java.lang.ClassCastException: class org.openqa.selenium.By$ByXPath cannot be cast to class org.openqa.selenium.WebElement

Question

I am trying to automate radio button in selenium web driver using Page object model. Below is my code explanation:

By AutomaticDataLockTimed = By.xpath("//span[@class='ant-radio']//input[@name='automaticDataLock']");

if (!((WebElement) AutomaticDataLockTimed).isSelected()) {
            JSUtil.clickElementUsingBySelector(AutomaticDataLockTimed, driver);
        }
    }

and I am getting below error message

java.lang.ClassCastException: class org.openqa.selenium.By$ByXPath cannot be cast to class org.openqa.selenium.WebElement (org.openqa.selenium.By$ByXPath and org.openqa.selenium.WebElement are in unnamed module of loader 'app')

I have referred this link java.lang.ClassCastException: org.openqa.selenium.By$ById cannot be cast to org.openqa.selenium.WebElement

but this link did not answer my scenario.

I think it is due to casting problem in my if statement but I cannot fix.

Please help!

CEH · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-29 20:40:11Z

You are trying to call .isSelected() on AutomaticDataLockTimed, which is a By object, but isSelected() is a method on a WebElement -- that's where your exception is coming from.

I see that you are trying to cast By to WebElement, but that's not the right way to solve the issue. You need to use your WebDriver instance to locate an element with AutomaticDataLockTimed before you can call isSelected():

EDIT: This answer has been updated to use getAttribute("value") instead of isSelected(), as specified by the user. I am leaving answer description as-is to match original problem description.

By AutomaticDataLockTimed = By.xpath("//span[@class='ant-radio']//input[@name='automaticDataLock']");

// locate the element using AutomaticDataLockTimed locator
WebElement element = webdriver.findElement(AutomaticDataLockTimed);

if (!element.getAttribute("value").equals("true"))
{
    JSUtil.clickElementUsingBySelector(AutomaticDataLockTimed, driver);
}

Remember, you should have started WebDriver at the beginning of your script as such:

WebDriver webdriver = new ChromeDriver();

Hope this helps a bit.

GSN · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-02 16:25:22Z

0

This worked for me.

   List<WebElement> list = driver.findElements(WEBELEMENT);
    for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) {
        String str = list.get(i).getAttribute("value");
        if (str.equals("true")) {
            list.get(i).click();
        }

edited Dec 2, 2019 at 16:25

answered Nov 29, 2019 at 20:26

GSN

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