How to use if/else condition in selenium webdriver?

Question

In selenium webdriver i want to use if/else condition with java. Each steps need to be checked and need to execute one by one. For example

Log.info("Clicking on Reports link");
WebElement menuHoverLink = driver.findElement(By.id("reports"));
actions.moveToElement(menuHoverLink).perform();
Thread.sleep(6000);

In this code, i need to check the id once it present it need to perform the action else it need to skip the test case not to be failed.

Answer 1

if(driver.findElement(By.id("reports").size()!=0){

   WebElement menuHoverLink = driver.findElement(By.id("reports"));
   actions.moveToElement(menuHoverLink).perform();

   }
   else{
   system.out.println("element not present -- so it entered the else loop");

}

use this one -- if the element is not persent also testcase doesnt fail

Answer 2

Option #1:

WebElement menuHoverLink = null;
try
{
    menuHoverLink = driver.findElement(By.id("reports"));
}
catch(Exception e)
{
}
if (menuHoverLink != null)
{
    actions.moveToElement(menuHoverLink).perform();
    Thread.sleep(6000);
}

Option #2:

List<WebElement> menuHoverLinks = driver.findElements(By.id("reports"));
if (menuHoverLinks.size() > 0)
{
    actions.moveToElement(menuHoverLinks.get(0)).perform();
    Thread.sleep(6000);
}

Keep in mind that Thread.sleep by itself may also throw an exception, so you should either catch it inside the method, or add throws Exception at the end of the method's declaration.