Questions tagged [java]
Questions about testing applications written in Java or test automation written in Java, a popular programming language and runtime environment which allows Java programs to run unchanged on most hardware and software platforms.
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Open source tools for automation of Java GUI application testing
The testing tools (or tools that could be used in testing purposes) for testing Java GUI application I know are:
Jemmy - jemmy library contains methods to reproduce all user actions which can be ...
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How does one get started with web test automation using Selenium?
So I've been testing web based analytical software now for the past 4 years or so with mostly manual techniques. But for 2015, I've set myself the goal of getting setup and start writing automated ...
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How to disable Chrome save your password? (Selenium Java)
What is the method to disable this pop-up:
Do you want Google Chrome to save your password for this site?
How to do this with Selenium Webdriver (Java)?
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Writing test automation in Java, while the company domain uses C#/.NET
I´ve recently got a job as a automation tester in a company, that basically only have manual testers (except me). The short term plan is to come up with a good test strategy for identifying which of ...
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How to continue script when element is not found in selenium
I am using selenium web driver and appium as this is mobile application automation,
I am trying to check that if element is there or not and based on that I have put conditions.
long starttime = ...
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How FluentWait is different from WebDriverWait?
How is the FluentWait is different from WebDriverWait?
I am using WebDriverWait having the polling interval set to : 500 miliseconds. Still, WebDriverWait returns after some delay (i.e. 2 - 3 seconds ...
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How to write XPath if I have 'apostrophe' in my XPath element?
I came up in a situation where I have to identify an element using XPath and my element starts with apostrophe ('). I will give the example below.
This is the usual way we write some XPath.
By ...
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JMeter: Getting error in non GUI mode
While trying to execute JMeter from the command line in non-GUI mode I'm getting errorlevel=2 error message.
What I did is,
Navigate to the JMeter bin directory in command prompt.
Run the command &...
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Tools for Server application testing [closed]
I'm currently working (almost finishing) a Java project that consists on a server application and some client applications on the same network, that will communicate with the server only to request ...
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Looking for open source, Java-based tool for performance testing
Goal:
I have an enterprise application written in java to test for performance. I need to do it separately, so I will be basically simulating a user interaction over http/https.
My findings:
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What is the difference between Given, When and Then annotations in Cucumber?
I do know that basically all Given, When, Then and And keywords in feature definition technically are not distinguished by Cucumber. But why does Cucumber have different annotations for the step ...
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How to find real world Selenium projects
Where can I find sample or real Selenium projects. All the material I can find on github and on internet are basic, and never intermediate or advanced.
How does a real Selenium project look in real ...
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Is writing unit tests difficult for me as a QA engineer?
I currently work as a QA engineer and work a lot with Java, Selenium and test automation.
But, unit tests are something the developers have been doing and something that I fear. Is it difficult? Do ...
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Selenium test case fails due to page load time
I run nearly 30-40 test cases twice a day. And everytime some test case fails due to page load time. Infact i have explicitly mentioned Thread.sleep("2000"); wherever i feel it takes more time to load....
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How to connect Selenium to an existing browser that was opened manually in java or create semi automated tests?
I want to achieve some use cases in which:
I want to perform some tasks that require manual intervention before kicking in automation execution. For instance, I need to manually launch the browser, ...
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Downloading a file in Internet Explorer through Selenium
I have to automate a case in which I have to download an Excel file using Selenium IDE.I have done this in Firefox by using custom profile feature which automatically downloads file and saves it into ...
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Navigate to previous page using Selenium
I know there's a
driver.navigate().back()
but that's not what I'm looking for.
Let's say a user is on PageA, they click on a submit button which takes them to a submit page. On that page, there are ...
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What Concepts of Java do i need to learn to use Selenium Webdriver?
I want to learn Selenium WebDriver automation using Java. I have done manual testing before and want to learn automation. I just know the basics of Core Java.
Could you please suggest me the Core ...
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Selenium form input sendKeys doesn't always work under IE
We're trying to use Selenium 2.0b3 to verify behavior of a Java web site we've recently acquired from a third party. The site often uses AJAX to plop HTML replacements onto the page.
Internet ...
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key points for choosing a framework in selenium webdriver - Java
My query is related to this Choosing framework type for selenium RC/Webdriver
I am a beginner in Selenium and want to know how to select or choose a framework in Selenium Webdriver. What are the key ...
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PageFactory and nested page objects
In some languages, like Javascript, you can create a hierarchial structure of Elements within a PageObject, like so:
class HomePage {
loginBox = {
usernameTextBox = findElement(By....
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How to iterate a list of WebElements and print the values one by one to perform some action
List<WebElement> allLinks = driver.findElements(By.xpath("//div[@class='datepicker']/div/table/tbody/tr/td/table/tbody[2]/tr/td[@class='' or @class='datepickerSaturday' or @class='...
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TestNG Mark a Test as Failed if a Particular Path is Used
Is there a way to mark a test as failed in the TestNG framework if a certain path is followed?
I know I can use system.exit(1); or something similar to mark an abnormal termination but it doesn't ...
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"Element is no longer attached to the DOM” StaleElementReferenceException when selecting HTML table row
I am using Selenium 2/WebDriver for automation. I have a table and am trying to select a row in it. When the test runs, I can see the row become highlighted as if it is clicked, but then immediately I ...
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How to handle self-signed SSL certificate error in IE8? (Selenium Webdriver + Java)
I am literally stuck to this problem for two days now.
Scenario
The website that needs to be tested has a self-signed certificate. So Internet Explorer (8 in Windows XP) shows
"The security ...
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Free/Sample Selenium test suites (code) for Open Source projects
I am a student and for learning purpose I am looking for following:
Open source projects who have a ready-made selenium test-suite, free for others to use:
can be any sort of web application, in ...
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I want to learn Selenium but not sure about the language I need to learn for automation
Java or Javascript? or maybe another language?
Please help me choose the programming language I should learn for Selenium automation and its benefit over other. Any pro's and con's?
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Should I learn Python or Java to get into test automation? I am new to programming
Should I learn Python or Java to get into test automation?
I'm new to programming. Please share your thoughts or links to any useful information.
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When to start testing a solo project?
I'm building a solo project myself. (Java backend, Java AWT frontend. No lectures about AWT vs swing vs *wt, please :-))
It's fairly straightforward
Primary server - keeps user information
Content ...
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How to write unit test for methods with a large number of parameters?
I am asking in case I run into this scenario in the future.
Someone in my company wrote multiple methods with 25 parameters. I don't know how/why it got thru code review. I'm just wondering how ...
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Want to switch from software development to testing domain
I have 4 years of experience in software development. But I did software manual testing more than software development. I am good in finding tough functionality related bugs.
I have passion for ...
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Webdriver : How to perform scroll down an element (example div) using selenium?
The Scroll element in the page is actually a div with scroll bound to it. Here is the HTML snippet.
<div class="slimScrollBar" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(137, 137, 137); ...
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How to wait for an api request to return a response?
We use a proprietary framework based on the REST-assured library and TestNG to automate API testing for our REST web services. I saw some api testing code which uses Thread.sleep(n seconds) to wait ...
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How to check is image is loaded or not in selenium?
I have a html div like this
<div if="url" class="img-alt__graphic ng-scope" ng-style="ieCSSFilters" style="background-image: url(www.xxxxxxx.com;size=270x360);"></div>
In this div tag I ...
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Fieldlevel validation in Selenium Webdriver (Java)
how to test validations for "FIRSTNAME" textfield. Below are the details and code.
URL: http://www.vrlbus.in/vrl2013/register_customer.aspx
Special chars: #!#!#$@#!$@!$@#$%#%^#$^^&%&$%* (...
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Selenium + Java: How to get the OS, and Browser details on run time?
What I want to do is, while I'm running my tests, I want to get the current,
Operating System
Browser Name
Browser Version
This is for making the details clear in the test/bug report.
I haven't ...
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Page Object Model or External property file for Selenium Object Repository
I am a beginner in Selenium WebDriver (Java with TestNg). I'm trying to create a framework of my own.
My question here is what would be the better option to store my objects (basically all the ...
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same xpath on the page with dynamic ID selenium java
I have a problem with the two same XPath with dynamic ID on the same page. I have tested for selenium in java, when I need to confirm button on delete upload file. Instead of this, test first submits ...
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How to modify HTTP request header in Selenium WebDriver with Java?
I want to add "iv-user" request header to log into web app.
I'm using the newest ChromeDriver.
Using extensions like ModHeader or ModifyHeaders is not working in this case. Fiddler is working, but I ...
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How headless mode is faster?
I'm using the below configurations:
Selenium 3.8.0
Java 8
Ubuntu 16.04
I have automated my Application and am running tests in the Chrome browser. I came to know about PhantomJS driver to run tests ...
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How can I bring Chrome browser to focus when running a Selenium test using ChromeDriver on Mac?
When executing a Selenium test with ChromeDriver, I would like to bring the test browser into focus to see the actions taking place. The way I am able to do that now is by manually clicking the ...
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Unable to scroll down to bottom of div with data loading dynamically
<div id="findingTblBody" class="tablebody" infinite-scroll-distance="2"
infinite-scroll="loadMoreData()" style="width: 819px;">
I want to scroll to the bottom of div mentioned above.
I am ...
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Is there a way to use the same login session on a Selenium WebDriver already opened?
I have spent a while for the solution but couldn't find anything for my specific problem. I am automating a task with Selenium and need to log in a system. If I do it manually, the system will keep ...
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How to identify element with knowledge of partial text for any tag (eg. div,span etc.) contains?
My source goes like this:
<div name="something" id="something"....>IPS125</div>
the number after IPS always changes. So I need to give the identification attribute as partial text "IPS".
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How to compare values from the list or from dropdown list in webdriver (Java)?
Below is my code and html code, please let me know how to compare values. When i executed i am getting same result (Mateched) for multiple times. But i want to compare and display result as "Matched" (...
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Selenium: getPageSource() returns previous pages' source
I'm logging into the page using this function:
public static void login() {
driver.get(url);
driver.findElement(By.name("username")).clear();
driver.findElement(By.name("...
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"java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError" Error when running Selenium RC script
First of all I have recorded the script in Selenium IDE, then exported into the junit4 (RC), then copied the junit4 (RC) code into Eclipse IDE. When I run the project with junit test, I found the ...
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Suggest me the best way to automate REST web services with JSON using Java
I was testing web services manually using Postman or REST client. I want to automate testing here. I use REST with JSON format.
Questions:
How to use target URL ?
How to pass header values?
How to ...
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Use Page Object vs other models for Automation in Selenium Webdriver? [duplicate]
I have been doing automation testing since last 2 years and I am following below ways for any website and mobile application automation testing.
Create Global Method class where I implement all test ...
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SSO in Selemium web driver
I am trying to run selenium web driver(Firefox) test cases which will need a single sign on (web). Issue over here is i have to sign in manually with my OTP every time i tear down the test case. So i ...
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