WebDriver PageFactory Find Elements List

Question

I have multiple elements on a page and I would like to initialize them using PageFactory.

I have tried using following

@FindBy(xpath = "//*[contains(@class,'x-grid-tree-node-leaf')]")    
    List<WebElement> allElements;

but this returns only one element.

now, if I use the traditional way for finding elements

List<WebElement> allElements = driver.findElements(By.xpath("//*[contains(@class,'x-grid-tree-node-leaf')]"));

this returns 4 elements

any pointers what could be the issue?

See also http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8008138/selenium-webdriver-and-pagefactory-initialize-listwebelement-elements. — alecxe, Jan 30 '15 at 23:11

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 02 '15 at 20:55

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@FindBy(xpath = "//*[contains(@class,'x-grid-tree-node-leaf')]")    
List<WebElement> allElements;

this works. there was bug in my code.

answered Feb 02 '15 at 20:55

aeinstein83

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 31 '15 at 08:30

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Use FindAll annotation to get series of @FindBy tags and search for all elements that match any of the FindBy criteria.

@FindAll(@FindBy(how = How.XPATH, using = "//*[contains(@class,'x-grid-tree-node-leaf')]"))
List<WebElement> allElements;

answered Jan 31 '15 at 08:30

Vivek Singh

"how = How.XPATH" what is this part doing? i'm unable to understand – vaibhavcool20 Dec 07 '18 at 05:45

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 12 '15 at 05:20

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Have you tried running your xpath in Chrome Developer tool or in Firebug?

List<WebElement> allElements = driver.findElements(By.xpath("//*[contains(@class,'x-grid-tree-node-leaf')]"));

should work.

edited May 12 '15 at 05:20

Ripon Al Wasim

answered Jan 30 '15 at 21:50

user1019163

Explain the negative plz? – user1019163 Feb 02 '15 at 16:19
I assume you've got 'minus one' because your answer not really about page factory. Surely you can use instance of WebDriver directly but you are supposed not to do it with page factory. – olyv Feb 03 '15 at 12:45
Thank you for the feedback. I will be more careful when reading the question next time. – user1019163 Feb 05 '15 at 17:28

Shoaib Mal · Answer 4 · 2015-01-31T06:22:53.210

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Instead of using @FindBy annotation, use @FindAllBy annotation.Try this!

@FindAllBy(xpath = "//*[contains(@class,'x-grid-tree-node-leaf')]")    
List<WebElement> allElements;

Here's the link for FindAllBy java class.

edited Jan 31 '15 at 06:22

answered Jan 31 '15 at 06:06

Shoaib Mal

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