Error StaleElementReferenceException with WebDriver

Question

I get a StaleElementReferenceException when I run my test: org.openqa.selenium.StaleElementReferenceException: Element is no longer attached to the DOM.

Is there a way to resolve that exception? This comes in Grid, in which has a ref XPath expression that is dynamic.

Answer 1

I faced this exact problem once before. I figured out the sol. Hope the same helps you. 
So, I created a class to handle all the state elements depending on their type, cssselector, id, etc and then just called it like I any other page object.

public void StaleElementHandleByID (String elementID){
int count = 0;
boolean clicked = false;
while (count < 4 || !clicked)
{
    try {
       WebElement yourSlipperyElement= driver.findElement(By.id(elementID));
       yourSlipperyElement.click(); 
       clicked = true;
     } catch (StaleElementReferenceException e){
       e.toString();
       System.out.println("Trying to recover from a stale element :" + e.getMessage());
       count = count+1;
     }     
}

My advise is to use this only on elements you know will be problematic for WebDriver.