How to execute script when element is not found in selenium

Question

I am using the below code snippet to Verify the visibility of an Element. whenever the mybuyers element is not present then selenium is taking too much time and not continuing the next step.
In below script catch block is printing the message "My Buyers link is not displayed" but not moving to next steps of the script.

WebElement Find=null;
Find=driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id='headerapp']/div/div/ul/li[2]/a"));
if(Find!=null && Find.isDisplayed()){
    Actions action=new Actions(driver);
    action.moveToElement(Find).build().perform();
    driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id='headerapp']/div/div/ul/li[2]/ul/li[1]/a")).click();
    driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(15000, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
}
Thread.sleep(2000);
WebElement mybuyers=null;
try{
    mybuyers=driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[contains(., 'My Buyers')]"));
    if(mybuyers!=null && mybuyers.isDisplayed()){
        Actions action=new Actions(driver);
        action.moveToElement(mybuyers).build().perform();
        mybuyers.click();
        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(15000, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
    }
}catch(Exception e){
    System.out.println("My Buyers link is not displayed");
}
finally{
    driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(15000, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
}
Thread.sleep(2000);
WebElement mylisting=null;
try{
    mylisting=driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[contains(., 'My Listing')]"));
    if(mylisting!=null && mylisting.isDisplayed()){
        Actions action=new Actions(driver);
        action.moveToElement(mylisting).build().perform();
        mybuyers.click();
        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(15000, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
    }
}catch(Exception e){
    System.out.println("My Listing link is not displayed");
}
finally{
    driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(15000, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
}

why are you using an implicit wait?

GraveyardQueen
– GraveyardQueen

2016-11-14 04:21:31 +00:00
Commented Nov 14, 2016 at 4:21 — GraveyardQueen
– GraveyardQueen, Commented Nov 14, 2016 at 4:21

Moe Ghafari · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-14 02:26:33Z

1

Use FindElements instead of FindElement like this:

 Boolean isMyBuyersPresent = driver.findElements(By.yourLocator).size() > 0

And

if(isMyBuyersPresent)
{
    //You can re-find as below, or refactor the code and 
    //create a list in the above snippet and grab the first element here

    mybuyers= driver.findElements(By.yourLocator)
}

answered Nov 14, 2016 at 2:26

Moe Ghafari

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