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Is it possible to use a relative xpath after I've gathered a list of WebElements? If so what's the best way to do it?
This is what I have:
List <WebElement> rows = driver.findElements(By.xpath(rowsXpath));
int j = 1;
boolean foundCollector = false;
for(WebElement e : rows) {
String c = e.findElement(By.xpath("(//tbody)[" + j + "]//u[text()=\"" + collector + "\"])")).getText();
if(c.equals(collector)) {
foundCollector = true;
break;
}
++j;
}
the list rows contains individual rows with multiple columns and I'm trying to find the row which contains a particular name in a column. Within my for loop I was trying to use a relative xpath to look for an element, is this even possible? Or do I need to provide the whole xpath I used to find the rows with the additional xpath for the individual divs?
I'm not guaranteed the order of the columns which is why I have to do it this way.
This is the xpath I used to obtain the rows:
String rowsXpath = "//div[@id=\"QosDashpardPanelBottom\"]//div[@id=\"CollectorQoSPerformanceMetricsgrid\"]//div[contains(@class, \"x-grid3-row x-unselectable-single\")]";
Here's the HTML:
<body class=" ext-gecko ext-windows" onload="processLoaders();">
<script type="text/javascript">
<div id="topNavDiv" style="height: 90px">
<div id="bodyContentOuter" style="width: 1280px; height: 587px;">
<div id="bodyContentInner">
<script src="RLT/RLT.nocache.js" language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
<script defer="defer">
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
<div id="rtcpMain" class=" x-component x-border-layout-ct" style="width: 1280px; height: 587px;">
<div id="rtcpMainWest" class=" x-panel x-component x-border-panel" style="left: 5px; top: 5px; width: 225px;">
<div id="x-auto-2" class=" x-tab-panel x-component x-border-panel" tabindex="0" hidefocus="true" style="left: 235px; top: 5px; width: 1040px;">
<div class="x-tab-panel-header x-unselectable" style="width: 1038px;" unselectable="on">
<div class="tone-rtcp-tabbed-content-panel" style="width: 1040px; height: 550px;">
<div id="x-auto-10" class=" x-component" style="overflow: auto; width: 1040px; height: 550px;">
<div id="QosDashboardPanel0" class=" x-panel x-component" style="width: 1040px;">
<div id="x-auto-13" class=" x-small-editor x-panel-header x-component x-hide-display" role="presentation">
<div id="rtcpDPBWrap" class="x-panel-bwrap" role="presentation" style="overflow: visible;">
<div class="x-panel-tbar x-panel-tbar-noheader" role="presentation" style="width: 1040px;">
<div id="rtcpDPBody" class="x-panel-body x-panel-body-noheader x-border-layout-ct" role="presentation" style="width: 1038px; height: 700px;">
<div id="QosDashboardPanelTop" class=" x-component x-border-panel x-border-layout-ct" style="left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 1038px; height: 400px;">
<div id="QosDashpardPanelBottom" class=" x-component x-border-panel x-border-layout-ct" style="left: 1px; top: 401px; width: 1036px; height: 298px;">
<div id="QosDashpardPanel_pqosChartsLC" class=" x-component x-border-panel x-border-layout-ct x-hide-display" style="left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 1036px; height: 400px;">
<div id="QosDashpardPanel_metricsTablesLC" class=" x-component x-border-panel x-border-layout-ct" style="left: 1px; top: 1px; width: 1034px; height: 296px;">
<div id="CollectorMetrics_toneletWrapper" class=" x-panel x-component x-border-panel" style="left: 1px; top: 1px; width: 330px;">
<div id="x-auto-99" class=" x-small-editor x-panel-header x-component x-hide-display" role="presentation">
<div class="x-panel-bwrap" role="presentation">
<div class="x-panel-body x-panel-body-noheader" role="presentation" style="width: 328px; height: 292px;">
<div id="CollectorMetrics" class=" x-panel x-component" style="width: 328px;">
<div id="x-auto-109" class=" x-small-editor x-panel-header x-component x-unselectable" role="presentation" unselectable="on">
<div class="x-panel-bwrap" role="presentation">
<div class="x-panel-body" role="presentation" style="width: 326px; height: 265px;">
<div id="CollectorQoSPerformanceMetricsgrid" class=" x-grid-panel x-component" style="position: relative; width: 326px; height: 265px;" tabindex="0" hidefocus="true" unselectable="">
<div class="x-grid3" role="presentation" style="width: 326px; height: 265px;">
<div class="x-grid3-viewport" role="presentation">
<div class="x-grid3-header" role="presentation">
<div class="x-grid3-scroller" role="presentation" style="width: 326px; height: 243px;">
<div class="x-grid3-body" role="presentation">
<div id="CollectorQoSPerformanceMetricsgrid_x-auto-633" class="x-grid3-row x-unselectable-single x-grid3-row-selected x-grid3-highlightrow " style="width:510px;">
<table class="x-grid3-row-table" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="width:510px;" role="presentation">
<tbody role="presentation">
<tr role="presentation">
<td id="x-auto-634" class="x-grid3-col x-grid3-cell x-grid3-td-name x-grid-cell-first " style="width:148px;" role="gridcell">
<div class="x-grid3-cell-inner x-grid3-col-name" unselectable="on">
<u>Lync</u>
</div>
</td>
<td id="x-auto-635" class="x-grid3-col x-grid3-cell x-grid3-td-badCalls " style="width:53px;" role="gridcell">
<div class="x-grid3-cell-inner x-grid3-col-badCalls" unselectable="on">36</div>
</td>
<td id="x-auto-636" class="x-grid3-col x-grid3-cell x-grid3-td-totalCalls " style="width:58px;" role="gridcell">
<div class="x-grid3-cell-inner x-grid3-col-totalCalls" unselectable="on">120</div>
</td>
<td id="x-auto-637" class="x-grid3-col x-grid3-cell x-grid3-td-avgLatency " style="width:73px;" role="gridcell">
<div class="x-grid3-cell-inner x-grid3-col-avgLatency" unselectable="on">223</div>
</td>
<td id="x-auto-638" class="x-grid3-col x-grid3-cell x-grid3-td-avgLoss " style="width:53px;" role="gridcell">
<div class="x-grid3-cell-inner x-grid3-col-avgLoss" unselectable="on">0.80</div>
</td>
<td id="x-auto-639" class="x-grid3-col x-grid3-cell x-grid3-td-avgJitter " style="width:58px;" role="gridcell">
<div class="x-grid3-cell-inner x-grid3-col-avgJitter" unselectable="on">29</div>
</td>
<td id="x-auto-640" class="x-grid3-col x-grid3-cell x-grid3-td-avgMOS x-grid3-cell-last " style="width:53px;" role="gridcell">
<div class="x-grid3-cell-inner x-grid3-col-avgMOS" unselectable="on">3.86</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="CollectorQoSPerformanceMetricsgrid_x-auto-641" class="x-grid3-row x-unselectable-single " style="width:510px;">
<table class="x-grid3-row-table" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="width:510px;" role="presentation">
<tbody role="presentation">
<tr role="presentation">
<td id="x-auto-642" class="x-grid3-col x-grid3-cell x-grid3-td-name x-grid-cell-first " style="width:148px;" role="gridcell">
<div class="x-grid3-cell-inner x-grid3-col-name" unselectable="on">
<u>CUCM-Publisher</u>
</div>
</td>
<td id="x-auto-643" class="x-grid3-col x-grid3-cell x-grid3-td-badCalls " style="width:53px;" role="gridcell">
<div class="x-grid3-cell-inner x-grid3-col-badCalls" unselectable="on">3</div>
</td>
<td id="x-auto-644" class="x-grid3-col x-grid3-cell x-grid3-td-totalCalls " style="width:58px;" role="gridcell">
<div class="x-grid3-cell-inner x-grid3-col-totalCalls" unselectable="on">52</div>
</td>
<td id="x-auto-645" class="x-grid3-col x-grid3-cell x-grid3-td-avgLatency " style="width:73px;" role="gridcell">
<div class="x-grid3-cell-inner x-grid3-col-avgLatency" unselectable="on">190</div>
</td>
<td id="x-auto-646" class="x-grid3-col x-grid3-cell x-grid3-td-avgLoss " style="width:53px;" role="gridcell">
<div class="x-grid3-cell-inner x-grid3-col-avgLoss" unselectable="on">0.79</div>
</td>
<td id="x-auto-647" class="x-grid3-col x-grid3-cell x-grid3-td-avgJitter " style="width:58px;" role="gridcell">
<div class="x-grid3-cell-inner x-grid3-col-avgJitter" unselectable="on">31</div>
</td>
<td id="x-auto-648" class="x-grid3-col x-grid3-cell x-grid3-td-avgMOS x-grid3-cell-last " style="width:53px;" role="gridcell">
<div class="x-grid3-cell-inner x-grid3-col-avgMOS" unselectable="on">3.98</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
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We can get the text from a list of all web elements with the same class name in Selenium webdriver. We can use any of the locators like the class name with method By. className, xpath with method By. xpath, or css with method By.
Relative XPathIt starts with the double forward slash (//), which means it can search the element anywhere at the webpage. You can start from the middle of the HTML DOM structure with no need to write a long XPath. Below is the example of a relative XPath expression of the same element shown in the below screen.
Yes, this is definitely possible. See this:
// Find the outer element.
WebElement outer = driver.findElement(By.anything("whatever"));
// This doesn't work, it searches the whole page for the XPath expression.
WebElement inner = outer.findElement(By.xpath("//some/nasty/xpath"));
// This works! It takes the outer element as root.
WebElement inner = outer.findElement(By.xpath(".//some/nasty/xpath"));
Therefore, if I understood your need well, your XPath expression needs to look like this:
By.xpath("(.//tbody)[" + j + "]//div[text()=\"" + collector + "\"])")
EDIT (Holy cow, that's a lot of HTML and only a small amount of it is actually needed :).)
Now that I caught what you're after, I think you don't need this approach at all. Try this instead:
WebElement row = driver.findElement(By.xpath("id('CollectorQoSPerformanceMetricsgrid')//div[contains(@class,'x-grid3-row x-unselectable-single') and .//u[text()='" + collector + "']]"));
Only the XPath expression:
id('CollectorQoSPerformanceMetricsgrid')
//div[contains(@class,'x-grid3-row x-unselectable-single')
and .//u[text()='" + collector + "'] ]
Taken apart:
FIND ELEM WITH ID = 'CollectorQoSPerformanceMetricsgrid'
id('CollectorQoSPerformanceMetricsgrid')
FIND ALL DIV ELEMS THAT CONTAIN 'x-grid3-row x-unselectable-single' IN @CLASS
//div[contains(@class,'x-grid3-row x-unselectable-single')
AND HAVE AN <U> DESCENDANT WITH TEXT EQUAL TO collector VARIABLE
and .//u[text()='" + collector + "'] ]
This finds you only the single row you need with a single command.
If you rather want to stick with your current solution, try:
String rowsXpath = "id('CollectorQoSPerformanceMetricsgrid')//div[contains(@class, 'x-grid3-row x-unselectable-single')]";
List<WebElement> rows = driver.findElements(By.xpath(rowsXpath));
boolean foundCollector = false;
for(WebElement row : rows) {
if(!row.findElements(By.xpath(".//u[text()='" + collector + "']")).isEmpty()) {
foundCollector = true;
break;
}
}
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