java - How to verify presence of a text in a row. (Assert vs Verify) -

my application creates new row in table whenever new case added in application. row has few columns , content of column can similar of other columns. need find if "text" present in row. below code:

@test (priority = 2) public void savestatus() {     webelement element = driver.findelement(by.partiallinktext("case listing")); //to find 'case listing' button on dashboard      actions action = new actions (driver);     action.movetoelement(element); //move mouse , hover 'case listing' button      action.click().build().perform(); //click on 'case listing' button     list<webelement> newcase = driver.findelements(by.xpath("//*[@id='caselist']/tbody/tr[1]"));//find new case saved in caselist     string casestatus = ((webelement) newcase).gettext();     if (casestatus.contains("draft")){     assert.asserttrue(istextpresent("draft"));     }     system.out.println("test case 3 --> case status draft"); 

i need verify presence of text "draft" in row. text appear in 4 column. other rows can have similar text hence don't want use getpagesource().contains. error i'm getting:

java.util.arraylist cannot cast org.openqa.selenium.webelement

issue occuring @ below line, using gettext() webelements. applicable type webelement.

string casestatus = ((webelement) newcase).gettext(); 

you need use loop loop through webelements in list , verify text.

example:assuming id of table caselist

    webelement table_element = driver.findelement(by.id("caselist"));     list<webelement> tr_collection=table_element.findelements(by.xpath("//*[@id='caselist']/tbody/tr"));      system.out.println("number of rows in table = "+tr_collection.size());     int row_num,col_num;     row_num=1;     for(webelement trelement : tr_collection)     {         list<webelement> td_collection=trelement.findelements(by.xpath("td"));         system.out.println("number of columns="+td_collection.size());         col_num=1;         for(webelement tdelement : td_collection)         {             system.out.println("row # "+row_num+", col # "+col_num+ "text="+tdelement.gettext());             col_num++;         }         row_num++;     }  

you can write verify step above or below of syso statement.

 system.out.println("row # "+row_num+", col # "+col_num+ "text="+tdelement.gettext());    if (tdelement.gettext().contains("draft")){     //   }