Exception Handling in Selenium WebDriver
In this tutorial, we will learn Exception Handling in Selenium WebDriver. Before learning about Exceptions in Selenium, I will recommend you to go through Exception Handling in Java to understand what is Exception and How it is handled in Java.
Exception Handling in Selenium WebDriver
There is a class called org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException provided by Selenium WebDriver which inherits RuntimeException, Exception, Throwable and Object.
WebDriverException class is then inherited by many other classes. Those are:
ConnectionClosedException, ErrorHandler.UnknownServerException, ImeActivationFailedException, ImeNotAvailableException, InvalidArgumentException, InvalidCookieDomainException, InvalidCoordinatesException, InvalidElementStateException, JavascriptException, JsonException, MoveTargetOutOfBoundsException, NoSuchSessionException, NotFoundException, ScreenshotException, ScriptTimeoutException, SessionNotCreatedException, StaleElementReferenceException, TimeoutException, UnableToCreateProfileException, UnableToSetCookieException, UnexpectedTagNameException, UnhandledAlertException, UnreachableBrowserException, UnsupportedCommandException, WindowsRegistryException
Frequently used Exception classes are:
NotFoundException:
- This exception is thrown when we are trying to interact with some WebElement, Frame, Window, Alert etc. and they are not found on the page.
InvalidElementStateException:
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ElementNotInteractableException – This exception is thrown to indicate that although an element is present on the DOM, it is not in a state that can be interacted with.
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ElementNotSelectableException – This exception is thrown to indicate that although an element is present on the DOM, it is not selectable, and so is not able to be interacted with.
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ElementNotVisibleException – This exception is thrown to indicate that although an element is present on the DOM, it is not visible, and so is not able to be interacted with.
Go through all the Exception classes which are inherited by WebDriverException from Java Docs of Selenium WebDriver and apply them accordingly.
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