Selenium Methods with Possible Exceptions (Java)

Selenium Methods with Possible Exceptions (Java)

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🔹 driver.findElement(By locator)

🔸 Possible Exceptions:

🔹 Handling:

javaCopyEdittry {
    WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.id("username"));
} catch (NoSuchElementException e) {
    System.out.println("Element not found!");
}

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🔹 element.click()

🔸 Possible Exceptions:

🔹 Handling:

javaCopyEdittry {
    element.click();
} catch (ElementClickInterceptedException e) {
    System.out.println("Click was blocked!");
}

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🔹 element.sendKeys("text")

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🔹 driver.get("https://url")

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🔹 driver.switchTo().frame(...)

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🔹 driver.switchTo().alert()

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🔹 new Select(element)

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🔹 driver.navigate().to("url")

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🔹 driver.close() / driver.quit()

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🔹 driver.getWindowHandles() / driver.switchTo().window(id)

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🔹 driver.manage().window().maximize()

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🔹 driver.manage().addCookie(cookie)

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🔹 ((TakesScreenshot)driver).getScreenshotAs(...)

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🔹 JavascriptExecutor.executeScript(...)

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🛠️ Best Practice: General Exception Handling Wrapper

You can create a generic wrapper to handle exceptions across your framework:

javaCopyEditpublic WebElement safeFindElement(By locator) {
    try {
        return driver.findElement(locator);
    } catch (NoSuchElementException e) {
        System.out.println("Element not found: " + locator);
    } catch (InvalidSelectorException e) {
        System.out.println("Invalid selector: " + locator);
    }
    return null;
}