Hello All,

In this article I will explain you step-by-step process of how to run Selenium RC application in Java. Before we start writing the script you need to make you have the following installed on you computer.

1. Java JDK – you can download the latest from http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

2. Selenium RC – you can download this from https://sourceforge.net/projects/selenium-rc/

3. Selenium IDE – it is a firefox plugin and you can download this from http://seleniumhq.org/download/

4. Junit – you can download this from https://sourceforge.net/projects/junit/files/junit/ – download junit4.7.zip

Install JDK in the following location.

C:\Program Files\Java\

Selenium RC unzip the file and save the files is the following location: C:\selenium-remote-control-1.0-SNAPSHOT

In the folder C:\selenium-remote-control-1.0-SNAPSHOT you will have the following folders:

1. selenium-dotnet-client-driver-1.0-SNAPSHOT

2. selenium-java-client-driver-1.0-SNAPSHOT

3. selenium-perl-client-driver-1.0-SNAPSHOT

4. selenium-php-client-driver-1.0-SNAPSHOT

5. selenium-python-client-driver-1.0-SNAPSHOT

6. selenium-ruby-client-driver-1.0-SNAPSHOT

7. selenium-server-1.0-SNAPSHOT

We will need the selenium-java-client-driver-1.0-SNAPSHOT and selenium-server-1.0-SNAPSHOT for running Selenium RC application in Java

Unzip Junit and save the files in the following location: C:\junit

In the folder c:\junit will have the folder junit4.7

Create a folder c:\selenium\tests to save all the scripts

Now that you have all the required software open selenium ide on your firefox browser and record a simple google search.

Your Selenium IDE screen should look this http://clearspace.openqa.org/servlet/JiveServlet/previewBody/1431-102-1-1174/GoogleSearch.jpg

<tr>
<td>open</td>
<td>/firefox?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>type</td>
<td>sf</td>
<td>Selenium IDE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>clickAndWait</td>
<td>btnG</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>verifyTextPresent</td>
<td>Selenium IDE</td>
<td></td>
</tr>

Now export test case save as Java(Junit) – Selenium RC
File-> Export Test Case as..-> Java (Junit) – Selenium RC
Check the link File-> Export Test Case as..-> Java (Junit) – Selenium RC
Save the file as GoogleSearch.java in the folder c:\selenium\tests
Go to c:\selenium\tests folder
You will see GoogleSearch.java
Your GoogleSearch.java should look some thing

package com.example.tests;
import com.thoughtworks.selenium.*;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
public class simplesearch extends SeleneseTestCase {
public void setUp() throws Exception {
setUp("http://www.google.com.au/", "*chrome");
}
public void testSimplesearch() throws Exception {
selenium.open("/firefox?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official");
selenium.type("sf", "Selenium IDE");
selenium.click("btnG");
selenium.waitForPageToLoad("30000");
verifyTrue(selenium.isTextPresent("Selenium IDE"));
}
}

Now go to command prompt

Go to the folder c:\selenium\tests

Type the following command and press enter

set
CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;C:\junit\junit4.7\junit4.7\junit-4.7.jar;C:\selenium-remote-control-1.0-SNAPSHOT\selenium-java-client-driver-1.0-SNAPSHOT\selenium-java-client-driver.jar;C:\selenium-remote-control-1.0-SNAPSHOT\selenium-server-1.0-SNAPSHOT\selenium-server.jar;C:\Program
Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_16\bin\javac.jar;C:\Program
Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_16\lib\tools.jar;

You are have sucessfully set the classpath
Now type the following command and press enter
path=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_16\bin\

You will have to now change the GoogleSearch.java file for it to get complied

//package com.example.tests;

import com.thoughtworks.selenium.*;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
import junit.framework.*; //added
public class GoogleSearch extends SeleneseTestCase {
public void setUp() throws Exception {
setUp("http://www.google.com.au/", "*chrome");

}
public void testSimplesearch() throws Exception {
selenium.setTimeout("1000000");
// this is used when you get the error message
thoughtworks.selenium.SeleniumException: Timed out after 30000ms

selenium.open("/");
selenium.type("sf", "Selenium IDE");
selenium.click("btnG");
selenium.waitForPageToLoad("30000");
verifyTrue(selenium.isTextPresent("Selenium IDE"));
}
public static Test suite() {
//method added
return new TestSuite(GoogleSearch.class);
}
public void tearDown(){
//Added . Will be called when the test will complete
selenium.stop();
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
// Added. Execution will started from here.
junit.textui.TestRunner.run(suite());
}
}

After making changes to the GoogleSearch.java save the file.
Now lets compile the java file
In your cmd prompt execute the following command
javac GoogleSreach.java
c:\selenium\tests\javac GoogleSreach.java
Your class file will be saved in c:\selenium\tests\
Run the TestCase
Now before you run the test cases you need to start the Selenium server. To start the server go to the command prompt and run the following command
java -jar C:\selenium-remote-control-1.0-SNAPSHOT\selenium-server-1.0-SNAPSHOT\selenium-server.jar -interactive
In the other command prompt (c:\selenium\tests\) and type the following command
java GoogleSearch

If the test passes you will get the following result.
Time: 102.172
OK (1 test)

It lot of cases you will have more than one test script to run; here is an example of how to run more than one script using a batch file and saving the Test Results

To create a batch file open notepad and type the following text:

cd\
set
CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;C:\junit\junit4.7\junit4.7\junit-4.7.jar;C:\selenium-remote-control-1.0-SNAPSHOT\selenium-java-client-driver-1.0-SNAPSHOT\selenium-java-client-driver.jar;C:\selenium-remote-control-1.0-SNAPSHOT\selenium-server-1.0-SNAPSHOT\selenium-server.jar;C:\Program
Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_16\bin;C:\Program
Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_16\lib\tools.jar;
path=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_16\bin\
cd C:\selenium\Tests
java GoogleSearch >c:\TestResults.txt
java GoogleSrearch1 >>c:\TestResults.txt

In this there are two scripts that I am running GoogleSearch and GoogleSearch1. I am saving the results in  TestResults.txt. >> will append the TestResults.txt file and you will not lose the old test results. Once executed the TestResults.txt will have all the test results.

The most common errors that you will encounter are:

java:3: package com.thoughtworks.selenium does not exist

import com.thoughtworks.selenium.*;

package junit.framework does not exist

import junit.framework.*; //added

GoogleSearch.java:14: cannot find symbol

symbol  : variable selenium

location: class GoogleSearch
selenium.type(“q”, “selenium IDE”);

The solution for the errors are

set
CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;C:\junit\junit4.7\junit4.7\junit-4.7.jar;C:\selenium-remote-control-1.0-SNAPSHOT\selenium-java-client-driver-1.0-SNAPSHOT\selenium-java-client-driver.jar;C:\selenium-remote-control-1.0-SNAPSHOT\selenium-server-1.0-SNAPSHOT\selenium-server.jar;C:\Program
Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_16\bin;C:\Program
Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_16\lib\tools.jar;

C:\selenium\Tests>java googlesearch
Exception in thread “main” java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: googlesearch
The issue can be resolved by typing java GoogleSearch
Always make sure you have set the JDK path correctly path=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_16\bin\

Cheers

Pavandeep Puddupakkam