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javaseleniumautomation
Karma Abdelazeez
Karma Abdelazeez

Reputation: 55

How to compare elements inside List of strings with Array List of string?

I have added products to my basket and listed their URL in a List and want to verify these products against given String[] of products the items are stored backwards in z String[] so the last item here is the 1st item in the List .. the number of items is 3 and below code works for 2 items and throw invoker exception at the assert method in the third item

public void verifyBag(String[] goods) {
    actions.clickOn(By.xpath(bagLocator));
    Arrays.sort(goods);
    List<WebElement> listItems = actions.driver.findElements(By.xpath(bagItems));
    List <String> actualItems = new ArrayList<String>();
    for(int i=0;i<listItems.size();i++)
    {
        actualItems.add(listItems.get(i).getAttribute("href"));
    }
    int j = goods.length-1;
    for(int i=0;i<goods.length;i++) 
    { 

        String actualItem = actualItems.get(i);
        String product = goods[j];
        System.out.println(product);
        //assertTrue(actualItems.get(i).contains(goods[j]));
        assertTrue(actualItem.equals(product));
            j--;        
        } 
        assertEquals(listItems.size(), goods.length,"Assert Number of Items in the Bag");
    }

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2099

Answers (2)

timbre timbre
timbre timbre

Reputation: 13970

If you don't care about the order, but about the match between provided list of goods and actualItems, you can do this:

  1. Convert input array String[] goods into some collection, for example List. Lets call it goodsList.

  2. From goodsList, remove all items that are also in actualItems.

    • If resulting set is empty, it means all items from goodsList are also in actualItems.
    • If resulting set is not empty, it will contain list of items that are missing in actualItems comparing to goodsList

  3. You can also do the reverse: from actualItems, remove all items that are also contained in goodsList. That gives you list of items that were not present in provided list.

Code:

public void verifyBag(String[] goods) {
    actions.clickOn(By.xpath(bagLocator));
    List<WebElement> listItems = actions.driver.findElements(By.xpath(bagItems));
    List <String> actualItems = new ArrayList<String>();
    for(int i=0;i<listItems.size();i++)
    {
        actualItems.add(listItems.get(i).getAttribute("href"));
    }
    List<String> goodsList = new ArrayList(Arrays.asList(goods));
    goodsList.removeAll(actualItems);
    if(goodsList.size() == 0) {
        // All goods from provided goods list are also in actualItems
    }
    else {
        // Some items didn't match
    }

Upvotes: 1

hnbanh
hnbanh

Reputation: 149

  1. You have to check the size of goods and actualItems before doing the loop. Make sure that array and list have the same size and both of them is not null or empty.

  2. Function listItems.get(i) and getAttribute("href") can return a null value, please check it before add to list.

Upvotes: 0

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