How to use

getValue

method

in

org.openqa.selenium.WebElement

 WebElement selectDistributor = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//html/body/div[3]/div[2]/div/div/form/div[3]/div/div/div/div/div[5]/div/div/div/select/option")).sendKeys(dis);

//this is an example without seeing the HTML code
Assert.assertEquals("Expecting my distributor to be John", selectDistributor.getValue("john");

public String getValue() {
  return element.getValue();
}

public String getValue() {
  return element.getValue();
}

  protected boolean shouldAdd(WebElement element, String filterValue) {
    String value = element.getValue();
    return filterValue.equals(value);
  }
}

  public String apply(@Nullable final WebElement from)
  {
    return from.getValue();
  }
};

@Override
public boolean matchesSafely(WebElement item) {
  return item.getValue().equals(value);
}

@Override
public boolean matchesSafely(WebElement item) {
  return item.getValue().equals(value);
}

  protected boolean selectOption(WebElement option, String selectThis) {
    return selectThis.equals(option.getValue());
  }
}

 String[] act = new String[allOptions.length];
int i = 0;
for (WebElement option : allOptions) {
  act[i++] = option.getValue();
}

List<String> expected = Arrays.asList(exp);
List<String> actual = Arrays.asList(act);

Assert.assertNotNull(expected);
Assert.assertNotNull(actual);
Assert.assertTrue(expected.containsAll(actual));
Assert.assertTrue(expected.size() == actual.size());

/**
 * Gets the (whitespace-trimmed) value of an input field (or anything else with a value parameter).
 * For checkbox/radio elements, the value will be "on" or "off" depending on
 * whether the element is checked or not.
 *
 * @param locator an <a href="#locators">element locator</a>
 * @return the element value, or "on/off" for checkbox/radio elements
 */
public String getValue(String locator) {
 return findElement(locator).getValue();
}

public String value()
{
  return waitForWebElement().getValue();
}

private String[] findSelectedOptionProperties(String selectLocator, String property) {
 List<WebElement> options = getOptions(selectLocator);
 List<String> selectedOptions = new ArrayList<String>();
 for (WebElement option : options) {
  if (option.isSelected()) {
   if ("text".equals(property)) {
    selectedOptions.add(option.getText());
   } else if ("value".equals(property)) {
    selectedOptions.add(option.getValue());
   } else {
    String propVal = option.getAttribute(property);
    if (propVal != null)
     selectedOptions.add(propVal);
   }
  }
 }
 if (selectedOptions.size() == 0)
  throw new SeleniumException("No option selected");
 return selectedOptions.toArray(new String[selectedOptions.size()]);
}

public ResultType call() throws Exception {
 response = newResponse();
 response.setValue(getElement().getValue());
 return ResultType.SUCCESS;
}

public ResultType call() throws Exception {
 response = newResponse();
 response.setValue(getElement().getValue());
 return ResultType.SUCCESS;
}