Type mismatch: cannot convert from element type Object to WebElement

Question

I am getting error"Type mismatch: cannot convert from element type Object to WebElement" when tried to run a java file to check broken images on webpage.

My Code :

 List elementList = new ArrayList(); 
 elementlist = driver.findElements(By.tagName("a")); 
 elementlist.addAll(driver.findElements(By.tagName("img"))); 
 List finalList = new ArrayList(); 
 for (WebElement element : elementlist)
 { 
 if(element.getAttribute("href") != null) 
 { 
 finalList.add(element); 
 } 
 } 

please help to solve it out. below is the complete code.

• FDM: Please add more code, like the declaration of the list and which objects are put in it.
• Rajesh Rathod: Hi Frederik Thanks for response please check below code List elementList = new ArrayList(); elementlist = driver.findElements(By.tagName("a")); elementlist.addAll(driver.findElements(By.tagName("img"))); List finalList = new ArrayList(); for (WebElement element : elementlist) { if(element.getAttribute("href") != null) { finalList.add(element); } }
• Helping Hands: Share your code by updating your question please.
• Helping Hands: User for loop like : Object element : elementList.toArray()

Answer 1

The problem is that you are not declaring your Lists correctly. You need to specify the type of object they should contain. In this case they need to be List<WebElement> and not just List.

 List<WebElement> elementList = new ArrayList(); 
 elementlist = driver.findElements(By.tagName("a")); 
 elementlist.addAll(driver.findElements(By.tagName("img"))); 
 List<WebElement> finalList = new ArrayList(); 
 for (WebElement element : elementlist)
 { 
 if(element.getAttribute("href") != null) 
 { 
 finalList.add(element); 
 } 
 }