While attempting to implement the page object model in Serenity BDD, I encountered a null pointer exception when declaring WebElementFacade in my page object.
Below is the code for my page object class:
package PageObjects;
import net.serenitybdd.core.annotations.findby.FindBy;
import net.serenitybdd.core.pages.WebElementFacade;
import net.thucydides.core.pages.PageObject;
public class LoginPage extends PageObject {
@FindBy(css ="#search_query_top") public WebElementFacade searchField;
public void login() {
open();
searchField.typeAndEnter("Blouse");
}
}
This is the step file associated with it:
public class Loginsteps {
LoginPage loginPage=new LoginPage();
@Step
public void DoLogin(){
loginPage.login();
}
}
Here is the test class I am working with:
@RunWith(SerenityRunner.class)
public class LoginTest {
@Steps
Loginsteps loginsteps;
@Title("Executing login test")
@Test
public void DoLoginTest(){
loginsteps.DoLogin();
}
}
The console log output includes the following error message:
DoLoginTest
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[main] INFO [driver information]
Starting ChromeDriver and more...
java.lang.NullPointerException at designated lines.
Error messages are displayed to assist...
Please help me pinpoint the root cause of this issue regarding the null pointer.</p>