"findElementByXPath" possible bug

[Leonardo Galani]

Seems a bit odd and you guys problably know.. but just for the record.

The 'FindElementByXpath' and the event click() seems not to be working... instead.. findElement(By.xpath(ARG)); is working fine

Exemple of my code

//notworking
driver.findElementByXPath("//button[@type='button']").click();

//working
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//button[@type='button']")).click();

Cheers :)

[QA_manager]

Leonardo, please let the developers know:
- what OS and version you are using
- what version of Webdriver you are running
- what browser and version you are running

Also, please provide an HTML sample that exhibits the problem.

[Eran M.]

Leonardo,

Is the documentation somewhere suggesting a method like 'findElementByXPath' exists?

Otherwise, I don't see a reason why you'd expect such a method to exist. The WebDriver interface contains findElement / findElements which should be passed an explicit locator (provided by the By class). The second line of code is definitely the way to go.

Eran

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[Leonardo Galani]

Im using the firefoxDriver that comes with Selenium 2b2.0 java + Firefox 3.6.15 + Windows XP
I already gave a sample.. i double check my code.. its a big project.. i still use findElementById... but FindElementByXpath not anymore..
If you guys can check those instrutions.. that would be great... its not the end of the world.. its just a hint ;)

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Leonardo Barba Galani
Arquiteto de Teste
Java, Selenium e Coca Cola (http://www.leonardobg.com.br)

[Leonardo Galani]

Oh.. i see..

So those instructions just poped out on my eclipse when i call the driver..

I know that the main funciton is the FindElement / FindElements but on that selenium version (2b02) i guess they add that instrutions to help clarify the code.. dont know why.
Just saying its bugged.. no need to tell me to look at javadocs --'
:/

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Leonardo Barba Galani
Arquiteto de Teste
Java, Selenium e Coca Cola

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From: "Eran M." <eran...@gmail.com>
To: webd...@googlegroups.com
Cc: "QA_manager" <no_ca...@yahoo.com>
Sent: Qui, Mar 17, 2011, 10:39 AM
Subject: Re: [webdriver] Re: "findElementByXPath" possible bug

Leonardo,

Is the documentation somewhere suggesting a method like 'findElementByXPath' exists?

Otherwise, I don't see a reason why you'd expect such a method to exist. The WebDriver interface contains findElement / findElements which should be passed an explicit locator (provided by the By class). The second line of code is definitely the way to go.

Eran

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 9:01 AM, QA_manager <no_ca...@yahoo.com> wrote:

[Eran M.]

It's likely that Eclipse suggests this API due to the type of the object - FirefoxDriver instead of just WebDriver. I was just surprised that you've found this method as it's more of an implementation detail and not advertised on tutorials / documentation (other than the javadoc).

There's no reason that a direct call to findElementByXPath would fail - if you want us to have a look at it, please attach a test case that re-creates the problem.

Cheers,

Eran