Passing Protractor ElementFinder to deferred.fulfill() results in a promise containing a null value

Question

I am calling deferred.fulfill() with a Protractor elementfinder as a parameter. When placing a breakpoint on the fulfill I can see that the elementfinder \"solutionElement\" is

Answer 1

I usually use the map, filter, action/assert pattern. It looks something like this:

element.all(locator).map(function(elm, index) {
  // Get the value you are interested in finding and return the element too.
  return {
    elm: elm,
    text: elm.getText(),
    index: index
  };
}).then(function(list) {
  // Find your text here. Otherwise fail.
  for(var i = 0; i<list.length; i++) {
    if(list[i].text === name) {
      return list[i].elm;
    }
  }
  throw new Error('Solution not found');
}).then(function(elm) {
  // Perform an action on the element you found.
  elm.click();
});

Map will fully resolve all the promises before the results are passed to the next then in the chain.