XPath with attributes in Selenium Java - Test Execution Trace

Test Overview

This test opens a web page, finds a button using XPath with an attribute filter, clicks it, and verifies the expected text appears.

Test Code - JUnit with Selenium WebDriver

Selenium Java

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;

public class XPathAttributeTest {
    WebDriver driver;

    @BeforeEach
    public void setUp() {
        driver = new ChromeDriver();
    }

    @Test
    public void testButtonClickByXPathAttribute() {
        driver.get("https://example.com/testpage");
        WebElement button = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//button[@id='submit-btn']"));
        button.click();
        WebElement message = driver.findElement(By.id("result-message"));
        assertEquals("Success", message.getText());
    }

    @AfterEach
    public void tearDown() {
        driver.quit();
    }
}

Execution Trace - 6 Steps

Step	Action	System State	Assertion	Result
1	Test starts and Chrome browser opens	Chrome browser window is open and ready	-	PASS
2	Navigates to https://example.com/testpage	Page loads with a button having id 'submit-btn' and a hidden result message	-	PASS
3	Finds button using XPath //button[@id='submit-btn']	Button element located successfully	Element found matches XPath with attribute id='submit-btn'	PASS
4	Clicks the button	Button click triggers page update showing result message	-	PASS
5	Finds element with id 'result-message'	Result message element is visible with text 'Success'	Element text equals 'Success'	PASS
6	Test ends and browser closes	Browser window closed	-	PASS

Failure Scenario

Failing Condition: Button with id 'submit-btn' is not found on the page

Execution Trace Quiz - 3 Questions

Which XPath expression is used to find the button in this test?

A //div[@class='submit-btn']

B //button[text()='Submit']

C //button[@id='submit-btn']

D //input[@type='button']

Key Result

Using XPath with attributes lets you precisely find elements by their properties, making tests more reliable and easier to maintain.