Using selenium, I need to iterate over all iframes and their child iframes on the fly

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I need to iterate over all iframes and their child iframes on the fly as I want to perform some action on all the <img> tags. I am using selenium.

public class logic {

static WebDriver driver;
static List<WebElement> TotaliinnerFrames=null;

logic() 
{
    driver=new FirefoxDriver();
    driver.get("aaaa.html");
}

public static void main(String[] args) 
{
    logic log=new logic();
    find_parent_iFrame();
}

private static void find_parent_iFrame() 
{
    List<WebElement> TotaliFrames =  driver.findElements(By.tagName("iframe"));
    System.out.println("TotaliFrames\t"+TotaliFrames.size());

    for(WebElement frame:TotaliFrames)
    {
        System.out.println("calling main frame==============================>\t");
        findLandingPage(frame);
    }

    if(TotaliFrames.size()>0)
    {
        driver.switchTo().defaultContent();
    }
    else
    {
        List<WebElement> canvas = driver.findElements(By.tagName("canvas"));
        List<WebElement> img = driver.findElements(By.tagName("img"));
        List<WebElement> anchor = driver.findElements(By.tagName("a")); 
        if(canvas.size()>0)
        {
            System.out.println("inside canvas");

            for(WebElement canvTemp : canvas)
            {
                callClick(canvTemp);
            }
        }

        if(img.size()>0)
        {
            System.out.println("inside img");
            for(WebElement imge : img)
            {
                callClick(imge);
            }
        }

        if (anchor.size()>0)
        {
            System.out.println("inside anchor");
            for(WebElement anchorc : anchor)
            {
                callClick(anchorc);
            }
        }

    }
}

private static void findLandingPage(WebElement frame) 
{
    driver.switchTo().frame(frame);

    List<WebElement> canvas = driver.findElements(By.tagName("canvas"));
    List<WebElement> img = driver.findElements(By.tagName("img"));
    List<WebElement> anchor = driver.findElements(By.tagName("a")); 
    System.out.println("canvas\t"+canvas.size());
    System.out.println("img\t"+img.size());
    System.out.println("anchor\t"+anchor.size());

    if(canvas.size()>0)
    {
        System.out.println("inside canvas");

        for(WebElement canvTemp : canvas)
        {
            callClick(canvTemp);
        }
    }

    if(img.size()>0)
    {
        System.out.println("inside img");
        for(WebElement imge : img)
        {
            callClick(imge);
        }
    }

    if(anchor.size()>0)
    {
        System.out.println("inside anchor");
        for(WebElement anchorc : anchor)
        {
            callClick(anchorc);
        }
    }

    TotaliinnerFrames = driver.findElements(By.tagName("iframe"));
    System.out.println("TotaliinnerFrames\t"+TotaliinnerFrames.size());
    int innerframesize=TotaliinnerFrames.size();
    if(innerframesize>0)
    {
        System.out.println("TotaliinnerFrames\t"+innerframesize);
        for(WebElement inframe:TotaliinnerFrames)
        {
            System.out.println("calling inner recursive\t");
            findLandingPage(inframe);
        }
        TotaliinnerFrames.clear();
    }
    else
    {
        driver.switchTo().defaultContent();
    }
}

private static void callClick(WebElement canvTemp) 
{
    try
    {
        canvTemp.click();
    }
    catch(Exception e)
    {
        System.out.println("Exception unable to click");
    }
}

}

I need to Iterate over all iframe and its child iframe on the fly i want all tags and perform some action. using selenium.

Have you tried anything? If yes then what were the issues/error you faced? — user2004685, Feb 01 '16 at 12:39
I've updated the code am getting stale element exception please suggest me... — Maniraj Mkr, Feb 01 '16 at 12:41
Please edit you question and put whatever you have tried with your findings. — user2004685, Feb 01 '16 at 12:42

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:27

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You can't hold references to WebElements across page loads (e.g. initiated by clicks), as they are only valid on their own page. They're not just any old Java object. You will get StaleElementReferenceException as you've seen.

Work page by page, not across multiple pages.

Edit: here's an even better explanation.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:27

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answered Feb 01 '16 at 13:12

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Using selenium, I need to iterate over all iframes and their child iframes on the fly

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