[Wtr-development] [JIRA] Commented: (WTR-343) watirspec: element_by_xpath should return Watir::Element objects

[Ethan (JIRA)]

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Ethan commented on WTR-343:
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I don't think that element_by_xpath / elements_by_xpath should be documented as watir API - they should be internal methods only. The API that should be used is container.element(:xpath, "some xpath"). 

> watirspec: element_by_xpath should return Watir::Element objects
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: WTR-343
>                 URL: http://jira.openqa.org/browse/WTR-343
>             Project: Watir
>          Issue Type: Sub-task
>          Components: HTML Controls
>    Affects Versions: 1.6.2
>         Environment: Watir::IE on WinXP
>            Reporter: Jari Bakken
>            Priority: Major
>             Fix For: Soon
>
>
> 5)
> WIN32OLERuntimeError in 'Browser#element_by_xpath finds submit buttons matching the given xpath'
> unknown property or method `exist?'
>     HRESULT error code:0x80020006
>       Unknown name.
> ./spec/watirspec/browser_spec.rb:201:
> 6)
> WIN32OLERuntimeError in 'Browser#element_by_xpath finds reset buttons matching the given xpath'
> unknown property or method `exist?'
>     HRESULT error code:0x80020006
>       Unknown name.
> ./spec/watirspec/browser_spec.rb:205:
> 7)
> WIN32OLERuntimeError in 'Browser#element_by_xpath finds image buttons matching the given xpath'
> unknown property or method `exist?'
>     HRESULT error code:0x80020006
>       Unknown name.
> ./spec/watirspec/browser_spec.rb:209:
> 8)
> WIN32OLERuntimeError in 'Browser#element_by_xpath finds the element matching the given xpath'
> unknown property or method `exist?'
>     HRESULT error code:0x80020006
>       Unknown name.
> ./spec/watirspec/browser_spec.rb:213:

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