs just two lines to specify the folder with images to reference and the package name. The package name written here is the package name of the tutorial in YouTube; you should use the package name of your project.

Make sure mocking is turned off. It is by default turned off, but it doesn't hurt to specify it explicitly. We want to capture screenshots and run real find operations on the saved screenshots. It's also convenient to have mocking set here for testing your application later. 

    // setup brobot
    ImagePath.setBundlePath("images");
    BrobotSettings.packageName = "com.example.bdodemo";
    BrobotSettings.mock = false;

Sample Application Class Code​

Your code should now look similar to this:

    package com.example.bdodemo;

    import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
    import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
    import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
    import org.sikuli.script.ImagePath;
    import io.github.jspinak.brobot.BrobotSettings;

    @SpringBootApplication
    public class BdodemoApplication {

        public static void main(String[] args) {
            SpringApplicationBuilder builder = new SpringApplicationBuilder(BdodemoApplication.class);
            builder.headless(false);
            ConfigurableApplicationContext context = builder.run(args);

            // setup brobot
            ImagePath.setBundlePath("images");
            BrobotSettings.packageName = "com.example.bdodemo";
            BrobotSettings.mock = false;
        }
    }