Just in case you need to assert that a WebElement doesn’t exist, here’s a code snippet that you can use.
Java
public int isElementPresent(String xpath) { return driver.findElements(By.xpath(xpath)).size(); }
Cucumber
@Then("^I expect to see the link On the page$") public void iExpectToSeeTheLinkOnThePage() { assertTrue(demoPage.isElementPresent() > 1); }