ParseException met when using Watir with xpath, please help

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Hi all,
I'm new here, and I met some problem while I was using Watir gem to
automate my testcase.
I want to use Watir with xpath, coding like this:

require "watir"

@ie = Watir::IE.new
@ie.goto("www.g.cn")#google in china
@ie.text_field(:xpath,"//input[@name='q']").set 'test'

And there comes the following exceptions:
D:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/parsers/treeparser.rb:90:in `parse':
#<REXML::ParseException: Missing end tag for 'u' (got "a")
(REXML::ParseException)

Line:

Position:

Last 80 unconsumed characters:

<a class="gb3" style="COLOR: green! important" onclick="gbar.qs(this)"
href="ht>

D:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/parsers/baseparser.rb:320:in `pull'

D:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/parsers/treeparser.rb:21:in `parse'

D:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/document.rb:190:in `build'

D:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/document.rb:45:in `initialize'

D:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/ie-class.rb:713:in
`new'

D:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/ie-class.rb:713:in
`create_rexml_document_object'

D:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/ie-class.rb:693:in
`rexml_document_object'

D:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/ie-class.rb:897:in
`elements_by_xpath'

D:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/ie-class.rb:890:in
`element_by_xpath'

D:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/container.rb:730:in
`locate_input_element'

D:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/input_elements.rb:5:in
`locate'

D:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/element.rb:49:in
`assert_exists'

D:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/element.rb:284:in
`enabled?'

D:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/element.rb:56:in
`assert_enabled'

D:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/input_elements.rb:323:in
`set'

D:/zhilan/tbtest_trunk/tbautotest/product/mytest/new_main.rb:24

Then I changed to ebay site, everything went well.
Does this problem come out because there are double byte characters in
g.cn? Maybe it's a naive question, I've worked on this for sometime but
still no progress,really hope someone will have solutions to this. Many
thanks!

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We are now using a different xml parser for Watir (Nokigiri instead of
Rexml). You might want to build from trunk (master) or else wait for our
next release (which should be soon, but who knows?)

Bret

···

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 8:40 PM, Gong Jing <northnashi@hotmail.com> wrote:

Hi all,
I'm new here, and I met some problem while I was using Watir gem to
automate my testcase.
I want to use Watir with xpath, coding like this:

require "watir"

@ie = Watir::IE.new
@ie.goto("www.g.cn")#google in china
@ie.text_field(:xpath,"//input[@name='q']").set 'test'

And there comes the following exceptions:
D:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/parsers/treeparser.rb:90:in `parse':
#<REXML::ParseException: Missing end tag for 'u' (got "a")
(REXML::ParseException)

Line:

Position:

Last 80 unconsumed characters:

<a class="gb3" style="COLOR: green! important" onclick="gbar.qs(this)"
href="ht>

D:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/parsers/baseparser.rb:320:in `pull'

D:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/parsers/treeparser.rb:21:in `parse'

D:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/document.rb:190:in `build'

D:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/document.rb:45:in `initialize'

D:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/ie-class.rb:713:in
`new'

D:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/ie-class.rb:713:in
`create_rexml_document_object'

D:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/ie-class.rb:693:in
`rexml_document_object'

D:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/ie-class.rb:897:in
`elements_by_xpath'

D:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/ie-class.rb:890:in
`element_by_xpath'

D:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/container.rb:730:in
`locate_input_element'

D:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/input_elements.rb:5:in
`locate'

D:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/element.rb:49:in
`assert_exists'

D:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/element.rb:284:in
`enabled?'

D:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/element.rb:56:in
`assert_enabled'

D:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-1.6.2/lib/watir/input_elements.rb:323:in
`set'

D:/zhilan/tbtest_trunk/tbautotest/product/mytest/new_main.rb:24

Then I changed to ebay site, everything went well.
Does this problem come out because there are double byte characters in
g.cn? Maybe it's a naive question, I've worked on this for sometime but
still no progress,really hope someone will have solutions to this. Many
thanks!
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--
Bret Pettichord
Lead Developer, Watir, www.watir.com

Blog, www.io.com/~wazmo/blog
Twitter, www.twitter.com/bpettichord

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Thank you very much for your reply, maybe I would try Nokigiri(What does
this word stand for?), for further learning or more progress on my
automation...
nevertheless, how could I build from trunk as you just said?

Yours,
Jaqueline

Bret Pettichord wrote:

···

We are now using a different xml parser for Watir (Nokigiri instead of
Rexml). You might want to build from trunk (master) or else wait for our
next release (which should be soon, but who knows?)

Bret

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Hi Bret,

I just begin to try Nokogiri1.3.3 now, it works fine for g.cn :slight_smile:
bravo~~~. And it really speed up my scripts, hope the next release for
Watir will come soon :slight_smile:

Thanks,
Jacqueline

Bret Pettichord wrote:

···

We are now using a different xml parser for Watir (Nokigiri instead of
Rexml). You might want to build from trunk (master) or else wait for our
next release (which should be soon, but who knows?)

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Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/\.