How to retry some methods several seconds, and when timeout throw the method's exception rather than TimeoutException in selenium?

I want to make a select element to select an option. But the option may not exist when the page loaded. Because the options is loading from the database, API, or something that has response time.

Currently, I use selenium wait.until with boolean condition. To make a custom wait method.

My workaround:

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String exceptionMessage;

public void myCode() throws Exception {
        exceptionMessage = "";
        Integer sec = 10;
        WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(shared.getBrowser(), Duration.ofSeconds(sec));
        try {
            wait.until(new ExpectedCondition<Boolean>() {
                public Boolean apply(WebDriver d) {
                    try {
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                        CommonMethods.selectOption(element, optionText);
                        return true;
                    } catch (Exception e) {
                        exceptionMessage = e.getMessage();
                        return false;
                    }
                }
            });
        } catch (TimeoutException e) {
            throw new Exception("Timeout: [" + sec + "] seconds, Exception message: [" + exceptionMessage + "]");
        }
}

If timeout the result will be:

java.lang.Exception: Timeout: [10] seconds, Exception message: [element not visible: Element is not currently visible and may not be manipulated

Is there any selenium method for it? Or a better way?

WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver,30);
    wait.until(ExpectedConditions.presenceOfElementLocated(By.xpath(" xpath']")));        

Use unique Xpath to find the elements as there will some hidden elements.

If the above wait doesn't work, you can try the below as well:

new WebDriverWait(Driver,TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10)).Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementIsVisible("Yyour element path");

I don't think you need as much as you've got in there.

My c# is better than my java, but this is the sort of structure i would use.
I've run it in intellij and it seems to work - but i don't have your actions and site to test it.

@Test
    public void myCode() throws Exception {
        exceptionMessage = "";
        Integer sec = 10;
        WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, sec);
        try {
            wait.until((WebDriver dr) ->
            {
                    try {
                        //Your actions go here
                        //this one will always fail - comment it out to make it pass
                        dr.findElement(By.tagName("I will fail you!")).click();
                        return true;
                    } catch (Exception e) {
                        exceptionMessage = e.getMessage();
                        return false;
                    }

            });
        } catch (TimeoutException e) {
            throw new Exception("Timeout: [" + sec + "] seconds, Exception message: [" + exceptionMessage + "]");
        }
        System.out.println("The exception message is.... " + exceptionMessage);
    }

I've just thrown in an obvious failing element.

With this uncommented:

 dr.findElement(By.tagName("I will fail you!")).click();

It returns your timeout error catch line. I get:

> java.lang.Exception: Timeout: 1 seconds, Exception message: [no such
> element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"css
> selector","selector":"I\ will\ fail\ you!"} (Session info:
> chrome=84.0.4147.105)

With it commented out - it returns nothing in the exception message (therefore returned true, therefore returned pass):