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Bug 23950 - New status code "invalid argument"
Summary: New status code "invalid argument"
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Browser Test/Tools WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: WebDriver (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC Linux
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Andreas Tolfsen
QA Contact: Browser Testing and Tools WG
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Blocks: 20860
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Reported: 2013-12-02 12:05 UTC by Andreas Tolfsen
Modified: 2014-04-30 13:28 UTC (History)
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Description Andreas Tolfsen 2013-12-02 12:05:29 UTC 
Because we have commands that receive open-ended arguments there
should be a way for drivers to refuse performing a command because of
invalid or malformed arguments.  I suggest we call such a status code
“invalid argument”.

A good example of when this is needed is the setScreenOrientation
command which receives a string of either “PORTRAIT” or “LANDSCAPE”.
If the user sends something other than these strings the best a driver
can do right now is to pass a non-descriptive WebDriverException/500.
Comment 1 David Burns :automatedtester 2014-04-29 23:01:40 UTC 
Landed in https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webdriver/rev/c01d6518e4c1
Comment 2 Andreas Tolfsen 2014-04-30 13:28:56 UTC 
\o/