I m Getting error as soon as I Initialize driver new ChromeDriver

Question

below is my code.

package com.salesforce.pageobject;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;

import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;

import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;

public class BaseClass {

// public String url =

// public String username =

// public String password =

public static WebDriver driver;

@BeforeClass

public void setup()

{

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver",System.getProperty("user.dir")+"//Drivers//chromedriver.exe");

    driver = new ChromeDriver();

}

I'm getting error at very first line (package com.salesforce.pageobject;) and driver = new ChromeDriver();

when I initiaize WebDriver means when I write driver = new ChromeDriver();

Error that I get at package com.salesforce.pageobject; is below

(The type org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver cannot be resolved. It is indirectly referenced from required .class files)

for driver = new ChromeDriver(); it's Type mismatch: cannot convert from ChromeDriver to WebDriver

Answer 1

Hi Prajwal, this type of error occurs when you have added the external jars in the ModulePath. To resolve this issue, you can remove the external jars from the node "Modulepath". Select the node "Classpath" then add the external jars. Review that all the jars are under the node "Classpath"

Hope this helps!

Check out selenium online training for more!

Comments

Hi @KK, thank you for your contribution to the Edureka Community.

Register/Sign up on the community to gain points for further contributions. You may ask questions, answer, upvote, and downvote an answer. Each of these would fetch you points and you could be among the top contributors and win exciting merchandise from Edureka.

Cheers!

---

Thank u for the quick fix idea...it was really help full.

---

Great Help this worked for me

I have

Eclipse Version: 2020-09 (4.17.0)

java version "15.0.1" 2020-10-20

Selenium WebDriver: v3.141.59

---

excellent for me .... fixed the issue

---

You save my day. error resloved

Answer 2

If still getting the error "WebDriver cannot be resolved", after adding jar files to class path, go to Project -> Properties -> Java Compiler -> Change compiler level to 1.7 or so in Eclipse. This will resolve the errors.

Comments

Thanks heaps...It worked..hurray....was scratching my head off since last night...Thanks once again :)

---

Hi @Nishi, thank you for your contribution to the Edureka Community.

Register/Sign up on the community to gain points for further contributions. You may ask questions, answer, upvote, and downvote an answer. Each of these would fetch you points and you could be among the top contributors and win exciting merchandise from Edureka.

Cheers!

---

Hi, This worked for me, thank you so much

But didnt understand the new package restriction issue?

---

Hey @Sowmya Anakamahadeva, there might be some dependency/compatibility issues with the old package. Hence upgrading it to new package would help.

---

Great Help this worked for me

I have

Eclipse Version: 2020-09 (4.17.0)

java version "15.0.1" 2020-10-20

Selenium WebDriver: v3.141.59

---

Thanks..It also resolve my problem.It was same of compiler level