Selenium opens chrome browser not the web page - selenium-webdriver

Question

I'm trying to open a website in three browser using selenium grid. when i'm running my script,firefox and ie working fine.But chrome browser is opening with "data:," not with a URL.
Selenium Version 2.47
Chromedriver.exe 2.20
Chrome 46.0
Can any one tell me why?
#Parameters("browser")
#BeforeTest
public void launchapp(String browser) throws MalformedURLException
{
String URL = "http://www.tutorialspoint.com/selenium/selenium_grids.htm";
if (browser.equalsIgnoreCase("firefox"))
{
System.out.println(" Executing on FireFox");
String Node = "http://10.101.7.220:5555/wd/hub";
DesiredCapabilities cap = DesiredCapabilities.firefox();
cap.setBrowserName("firefox");
driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new URL(Node), cap);
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
// Launch website
driver.navigate().to(URL);
driver.manage().window().maximize();
}
else if (browser.equalsIgnoreCase("ie"))
{
System.out.println(" Executing on IE");
System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver","IEDriverServer.exe");
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities
.internetExplorer();
capabilities
.setCapability(
InternetExplorerDriver.INTRODUCE_FLAKINESS_BY_IGNORING_SECURITY_DOMAINS,
true);
capabilities.setCapability("ignoreZoomSetting", true);
capabilities.setCapability("nativeEvents", false);
//driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new URL(Node), capabilities);
driver= new InternetExplorerDriver(capabilities);
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
// Launch website
driver.navigate().to(URL);
driver.manage().window().maximize();
}
else if (browser.equalsIgnoreCase("chrome"))
{
System.out.println("Running Chrome");
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:\\Users\\mob150003576\\Downloads\\chromedriver.exe");
driver = new ChromeDriver();
}
else
{
throw new IllegalArgumentException("The Browser Type is Undefined");
}
}
#Test
public void sample()
{
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[text()=' Home']")).click();
}`

Answer 1

One thing I notice in your code is that you do not use RemoteWebDriver for running your IE or Chrome tests. The code can be simplified to read:
String URL = "http://www.tutorialspoint.com/selenium/selenium_grids.htm";
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "chromedriver.exe");
System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver", "IEDriverServer.exe");
DesiredCapabilities caps = null;
switch(browser){
case "chrome" : caps = DesiredCapabilities.chrome();
break;
case "firefox" : caps = DesiredCapabilities.firefox();
break;
case "ie" : caps = DesiredCapabilities.internetExplorer();
caps.setCapability(InternetExplorerDriver.INTRODUCE_FLAKINESS_BY_IGNORING_SECURITY_DOMAINS,true);
break;
}
driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new URL("grid string"), caps);
driver.navigate().to(URL);
driver.manage().window().maximize();
Please update the paths to browser driver as per your PC and add the specific capabilities you need.