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Why does Selenium WebDriver get stale element reference exception?
So, the next time you reference the element, wait again, this time waiting for it to be re-added to the DOM: An element that is found on a web page referenced as a WebElement in WebDriver then the DOM changes (probably due to JavaScript functions) that WebElement goes stale. The element has been deleted entirely.
When does a stale element reference exception occur?
When a Stale Element Exception occurs!! Stale element exception can happen when the libraries supporting those textboxes/ buttons/ links has changed which means the elements are same but the reference has now changed in the website without affecting the locators.
When do you get a webelement reference exception?
A WebElement is a reference to an element in the DOM. A StaleElementException is thrown when the element you were interacting is destroyed and then recreated. Most complex web pages these days will move things about on the fly as the user interacts with it and this requires elements in the DOM to be destroyed and recreated.
How often should selenium check for an element?
// Waiting 30 seconds for an element to be present on the page, checking // for its presence once every 5 seconds.
How to initialize a page object in selenium?
Web page classes or Page Objects containing web elements need to be initialized using Page Factory before the web element variables can be used. This can be done simply through the use of initElements function on PageFactory: LoginPage page = new LoginPage (driver); PageFactory.initElements (driver, page);
How are webelement variables used in selenium test automation?
Once initialized, these WebElement variables can then be used to interact with the corresponding elements on the page. The following code will, for example: … send the given sequence of keystrokes to the password field on the page, and it is equivalent to:
How to support Page Object Model in selenium?
For example: In order to support Page Object model, we use Page Factory. Page Factory in Selenium is an extension to Page Object and can be used in various ways. In this case we will use Page Factory to initialize web elements that are defined in web page classes or Page Objects.