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POHow to use xpath in Selenium RC with JavaScript?
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copied!<p>I am using Selenium RC with IE 6 and XPath locators are terribly slow. So I am trying to see if javascript-xpath actually speeds up things.</p> <p>But could not find enough/clear documentation on how to use native x- path libraries.</p> <p>I am doing the following:</p> <pre><code>protected void startSelenium (String testServer, String appName, String testInBrowser){ selenium = new DefaultSelenium("localhost", 4444, "*" +testInBrowser, testServer+ "/"+ appName + "/"); echo("selenium instance created:"+selenium.getClass()); selenium.start(); echo("selenium instance started..." + testServer + "/" + appName +"/"); selenium.runScript("lib/javascript-xpath-latest-cmp.js"); selenium.useXpathLibrary("javascript-xpath"); selenium.allowNativeXpath("true"); } </code></pre> <p>This results in speed improvement of XPath locator but the improvements are not consistent. On some runs the time taken for a locator is halved; while sometimes its randomly high.</p> <p>Am I missing any configuration step here? Would be great if someone who has had success with this could share their views and approach.</p> <p>Thanks, Nirmal </p> <p><b>Solution:</b></p> <pre><code>protected void startSelenium (String testServer, String appName, String testInBrowser){ selenium = new DefaultSelenium("localhost", 4444, "*" +testInBrowser, testServer+ "/"+ appName + "/"); echo("selenium instance created:"+selenium.getClass()); selenium.start(); echo("selenium instance started..." + testServer + "/" + appName +"/"); selenium.useXpathLibrary("javascript-xpath"); } </code></pre>

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