Why list is required just to cancel single pop up in selenium webdriver?

Question

In Page Object factory:

By popup=By.xpath("//button[test()='NO THANKS']");

public List<WebElement> getPopUpSize(){
return driver.findElements(popup);
}

public WebElement getPopUp(){
return driver.findElement(popup);
}

Calling above methods into Testcase:

LandingPage l = new LandingPage(driver);
if(l.getPopUpSize().size()>0)
{
l.getPopUp().click();
}

I didn't understand why do we have to create a list just to cancel single pop up?

I'm not sure what you're asking. Do you not understand why you need to check for the presence of the popup? Or do you not understand why `findElements` returns a `List`? Or something else? — tgdavies, Apr 24 '22 at 05:17
Can you provide more info, on exactly what isn't working, and what the expected output is? — Alicia Sykes, Apr 24 '22 at 15:15

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 24 '22 at 05:19

No, you do not need findElements for a single web element. Use findElement instead or Explicit waits as illustrated below:

Using ExplicitWaits

Code:

public WebElement getPopUpWebElement(){
    return driver.findElement(popup);
}

and in test method:

    try {
        WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(30));
        wait.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(getPopUpWebElement())).click();
    }
    catch(Exception e){
        System.out.println("Could not click on pop up");
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

Why list is required just to cancel single pop up in selenium webdriver?

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