"java.lang.module.InvalidModuleDescriptorException: Provider class org.apache.bsf.BSFManager not in module" error with ChromeDriver Selenium

Question

I am using eclipse 09-2019 with jdk13 and selenium 3.0.1 .jar file.

My Code is:

package package1;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;

public class Script1
{
      public static void main(String[] args)
      {
          System.out.println("Hii");
          System.setProperty("Webdriver.chrome.driver","E:\\Selenium\\chromedriver.exe");
          WebDriver driver=new ChromeDriver();
          driver.get("http://www.google.com");
      }
}

Error:

java.lang.module.InvalidModuleDescriptorException: Provider class org.apache.bsf.BSFManager not in module

Answer 1

InvalidModuleDescriptorException

InvalidModuleDescriptorException is thrown when reading a module descriptor and the module descriptor is found to be malformed or otherwise cannot be interpreted as a module descriptor.

InvalidModuleDescriptorException can be raised in either of the following scenarios:

1. Issues with the Java project.
2. Issues with the Java package with in a Java project.
3. Issues with the Java class with in a Java package.

However, as per the discussion in Does Selenium v3.141 support Java 13? it seems the latest version of Selenium still doesn't supports java-13.

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Solution

The strategic solution will be to install the latest version of JDK 8u222 and execute the @Tests

Additionally, you also need to replace uppercap W with the lowercap w in the System.setProperty() line. So, effectively, you need to replace:

System.setProperty("Webdriver.chrome.driver","E:\\Selenium\\chromedriver.exe");

With

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","E:\\Selenium\\chromedriver.exe");

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Additional Consideration

Additionally, ensure that:

• Selenium is upgraded to current levels Version 3.141.59.
• ChromeDriver is updated to current ChromeDriver v79.0.3945.36 level.
• Chrome is updated to current Chrome Version 79.0 level. (as per ChromeDriver v79.0 release notes)