Exception is displayed even when control exists

lalwaniajay

Hi,
I am using the following script to fill in a text box, press enter(return) key and then find a link on the resulting page.

_setValue(_textbox(1),"Some Text");
_keyPress(_textbox(1),13);
_isVisible(_link("More"));

On executing the code using the controller, false is returned even when the link is present, executing the same code from that page results in appropriate results.

I am facing the same problem when i use sahi java api. I get a NullPointerException.
Any workarounds ?

narayan

The Controller's evaluate expression is not the same as a script. The Evaluate Expression just executes javascript on the browser. It will not wait between steps or wait for page load etc.
Use the "Evaluate Expression" box to execute individual steps rather than multiple steps.


In your code snippet, you should be asserting for isVisible.

_setValue(_textbox(1),"Some Text");
_keyPress(_textbox(1),13);
_assert(_isVisible(_link("More")));

"I am facing the same problem when i use sahi java api. I get a NullPointerException."

Please elaborate with code.

Regards,
Narayan

lalwaniajay

I got a workaround to that.. I used _wait(5000) before asserting. So the playback mode on the controller works fine.
But using that in my java code:
browser.wait(5000) or even browser.execute("_sahi._wait('5000')")

sahi does not wait. but immediately exits with failed assertion.


Ref : "I am facing the same problem when i use sahi java api. I get a NullPointerException."

The Java code that I am using is:

browser.textbox(1).setValue("Some Text");
browser.execute("_sahi._keyPress("+browser.textbox(1)+",13);");
assertTrue(browser.link(More).isVisible());


The exception on the third line is:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at WebBPAInterfaces.Home.FavouriteInterface.markAsFavourite(FavouriteInterface.java:17)
at WebBPAInterfaces.Home.FavouriteInterface.markAsFavourite(FavouriteInterface.java:46)
at WebBPAInterfaces.Home.ArchiveInterface.prepareArchiveProcess(ArchiveInterface.java:53)
at WebBPATests.ProcessModel.ArchiveProcessModel_tp.init(ArchiveProcessModel_tp.java:27)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.testng.internal.MethodHelper.invokeMethod(MethodHelper.java:580)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeConfigurationMethod(Invoker.java:398)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeConfigurations(Invoker.java:145)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeConfigurations(Invoker.java:82)
at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.invokeBeforeClassMethods(TestMethodWorker.java:166)
at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.run(TestMethodWorker.java:103)
at org.testng.TestRunner.runWorkers(TestRunner.java:689)
at org.testng.TestRunner.privateRun(TestRunner.java:566)
at org.testng.TestRunner.run(TestRunner.java:466)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runTest(SuiteRunner.java:301)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runSequentially(SuiteRunner.java:296)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.privateRun(SuiteRunner.java:276)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.run(SuiteRunner.java:191)
at org.testng.TestNG.createAndRunSuiteRunners(TestNG.java:808)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesLocally(TestNG.java:776)
at org.testng.TestNG.run(TestNG.java:701)
at org.testng.TestNG.privateMain(TestNG.java:840)
at org.testng.TestNG.main(TestNG.java:818)

lalwaniajay

Using Thread.sleep(5000) also does not help. Assertion fails.

narayan

The wait method is actually

browser.waitFor(5000)

You are using Object.wait which is not what we want.

I am not sure why it is failing. Is the page loaded properly for the assertion to be true? Is the page loading slowly?

Regards,
Narayan

lalwaniajay

Hi Narayan,

The page loads properly, everything is fine. And now the code runs fine.
Thanks for the help.

Regards,
Ajay