Get the element using the text in the row in Protractor from nested repeater - angularjs

Question

I have the table structured below
<table class="table">
<thead>
<tr>
<th class="checkbox-column"></th>
<th class="main-column main-column--checkbox">Name</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody ng-repeat="(a, b) in tests" class="ng-scope" style="">
<tr class="panel__sub-header">
<td>
<input name="item-checkbox" ng-click="toggleSelectAll(a)" type="checkbox">
</td>
<td colspan="4">
<h4 class="ng-binding">ROW2</h4>
</td>
</tr>
<tr ng-repeat="test in testData" ng-class-odd="'odd'" ng-class-even="'even'" class="ng-scope odd" style="">
<td class="checkbox-column"><input name="item-checkbox" ng-click="checkFunction()" type="checkbox"></td>
<td class="main-column">
<a ng-href="#" class="ng-binding" href="#">test.name</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr ng-repeat="test in testData" ng-class-odd="'odd'" ng-class-even="'even'" class="ng-scope odd" style="">
<td class="checkbox-column"><input name="item-checkbox" ng-click="checkFunction()" type="checkbox"></td>
<td class="main-column">
<a ng-href="#" class="ng-binding" href="#">test.data</a>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody ng-repeat="(a, b) in tests" class="ng-scope" style="">
<tr class="panel__sub-header">
<td>
<input name="item-checkbox" ng-click="toggleSelectAll(a)" type="checkbox">
</td>
<td colspan="4">
<h4 class="ng-binding">ROW1</h4>
</td>
</tr>
<tr ng-repeat="test in testData" ng-class-odd="'odd'" ng-class-even="'even'" class="ng-scope odd" style="">
<td class="checkbox-column"><input name="item-checkbox" ng-click="checkFunction()" type="checkbox"></td>
<td class="main-column">
<a ng-href="#" class="ng-binding" href="#">test.name</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr ng-repeat="test in testData" ng-class-odd="'odd'" ng-class-even="'even'" class="ng-scope odd" style="">
<td class="checkbox-column"><input name="item-checkbox" ng-click="checkFunction()" type="checkbox"></td>
<td class="main-column">
<a ng-href="#" class="ng-binding" href="#">test.data</a>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
I have got the root table element by using the below answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/41129924/2833311
But failing to get the nested repeater elements.
getSpecificNestedCell: function(tableObject, rowText, nestedTableObj, rowText1, columnCss) {
var ele = element.all(by.repeater(tableObject)).filter(function(rowElement){
return rowElement.element(by.css("td h4")).getText().then(function(text){
return text.indexOf(rowText) !== -1;
});
}).first();
ele = ele.all(by.repeater(nestedTableObj)).filter(function(rowElement1){
return rowElement1.element(by.linkText(rowText1)).getText().then(function(text1){
return text1.indexOf(rowText1) !== -1;
});
}).first().element(by.css('[' + columnCss + ']'));
findObject.waitUntilReady(ele);
return ele; }
Where as,
tableObject ==> (a, b) in tests
rowText ==> ROW2
nestedTableObj ==> test in testData
rowText1 ==> test.data
columnCss ==> ng-click="checkFunction()"
Using the above code I could able to get the element if it has the single row inside the nested repeated, but it was failing to get the element when the nested repeater has the multiple rows

Answer 1

this should give you what you want I believe
function getSpecificNestedCell(tableObject, rowText, nestedTableObj, rowText1, columnCss) {
return element(by.cssContainingText('tbody[ng-repeat="' + tableObject + '"]', rowText))
.element(by.cssContainingText('tr[ng-repeat="' + nestedTableObj + '"]', rowText1))
.element(by.css('[' + columnCss + ']'));
}
Here is the selector I used working