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CoffeeTime
CoffeeTime

Reputation: 305

Selenium - NoSuchElementException error checking

At the end of every test case I am checking to see if an error is present by calling the following code. The problem I have is even if an error is not present the code will throw a NoSuchElementException and will fail the test case. If the error is present the test case will pass.

How can I modify my code so if an error is not present the test will pass and if an error is present the test case will fail.

public static void chk_ErrorIsNotEnabled()
{
    try
    {
        element = driver.findElement(By.id("ctl00_Content_ulErrorList"));
        if(element.getText().equals(""))
        {
            Log.info("Warning error is not dispayed." ); // The test should pass if element is not found
        }
        else
        {
            Log.error("Warning error is dispayed when it shouldnt be.");
        } //The test should fail if element is found
    }
    catch (NoSuchElementException e){}
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1828

Answers (2)

dzemikowocowy
dzemikowocowy

Reputation: 1

You could also create one method for navigation by ID which you will reuse every time and simple assertion should solve your problem 

private WebElement currentElement;    

public boolean navigateToElementById(String id) {
    try {
        currentElement = currentElement.findElement(By.id(id));
    } catch (NoSuchElementException nsee) {
        logger.warn("navigateToElementById : Element not found with id  : "
                + id);
        return false;
    }
    return true;
}

An then every time in you test you could use :

assertTrue(navigateToElementById("your id"));

Upvotes: 0

Saifur
Saifur

Reputation: 16201

The issue is the element is not present and selenium throws NoSuchElement exceptions which eventually catch the catch block while your code expect an element with this id ctl00_Content_ulErrorList. You cannot get text on an element which does not exist.

A good test will be something like the following: Notice the findElements() here. It should find the size of the elements with error list. If that is more than 0 you know that errored out and test should fail

if(driver.findElements(By.id("ctl00_Content_ulErrorList")).size() > 0){
    Log.error("Warning error is dispayed when it shouldnt be.");
}else{
    //pass
    Log.info("Warning error is not dispayed." ); // The test should pass if element is not found
}

Upvotes: 2

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