Run a test using selenium webdriver

Question

I am a newbie to selenium web driver.I have a test written in java which is to be tested using Selenium web driver. I ran the test class as a java application.I wrote the following snippet of code to obtain the instance of the ChromeDriver. I get the following message for the following code snippet.

    @Override
    public WebDriver get() {
        log.info("Creating Chrome driver");
        try {
            return new ChromeDriver(buildCapabilities());
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw new ExceptionInInitializerError(e);
        }
    }

Also have the path to the ChromeDriver set

private static final String CHROME_DRIVER = "chromedriver.exe"; URL chromeDriverUrl = getClass().getResource("/" + CHROME_DRIVER); String pathToChromeDriver = chromeDriverUrl.getPath(); System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", pathToChromeDriver);

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Do not understand as to why the following message is displayed on the return new ChromeDriver(buildCapabilities()) line of code.

Answer 1

to use chrome driver you need to download chrome driver from here

and then use the chrome driver by

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:/Users/Hussain/Desktop/selenium-2.30.0/chromedriver.exe");
        WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

Answer 2

Well, for starters, ChromeDriver (and FireFox driver) are both RemoteWebDrivers, not WebDrivers. Those types are not compatible. As for why you're getting a firefox driver instead of a chrome one, I'm guessing that your either your buildCapabilities() function or your remote grid is returning a firefox driver.

Answer 3

Very simple change. Reimporting my project into the IntelliJ evironment fixed the problem.