Cannot invoke "org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver.getTitle()" in Page Object Class using Selenium and Page Factory

Question

Created base class:

public loginpage() {           
    PageFactory.initElements(driver,this);
}

Then page objects initialized:

public String GetTitle() {
    System.out.println("title111");
    return driver.getTitle();

Then created test case:

@Test
    public void title() {
    String a=   lp.GetTitle();
    System.out.println(a);
    }

Output:

java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver.getTitle()" because "this.driver" is null

Please let me know what's wrong.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 28 '21 at 12:48

To use the same browser created within the testcase or in the Browser Factory needs to be reused.

So within the Page Objects first you need to:

public LoginPage(WebDriver loginPageDriver) {
    this.driver=loginPageDriver;
}

and then:

public String GetTitle() {
    System.out.println("title111");
    return driver.getTitle();
}

References

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