Java – Continue running the next steps after the Selenium Webdriver has an Element Not Visible Exception

I am currently testing a website. When I click on the checkin field, the calendar opens, and when I click on the next arrow, it is minimized, which is an error. I wrote a script to test this issue, but my problem is that after the error I have some scripts and it won’t execute. I use Selenium Webdriver on chrome and generate reports using Extent Reports v3.0.6. I’m also using TestNG

I want that particular step to show as a failure and the script to continue with the next steps. Is this possible?

Here is my code :

@Test
public void test6()
{
    test = extent.createTest("Test Case 6 : Selecting different months from secondary Calendar", "Browsing through and testing the calendar in check in/out field");

driver.navigate().to("https://www.hoteltreeoflife.com/reservation/");
    test.info("Navigated to first page");

driver.findElement(By.id("checkIn")).click();  clicking on checkin field
    test.info("Clicked on Check In field");

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id=\"ui-datepicker-div\"]/div/a[2]")).click();  The test fails on this line since its not visible
    test.info("Clicked on foward arrow to change check in month");

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id=\"ui-datepicker-div\"]/table/tbody/tr[3]/td[4]")).click();//choosing date AUG 6th
    test.info("Check In Date selected");

driver.findElement(By.id("checkOut")).click(); clicking on checkout field

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id=\"ui-datepicker-div\"]/div/a[2]")).click(); clicking next arrow
    test.info("Clicked on foward arrow to change check out month");

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id=\"ui-datepicker-div\"]/table/tbody/tr[5]/td[4]")).click();//choosing date AUG 16th
    test.info("Check Out Date selected");

test.info("Finding Check Availability");
    driver.findElement(By.xpath("/html/body/div[1]/div[3]/div[2]/div/div/form/div[4]/button")).click();
    test.info("Clicks on Check Availability");
}

@AfterMethod
public void check(ITestResult result) throws IOException
{
    if(result.getStatus() == ITestResult.FAILURE)
    {
        String screenshotPath = GetScreenshot.capture(driver);
        test.fail("Test Case Failed");
        test.info(result.getThrowable());
        test.info("Screenshot Below : " + test.addScreenCaptureFromPath(screenshotPath));

}
    else if(result.getStatus() == ITestResult.SKIP)
    {
        test.fail("Test Case Has Been Skipped");
    }
    else 
    {
        test.pass("Test Case Passed");            
    }
}

Here’s the error I’m getting :

org.openqa.selenium.ElementNotVisibleException: element not visible

I don’t want to find that element. I want my script to continue to run and execute the rest of the code even after an error message

Here is the answer to your question:

As you mentioned, you wrote a script to test this issue, so this step itself has a separate verification point that you must assert that it is a complete test case and should be annotated with a separate @Test. This is in line with @Grasshopper idea.

Now also mention that you have errors after some scripts and it will not execute. This is the right behavior. Therefore, in order for the remaining blocks to be executed, you can consider moving the remaining blocks to a separate @Test-annotated block.

So, now if driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id=\"ui-datepicker-div\"]/div/a[2]")).click() ; Throw an exception and you will get the result of Fail, and if you pass, you will get the result of Pass.

Now as test7 will depend on test6 so for test7 add the clause dependsOnMethods = "test6" in the declaration as @Test (dependsOnMethods = {"test6"}, alwaysRun = true)

Your final code block will look like this:

@Test
public void test6()
{
    test = extent.createTest("Test Case 6 : Selecting different months from secondary Calendar", "Browsing through and testing the calendar in check in/out field");

driver.navigate().to("https://www.hoteltreeoflife.com/reservation/");
    test.info("Navigated to first page");

driver.findElement(By.id("checkIn")).click();  clicking on checkin field
    test.info("Clicked on Check In field");

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id=\"ui-datepicker-div\"]/div/a[2]")).click();  If the test pass/fail result is updated.
}

@Test (dependsOnMethods = {"test6"}, alwaysRun = true)
public void test7 ()
{
    driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id=\"ui-datepicker-div\"]/table/tbody/tr[3]/td[4]")).click();//choosing date AUG 6th
    test.info("Check In Date selected");

driver.findElement(By.id("checkOut")).click(); clicking on checkout field

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id=\"ui-datepicker-div\"]/div/a[2]")).click(); clicking next arrow
    test.info("Clicked on foward arrow to change check out month");

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id=\"ui-datepicker-div\"]/table/tbody/tr[5]/td[4]")).click();//choosing date AUG 16th
    test.info("Check Out Date selected");

test.info("Finding Check Availability");
    driver.findElement(By.xpath("/html/body/div[1]/div[3]/div[2]/div/div/form/div[4]/button")).click();
    test.info("Clicks on Check Availability");
}

If this answers your question, please let me know.