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Question

I need to test that a resulting list is ordered date descending using selenium.
this.Then(/^the list items should be ordered by date descending$/, (arg1): CucumberStepOutput => {
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return 'pending';
});
I'm sure this is something that has been done many times by people in the selenium community - I am hoping someone will share best practice.

Answer 1

If anyone is interested in the answer or at least the solution I ended up with see the snippet below.
It's a bit ugly (comment with suggestions to clean up) but works!
this.Then(/^the list items should be in descending$/, (): CucumberStepOutput => {
return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
let expectedValues = ['value1',
'value2',
'value3'
];
client.elements('.element-class').then(elements => {
let resultDates: Array<string> = [];
elements.value.reduce<Promise<void>>((chain, nextElement) => {
return chain.then(() => {
return client.elementIdText(nextElement.ELEMENT).then(text => {
resultVa.push(text.value);
});
});
}, Promise.resolve()).then(()=>{
JSON.stringify(resultValues).should.equal(JSON.stringify(expectedValues));
resolve();
})
});
});
});