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This method accepts webelement as parameter and returns absolute XPath string.
public static String getAbsoluteXPath(WebElement element){
return (String) ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript(
"function absoluteXPath(element) {"+
"var comp, comps = [];"+
"var parent = null;"+
"var xpath = '';"+
"var getPos = function(element) {"+
"var position = 1, curNode;"+
"if (element.nodeType == Node.ATTRIBUTE_NODE) {"+
"return null;"+
"}"+
"for (curNode = element.previousSibling; curNode; curNode = curNode.previousSibling) {"+
"if (curNode.nodeName == element.nodeName) {"+
"++position;"+
"}"+
"}"+
"return position;"+
"};"+
"if (element instanceof Document) {"+
"return '/';"+
"}"+
"for (; element && !(element instanceof Document); element = element.nodeType == Node.ATTRIBUTE_NODE ? element.ownerElement : element.parentNode) {"+
"comp = comps[comps.length] = {};"+
"switch (element.nodeType) {"+
"case Node.TEXT_NODE:"+
"comp.name = 'text()';"+
"break;"+
"case Node.ATTRIBUTE_NODE:"+
"comp.name = '@' + element.nodeName;"+
"break;"+
"case Node.PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE:"+
"comp.name = 'processing-instruction()';"+
"break;"+
"case Node.COMMENT_NODE:"+
"comp.name = 'comment()';"+
"break;"+
"case Node.ELEMENT_NODE:"+
"comp.name = element.nodeName;"+
"break;"+
"}"+
"comp.position = getPos(element);"+
"}"+
"for (var i = comps.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {"+
"comp = comps[i];"+
"xpath += '/' + comp.name.toLowerCase();"+
"if (comp.position !== null) {"+
"xpath += '[' + comp.position + ']';"+
"}"+
"}"+
"return xpath;"+
"} return absoluteXPath(arguments[0]);", element);
}
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