softassert not being called.. Only getting NoSuchElementException - selenium

Question

In one my testcase I am trying to find whether an element is displayed after login.
softAssert.assertTrue(landing1PageFuncs.getSetupBtn().isDisplayed(), "Login Failed");
softAssert.assertAll();
getSetupBtn getter method is as below
public WebElement getSetupBtn() {
return AppWait.waitForElement(driver, setupBtn , Constants.WAITTIME);
}
waitForElement function is as below
public static WebElement waitForElement(WebDriver driver, WebElement element, int timeOutInSeconds) {
try {
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(0, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, timeOutInSeconds);
element = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOf(element));
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(DEFAULT_WAIT_4_ELEMENT, TimeUnit.SECONDS); //reset implicitlyWait
} catch (Exception e) {
logger.warn(element + " not found even after waiting for: " + timeOutInSeconds + " seconds");
logger.warn(e, new RuntimeException());
}
return element;
}
But what I am observing is that isDisplayed method is never invoked. Hence the soft assertion is not being fired.
All I get is the exception as below:
org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"//*[#id='page_content_inner']/div/a[1]/div"}
Command duration or timeout: 19 milliseconds
For documentation on this error, please visit: http://seleniumhq.org/exceptions/no_such_element.html
Build info: version: '2.53.0', revision: '35ae25b1534ae328c771e0856c93e187490ca824', time: '2016-03-15 10:43:46'
System info: host: 'justdial', ip: '127.0.1.1', os.name: 'Linux', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '3.13.0-86-generic', java.version: '1.8.0_91'
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver
Capabilities [{applicationCacheEnabled=true, rotatable=false, handlesAlerts=true, databaseEnabled=true, version=46.0.1, platform=LINUX, nativeEvents=false, acceptSslCerts=true, webStorageEnabled=true, locationContextEnabled=true, browserName=firefox, takesScreenshot=true, javascriptEnabled=true, cssSelectorsEnabled=true}]
Session ID: 6b9e0607-ee41-42b8-bb58-0f7d6cc32481
*** Element info: {Using=xpath, value=//*[#id='page_content_inner']/div/a[1]/div}
at sun.reflect.GeneratedConstructorAccessor13.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createThrowable(ErrorHandler.java:206)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:158)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:678)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:363)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElementByXPath(RemoteWebDriver.java:500)
at org.openqa.selenium.By$ByXPath.findElement(By.java:361)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:355)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor5.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.openqa.selenium.support.events.EventFiringWebDriver$2.invoke(EventFiringWebDriver.java:103)
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy9.findElement(Unknown Source)
at org.openqa.selenium.support.events.EventFiringWebDriver.findElement(EventFiringWebDriver.java:188)
at org.openqa.selenium.support.pagefactory.DefaultElementLocator.findElement(DefaultElementLocator.java:69)
at org.openqa.selenium.support.pagefactory.internal.LocatingElementHandler.invoke(LocatingElementHandler.java:38)
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy11.isDisplayed(Unknown Source)
at org.justdial.jdomni.functionaltests.LoginPageTests.chkLoginWithValidCred(LoginPageTests.java:38)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.testng.internal.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeMethod(MethodInvocationHelper.java:86)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeMethod(Invoker.java:643)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethod(Invoker.java:820)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethods(Invoker.java:1128)
at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.invokeTestMethods(TestMethodWorker.java:129)
at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.run(TestMethodWorker.java:112)
at org.testng.TestRunner.privateRun(TestRunner.java:782)
at org.testng.TestRunner.run(TestRunner.java:632)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runTest(SuiteRunner.java:366)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runSequentially(SuiteRunner.java:361)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.privateRun(SuiteRunner.java:319)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.run(SuiteRunner.java:268)
at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.runSuite(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:52)
at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.run(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:86)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesSequentially(TestNG.java:1244)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesLocally(TestNG.java:1169)
at org.testng.TestNG.run(TestNG.java:1064)
at org.testng.IDEARemoteTestNG.run(IDEARemoteTestNG.java:74)
What I am doing wrong? I am looking for a solution which goes till the Assertion and says "Login Failed"
Any help appreciated.

Answer 1

Your element cannot be found, so isDisplayed() cannot be determined. isDisplayed() can only be called on an element that exists and has already been found, that is why your assertion is never called.
landing1PageFuncs.getSetupBtn() throws an exception before isDisplayed() is being called.
If you want to find out if an element exists on the page, you should use driver.findElements(By.xpath('locator')).size > 0 instead of driver.findElement(By.xpath('locator').isDisplayed()

Answer 2

Since the element is not available in DOM, u cannot apply a soft assertion and obviously u'll get NoSuchElementException.
you can write a utility method like below to verify the whether the locator exists or not in the DOM.
public class verifyloc {
public static void main(String a[]) {
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
driver.get("https://www.google.co.in/");
String loc = "//input[#id='lst-ib']";
By locator = verifyElementPresent(driver, loc);
System.out.println("Locator is : " + locator);
}
public static By verifyElementPresent(WebDriver driver, String locator) {
try {
driver.findElement(By.xpath(locator));
return By.xpath(locator);
} catch (Throwable e) {
return null;
}
}
}