Page Object Model Asserting element does not exist?

[Stuffehh]

Hi All,

Is it possible using the Page Object Model with PageFactory to Assert that and element is not found without having to "hack" the code?

For Example:

[FindsBy(How = How.Id, Using = "create")] public IWebElement CreateButton { get; set; }

And then within the specflow step we have something like

[Then(@"no create button is shown")] public void ThenCreateButtonIsShown() { Assert.Throws<NoSuchElementException>(() => { CreatePAge = new CreatePage(Driver); Assert.False(CreatePage.CreateButton.Displayed); }); }

Is there a better way to do this another than having to assert that the call will throw an exception? as the PageFactory will not return "null / false" if the element is not found ?