Setting the capability 'applicationCacheEnabled' to 'false' using WebDriver DesiredCapabilities

Question

Can someone please help me, how to set the capability 'applicationCacheEnabled' to 'false'? I have tried below, but seeing syntax errors.

DesiredCapabilities dc=DesiredCapabilities.firefox();
dc.setCapability("applicationCacheEnabled", "false");
WebDriver driver= new FirefoxDriver(dc);

Selenium version: 2.35.0, Java version: 1.7.0_07

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17527951/what-is-the-use-of-desiredcapabilities-in-webdriver check this — chaosguru, Aug 30 '13 at 12:11
Did I do anything wrong in the above? Pls tell me what is the wrong thing in the above lines of code/tell me the syntax for setting capability? — Srikanth Nakka, Aug 30 '13 at 12:15
any specific reason for only firefox? or chrome is also ok with you? — chaosguru, Aug 30 '13 at 12:21
I have not worked with FF so I have to find it out. Can you go through the web driver site.? — chaosguru, Aug 30 '13 at 13:07
Syntax looks good to me. If you paste syntax error, it will help others to help you. — Alpha, Aug 31 '13 at 08:21
@TDHM: Yes, the above syntax is correct. Got the answer(a simple mistake). The syntax error was due to calling the 'setCapability' method at the class level[directly under a class, outside a block] rather than within a block. I have moved the method invocation to some method. — Srikanth Nakka, Aug 31 '13 at 18:46

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 31 '13 at 19:04

The syntax in the question is absolutely correct. The syntax error was due to calling the 'setCapability' method at the class level[directly under a class, outside a block] rather than within a block. I have moved the method invocation to some method.

Just adding one more point:

dc.setCapability("applicationCacheEnabled", "false"); can also be written as, 
dc.setCapability(CapabilityType.SUPPORTS_APPLICATION_CACHE, false);

Setting the capability 'applicationCacheEnabled' to 'false' using WebDriver DesiredCapabilities

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