Advance Xpath Processing

1. Advance Xpath Processing
Suresh

2. What is Xpath
XPath is a syntax used for selecting parts of an
XML document
The way XPath describes paths to elements is
similar to the way an operating system describes
paths to files
XPath is almost a small programming language; it
has functions and expressions
XPath is a W3C standard

3. Html page

4. Using contains to search text

5. Using starts-with to search attribute value
/html/body/div/table[3]/tbody/tr/td

6. Using Operator
//div[contains(@class,'pagination')]//a[contains(.,'>') and not(contains(.,'|'))]

7. Using Functions
//td[contains(.,'Chapter')][position() =2]
//td[contains(.,'Chapter')][2]

8. Axes (outline View)
Starting from a given node, the self, preceding, following, ancestor,
and descendant axes form a partition of all the nodes

9. Axes (outline View)
Self
Preceding

10. Axes (outline View)
Following
Ancestor

11. Axes (outline View)
Descendant

12. Selecting using xpath
Selecting from dropdown list
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//select/option[contains(.,'pc')]"))
Selecting radio button
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[contains(@id,'red')
and @type='radio']")).click();
Selecting checkbox
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[contains(@name,'vehicle')
and contains(@value,'Nothing')]")).click();

13. Advantage of smart xpath processing
Test case to click first chapter
driver.findElement(By.xpath(“/html/body/div/table[3]/tbody/tr/td”)).click();
or
driver.findElement(By.xpath(“//td[contains(.,'Chapter')][1]”)).click();
 Maintenance is easy
 Debugging is easy
 Saves time and energy
 Reduces the documentation time