Selenium ElementNotVisibleException is an instance of InvalidStateException

Question

I'm trying to catch an InvalidStateException (and only this exception!) but my code is throwing out an ElementNotVisibleException and it is still being caught. I know that this is the problem because I did this:

try{
    thrown new ElementNotVisibleException("why???");
}
catch(InvalidElementStateException e){
    System.out.println("Welp, this sucks.");
}

And, welp, this sucks.

Selenium javadocs doesn't list ElementNotVisibleException as a subclass of InvalidElementState Exception, yet Java seems to think that this is the case. Can anyone enlighten me/suggest a workaround? Thanks!

Oh, and I'm using Java 7, Selenium 2.46.

Ah, I now realize I was looking at outdated javadocs...

Wesley
– Wesley

2015-07-20 21:41:51 +00:00
Commented Jul 20, 2015 at 21:41 — Wesley
– Wesley, Commented Jul 20, 2015 at 21:41
Happens to the best of us. :)

Andrew Eisenberg
– Andrew Eisenberg

2015-07-20 21:43:36 +00:00
Commented Jul 20, 2015 at 21:43 — Andrew Eisenberg
– Andrew Eisenberg, Commented Jul 20, 2015 at 21:43

Andrew Eisenberg · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-20 21:28:01Z

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ElementNotVisibleException is a subclass of InvalidElementStateException, ElementNotVisibleException is an InvalidElementStateException. This is completely expected behavior.

answered Jul 20, 2015 at 21:28

Andrew Eisenberg

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drkthng · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-21 07:48:17Z

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Actually Selenium javadocs do list ElementNotVisibleException as a subclass of InvalidElementState and thus as @Andrew already said, the behavior is as expected/designed. -> see here

I quote:

public class ElementNotVisibleException
extends InvalidElementStateException

answered Jul 21, 2015 at 7:48

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