Selenium - Exception while executing selenium.stop() - selenium

Question

I am using Selenium for web application testing. After having finished all the testing, when the command "selenium.stop()" is executed I get the following exception:
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:333)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:195)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:182)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:366)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:519)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:469)
at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java:163)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:394)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:529)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.parseHTTPHeader(HttpClient.java:760)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.parseHTTP(HttpClient.java:632)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1049)
at java.net.HttpURLConnection.getResponseCode(HttpURLConnection.java:373)
at com.thoughtworks.selenium.HttpCommandProcessor.getResponseCode(HttpCommandProcessor.java:134)
at com.thoughtworks.selenium.HttpCommandProcessor.getCommandResponseAsString(HttpCommandProcessor.java:154)
at com.thoughtworks.selenium.HttpCommandProcessor.executeCommandOnServlet(HttpCommandProcessor.java:97)
at com.thoughtworks.selenium.HttpCommandProcessor.doCommand(HttpCommandProcessor.java:79)
at com.thoughtworks.selenium.HttpCommandProcessor.stop(HttpCommandProcessor.java:242)
at com.thoughtworks.selenium.DefaultSelenium.stop(DefaultSelenium.java:111)
at seleniumproject.orkut.tearDown(orkut.java:54)
at junit.framework.TestCase.runBare(TestCase.java:140)
at com.thoughtworks.selenium.SeleneseTestCase.runBare(SeleneseTestCase.java:212)
at junit.framework.TestResult$1.protect(TestResult.java:110)
E
at junit.framework.TestResult.runProtected(TestResult.java:128)
Time: 63.453
There was 1 error:
1) testOrkut(seleniumproject.orkut)java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Catch body broken: IOException from cmd=testComplete -> java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
at com.thoughtworks.selenium.HttpCommandProcessor.executeCommandOnServlet(HttpCommandProcessor.java:100)
at com.thoughtworks.selenium.HttpCommandProcessor.doCommand(HttpCommandProcessor.java:79)
at com.thoughtworks.selenium.HttpCommandProcessor.stop(HttpCommandProcessor.java:242)
at com.thoughtworks.selenium.DefaultSelenium.stop(DefaultSelenium.java:111)
at seleniumproject.orkut.tearDown(orkut.java:54)
at com.thoughtworks.selenium.SeleneseTestCase.runBare(SeleneseTestCase.java:212)
at seleniumproject.orkut.main(orkut.java:57)
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:333)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:195)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:182)
at junit.framework.TestResult.run(TestResult.java:113)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:366)
at junit.framework.TestCase.run(TestCase.java:124)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:519)
at junit.framework.TestSuite.runTest(TestSuite.java:232)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:469)
at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java:163)
at junit.framework.TestSuite.run(TestSuite.java:227)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:394)
at junit.textui.TestRunner.doRun(TestRunner.java:116)
at junit.textui.TestRunner.doRun(TestRunner.java:109)
at junit.textui.TestRunner.run(TestRunner.java:77)
at seleniumproject.orkut.main(orkut.java:57)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:529)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.parseHTTPHeader(HttpClient.java:760)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.parseHTTP(HttpClient.java:632)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1049)
at java.net.HttpURLConnection.getResponseCode(HttpURLConnection.java:373)
at com.thoughtworks.selenium.HttpCommandProcessor.getResponseCode(HttpCommandProcessor.java:134)
at com.thoughtworks.selenium.HttpCommandProcessor.getCommandResponseAsString(HttpCommandProcessor.java:154)
at com.thoughtworks.selenium.HttpCommandProcessor.executeCommandOnServlet(HttpCommandProcessor.java:97)
... 16 more
Here's is code which is executing the stop() command
public class orkut extends SeleneseTestCase {
public void setUp() throws Exception {
setUp("https://www.google.com/");
}
public void testOrkut() throws Exception {
Parser parser = new Parser();
try {
.......
.......
.......
}catch(Exception ex) {
}finally {
parser.closeConnection();
selenium.shutDownSeleniumServer();
}
}
public static Test suite() {
return new TestSuite(orkut.class);
}
public void tearDown(){
selenium.stop();
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
junit.textui.TestRunner.run(suite());
}
}

Answer 1

It looks like your shutting down the Selenium server before the command to close the browser session. Try commenting out the line with selenium.shutDownSeleniumServer();

Answer 2

I was getting the same error. I cleared my jar files and re-added them and the exception was gone.