getproperty in java is returning null

[Sapna Mittal]

Hi Guys,

I am using Keyword driven Selenium Framework and data is read from excel sheet for steps and keyword and xpaths are read from a text file. In a function, getproperty in java is returning null but if I use xpath directly, it works. Although it was working fine for 3 similar objects correctly.

Pls help.

Thanks & regards,

Sapna Mittal

[GURUNADH D]

Check if you have white spaces of that xpath in the text file

[Sapna Mittal]

This is still not working.

txtbx_Basefare=//input[@id='ctl08_ctl00_ctl00_tbBaseAd']

Thanks & regards,
Sapna Mittal

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[Jegadeesh mani]

Hi,

Kindly use sop and print the get value, check it now .

Thanks,

Jegadeesh

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[MWQA]

Don't use xpath - you have the id so use that instead (cleaner, faster)

eg:

txtbx_Basefare = driver.findElement(By.id('ctl08_ctl00_ctl00_tbBaseAd'))

With such limited details though, I'm not sure what other help you are going to get here (posting the relevant source code and your selenium code would help).

[Sapna Mittal]

@Jegadeesh: What is SOP and how to use it?

@MWQA: If I use //input[@id='ctl08_ctl00_ctl00_tbBaseAd'] or (By.id('ctl08_ctl00_ctl00_tbBaseAd')), it is working fine but for a framework, I cannot hard code the value. So I am using the code as:

public DriverScript() throws NoSuchMethodException, SecurityException{

actionKeywords = new ActionKeywords();

method = actionKeywords.getClass().getMethods();

}

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

    ExcelUtils.setExcelFile(Constants.Path_TestData);

    DOMConfigurator.configure("log4j.xml");

    String Path_OR = Constants.Path_OR;

FileInputStream fs = new FileInputStream(Path_OR);

OR= new Properties(System.getProperties());

OR.load(fs);

DriverScript startEngine = new DriverScript();

startEngine.execute_TestCase();

public static void updatepriceplus(String object, String data){

try{

Log.info("Updating the price in " + object.isEmpty());

Thread.sleep(5000);

driver.findElement(By.xpath(OR.getProperty(object))).click();

Log.info("pass1");

driver.findElement(By.xpath(OR.getProperty(object))).sendKeys(data);

Log.info("pass2");

WebElement textbox = driver.findElement(By.xpath(OR.getProperty(object)));

String existingvaluetext = textbox.getText();

Log.info("Text value " + existingvaluetext);

String existingvaluename = textbox.getAttribute("name");

Log.info("Text value name " + existingvaluename);

String existingvalue = textbox.getAttribute("value");

Log.info(existingvalue);

int inputvalue = Integer.parseInt(data)+ Integer.parseInt(existingvalue);

Log.info("new input value in int is "+ inputvalue);

String finalinputvalue = Integer.toString(inputvalue);

Log.info(finalinputvalue);

driver.findElement(By.xpath(OR.getProperty(object))).sendKeys(finalinputvalue);

Log.info(finalinputvalue + " price is updated in " + object);

DriverScript.bResult = true;

}catch(Exception e){

Log.error("Not able to update data --- " + data + " in " + object+" "+ e.getMessage());

e.printStackTrace();

DriverScript.bResult = false;

}

I debugged and found that OR.getProperty(object) is returning null for one page's all objects.

Pls help.

Thanks & regards,
Sapna Mittal

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[MWQA]

The code looks overly complex.  I'd create a smaller Find method and return an element, i.e.

public WebElement find(By locator) {

    return driver.findElement(locator);

}

and then small methods to interact with the element..

public void click(By locator){

        find(locator).click();

}

Are you trying to get the value of an attribute, i.e. <a id="test" href="foo">

if so, find the element then use getAttribute - http://selenium.googlecode.com/git/docs/api/java/org/openqa/selenium/WebElement.html

public String getLinkDestination (By locator) {

    return find(locator).getAttribute("href");

}

[Jegadeesh mani]

Hi,

High lighted the below line, removing exiting line and print the object value. if it print as a null value, then mistake it calling a object of webelement.

SOP(system.out.println).

Thanks,

Jegadeesh

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