[FIXED] How can I pass variable in xpath from the script?

Issue

WebElement selectRadioButton;

public void selectContractType(String txt)
    {
        selectRadioButton.sendKeys(txt);
        selectRadioButton.click();
    }

Tried like below,

 @FindBy(xpath="//*[@class='example-radio-button mat-radio-button mat-accent'][@value='"+txt+"']")

But getting error like this

Solution

You cannot parametrize the WebElement which was denoted by @FindBy annotation. @FindBy annotation purpose is to initialize the elements while initializing the class as part of PageFactory. You need to do something like below,

Call this below into your method.

WebElement element = createWebElement("//*[@class='example-radio-button mat-radio-button mat-accent'][@value="+txt+"]");

Keep the below reusable method in Utility.

public static WebElement createWebElement(String elementText) {
    WebElement element = null;
    try {
        WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 10);
        wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath(elementText)));
        element = driver.findElement(By.xpath(elementText));
    } catch (Exception e) {
        System.out.println("Exception occurred: " + e);
    }
    return element;
}

Keep

WebElement element = createWebElement("//*[@class='example-radio-button mat-radio-button mat-accent'][@value="+txt+"]");

inside selectContractType() method and assign some value to String txt;

Answered By - Nandan A