Why is my assertion that the element contains a certain String failing even though it is there?

Question

the assert at the end of the main method is failing, even though that string is contained within the element, at least according to the console write line i perform before the assert.

can anyone help me figure out why that assert is failing? I'm at my wit's end. Literally pulling my hair out.

And sorry if it's a mess, I am new to Java.

enum Item {
   DRILL(100.00, "a0Gf40000005CctEAE", "Drill"), ///
   WRENCH(15.00, "a0Gf40000005CcuEAE", "Wrench"), ///
   HAMMER(10.00, "a0Gf40000005CcvEAE", "Hammer"); ///

private final double _price;
private final String _itemID;
private final String _itemDisplayName;

Item(double price, String itemID, String itemDisplayName){
    this._price = price;
    this._itemID = itemID;
    this._itemDisplayName = itemDisplayName;
}

double getItemPrice() {
    return _price;  
}

String getItemID() {
    return _itemID;     
}

String getItemName() {
    return _itemDisplayName;            
}
}


public class TestCaseOne {

 static WebDriver driver;


public static void main(String[] args) {

    // TODO Auto-generated method stub


    System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "chromedriver.exe");
    //System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "geckodriver.exe");
    driver = new ChromeDriver();    

    driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

    Item testItem = Item.WRENCH;

    driver.get("http://test.com/WebOrderScreen");

    AddItem(testItem);
    ChangeItemQuantity(testItem, 3);        


    driver.findElement(By.xpath("//span[text()='Payment Information']")).click();                   

    WebElement itemLink =       driver.findElement(By.id("order-summary")).findElement(By.xpath(String.format(".//a[(@href='/%s')]", testItem.getItemID())));
    WebElement itemParentRow = itemLink.findElement(By.xpath("../../../.."));
    String text = itemParentRow.getText();
    System.out.println(text);

   Assert.assertTrue(itemParentRow.toString().contains(testItem.getItemName())); 

}


public static void AddItem(Item item) {

    //first find the link to the item we want
    WebElement itemLink = driver.findElement(By.xpath(String.format("//a[(@href='/%s')]", item.getItemID())));
    WebElement itemParentRow = itemLink.findElement(By.xpath("../../../.."));

    itemParentRow.findElement(By.tagName("i")).click(); //now that we found the parent row of the item we want, click the button to add it



    driver.findElement(By.id("shopping-cart")).findElement(By.xpath(String.format(".//a[(@href='/%s')]", item.getItemID())));
    System.out.println("Item ENUM found in shopping cart: " + item);

    ///for debugging 
    /*
    System.out.println(item.getItemID());
    System.out.println(item.getItemPrice());
    System.out.println(itemParentRow.getText());
    */




}


public static void ChangeItemQuantity(Item item, Integer quantity)  {


    WebElement itemLink =       driver.findElement(By.id("shopping-cart")).findElement(By.xpath(String.format(".//a[(@href='/%s')]", item.getItemID())));
    WebElement itemParentRow = itemLink.findElement(By.xpath("../../../../.."));


    //System.out.println("Old item count: " + itemParentRow.findElement((By.xpath(".//input[@inputmode='numeric']"))).getAttribute("value"));
    itemParentRow.findElement((By.xpath(".//input[@inputmode='numeric']"))).clear();
    itemParentRow.findElement((By.xpath(".//input[@inputmode='numeric']"))).sendKeys(quantity.toString());      
    //System.out.println("New item count: " + itemParentRow.findElement((By.xpath(".//input[@inputmode='numeric']"))).getAttribute("value"));

    WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 30);
    wait.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath("//div[@id='shopping-cart']//td[@class='nx-summary']")));

}

}

Answer 1

In the assertion you are calling toString() on WebElement , which returns something like:

[[[[[[ChromeDriver: chrome on LINUX (084b45f48be31410009e34b87903f54a)] ->     id: order-summary]] -> xpath: .//a[(@href='/a0Gf40000005CcuEAE')]]] -> xpath: ../../../..]

Just like Andy indicated, you should use itemParentRow.getText() .