Selenium 3.5.0-GeckoDriver : getPlatform() method and map.get("platform") method returns different results for Platform through geckodriver

[Debanjan-B]

getPlatform() method and map.get("platform") method returns different results for Platform through geckodriver.

cap.getPlatform().toString() returns Platform as XP while map.get("platform") returns Platform as ANY

System

• GeckoDriver Version: 0.18.0
• Platform: Windows8 Pro, 64 bit
• Firefox: Firefox: 55.0.2 (64-bit)
• Selenium: 3.5.0

Testcase

Minimum Code Block:

package demo;

import java.util.Map;

import org.openqa.selenium.Capabilities;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver;

public class WEBDRIVER_Platform
{
	public static void main(String[] args) 
	{
		String attribute = "platform";
		System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "C:\\Utility\\BrowserDrivers\\geckodriver.exe");
		WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
		Capabilities cap = ((RemoteWebDriver) driver).getCapabilities();
		System.out.println("Platform is : "+cap.getPlatform().toString());
		Map<String, ?> map = cap.asMap();
		Object value = map.get(attribute);
		System.out.println("Key : " + attribute + " Value :"+ value);
	}
}

Stacktrace

Console output:

Platform is : XP
Key : platform Value :ANY

[andreastt]

I think (?) this is a duplicate of #897

[Debanjan-B]

@andreastt Here is the detailed analysis for you:

The Capabilities Class returns a Map<String, ?> type of object which includes capabilities like platform, and platformName.

Issue #897 deals with the capability platformName which should have been windows but geckodriver is returning windows_nt which is altogether a separate Bug.

This issue tries to highlight the inconsistency regarding the platform parameter like, if we analyze the raw Map<String, ?> type of object returned by getCapabilities() method, the key platform returns a value ANY where as the direct wrapper method getPlatform() returns a value XP

Maybe, @AutomatedTester and @shs96c can help us with a more deeper analysis if both/any of them are wrong/correct.

[andreastt]

That sounds like a client API issue.

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