Type mismatch: cannot convert from element type Object to WebElement

Question

I am getting error"Type mismatch: cannot convert from element type Object to WebElement" when tried to run a java file to check broken images on webpage.

My Code :

 List elementList = new ArrayList(); 
 elementlist = driver.findElements(By.tagName("a"));       
 elementlist.addAll(driver.findElements(By.tagName("img"))); 
 List finalList = new ArrayList(); 

  for (WebElement element : elementlist)
     { 

          if(element.getAttribute("href") != null) 
           { 
                  finalList.add(element); 
           }    
       } 

please help to solve it out. below is the complete code.

Answer 1

The problem is that you are not declaring your Lists correctly. You need to specify the type of object they should contain. In this case they need to be List<WebElement> and not just List.

 List<WebElement> elementList = new ArrayList(); 
 elementlist = driver.findElements(By.tagName("a"));       
 elementlist.addAll(driver.findElements(By.tagName("img"))); 
 List<WebElement> finalList = new ArrayList(); 

  for (WebElement element : elementlist)
     { 

          if(element.getAttribute("href") != null) 
           { 
                  finalList.add(element); 
           }    
       }