How can i select items from the list - selenium

Question

I am not able to get items in the list. All I get is an item from the span. How can I get items in the select. If I don't use span in the css selector, then the script generates an error that the element is not visible.
This is the HTML of the page:
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<div>
<div class="select2-container select2-container-active" id="s2id_agency" style="width: 150px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return false;" class="select2-choice" tabindex="-1">
<span>01_me</span>
<abbr class="select2-search-choice-close" style="display:none;"></abbr>
<div>
<b></b>
</div>
</a>
<input class="select2-focusser select2-offscreen" type="text"></div>
<select name="agency" id="agency" style="width:150px;" class="select2-offscreen" tabindex="-1">
<option value="14814">01_me</option>
<option value="14333">A_RLAgency</option>
<option value="14771">Agency_20150111183734</option>
<option value="14254">RLAgency</option>
<option value="14065">unknown_agency</option></select>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
This is my script:
try {
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 30);
List<String> displayed = new ArrayList<String>();
List<String> sorted = new ArrayList<String>();
List<WebElement> verifyAgency = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfAllElementsLocatedBy(By
.cssSelector("#s2id_agency > a.select2-choice > span")));
System.out.println("NUMBER OF ROWS IN THIS TABLE = "
+ verifyAgency.size());
for (WebElement element : verifyAgency) {
System.out.println("" + element.getText());
displayed.add(element.getText());
sorted.add(element.getText());
}
Collections.sort(sorted);
log.info(sorted);
if (!displayed.equals(sorted)) {
final String failedMsg = "Agency is not in alphabatical ordr.";
log.error(failedMsg, null);
boolean passed = false;
Assert.assertFalse(passed, failedMsg);
System.out.println(failedMsg);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
final String failedMsg = "Failed trying to check agency names in alphabetical order.";
log.error(failedMsg, null);
boolean passed = false;
Assert.assertFalse(passed, failedMsg);
System.out.println(failedMsg);
}

Answer 1

Try out with this code:
Select objSelect = new Select(dw2.findElement(By.id("agency")));
List<WebElement> lstOptions = objSelect.getOptions();
boolean sorted = false;
for (int i = 0; i < lstOptions.size() - 1; i++) {
if (lstOptions.get(i).getText()
.compareTo(lstOptions.get(i + 1).getText()) > 0) { // Checking sorting based on natural sort
sorted = false;
break;
}
sorted = true;
}
if (sorted)
System.out.println("Sorted");
else
System.out.println("Un-sorted");

Answer 2

You are probably trying to use visibilityOfAllElementsLocatedBy on select list options which are not visible. Infact according to your requirement you don't need them to be visible. You can alternatively use presenceOfElementLocated
and to grab the list simple SelectElement class should be enough
Note: mine is C#
IWebElement element = driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//select[#id='agency']"));
SelectElement selectList = new SelectElement(element);
IList<IWebElement> options = selectList.Options;
And, if that's a static list you can avoid all of this quirky work and simply do
IWebElement element = driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//*[#id='agency']"));
SelectElement selectList = new SelectElement(element);
var isTrue = selectList.getText().equals("01_me / A_RLAgency / Agency_20150111183734 / RLAgency / unknown_agency")
see here