As an example of how this ( IDebugSettings#setOutputComponentPath(true) ) functionality can be used, a small HOWTO for the Selenium IDE.
Create a folder "wicketPathLocatorBuilder" with the file "user-extension.js.wicketPathLocatorBuilder". Paste the following snipped in this file.
----LocatorBuilders.add('wicketpath', function(e) {
this.log.debug("wicketpath: e=" + e);
if (e.attributes && e.hasAttribute("wicketpath"))
return null;
});
LocatorBuilders.order.unshift(LocatorBuilders.order.pop());
Install the Selenium IDE plugin for Firefox from http://seleniumhq.org/download/ .
Open the Selenium IDE, go to menu Options -> Options. In the Selenium Core extensions input field, paste the path to the earlier created folder "wicketPathLocatorBuilder". Restart firefox.
You can now record tests by clicking and/or right-clicking to insert additional commands. By default, the wicketpath attribute is used to generate an element locator.
Please check https://cwiki.apache.org/WICKET/selenium-tips.html