Smart Selenium

When working with Selenium, it's common to run into these unbearable problems:

• WebElement#click throws ElementClickInterceptedException for no apparent reason.
• It's impossible to keep elements in memory because they're tied to the current page - causing StaleElementReferenceException.

While some can be resolved using a util class, others require an ugly architectural refactor on your end.
This library ends the misery by changing 1 line of your code.

Usage

All you need to do is create your WebDriver like this:

WebDriver driver = WebDriverFactory.smartify(yourWebDriver);

and suddenly this is possible:

driver.get("www.website.com");
WebElement element = driver.findElement(someLocator);
driver.get("www.anotherWebsite.com");
        
//without the library -> throws StaleElementReferenceException
System.out.println(element.getText());

Behind the scenes

The library wraps WebDriver methods that produce WebElement objects with smart wrappers - so your code doesn't change!
The elements package contains the juice.

Import

Maven:

<repository>
    <id>jitpack.io</id>
    <url>https://jitpack.io</url>
</repository>

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.github.DavidTheExplorer</groupId>
    <artifactId>Smart-Selenium</artifactId>
    <version>[latest-version]</version>
</dependency>