First of all inorder to locate the web elements we need to open or fetch (open) a web page. We can do this
by
driver.get("http://www.google.com");
Web Elements:
Locating elements in WebDriver can be done on the WebDriver instance itself or on a WebElement. Each of the language bindings expose a “Find Element” and “Find Elements” method. The first returns a WebElement object otherwise it throws an exception. The latter returns a list of WebElements, it can return an empty list if no DOM elements match the query.
The “Find” methods take a locator or query object called “By”. “By” strategies are listed below.
By ID:
Ex:
Ex
by
driver.get("http://www.google.com");
Web Elements:
Locating elements in WebDriver can be done on the WebDriver instance itself or on a WebElement. Each of the language bindings expose a “Find Element” and “Find Elements” method. The first returns a WebElement object otherwise it throws an exception. The latter returns a list of WebElements, it can return an empty list if no DOM elements match the query.
The “Find” methods take a locator or query object called “By”. “By” strategies are listed below.
By ID:
Ex:
< span=""> id="coolestWidgetEvah">... <>
Using Java:
WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.id("coolestWidgetEvah"));
By Class Name:Ex:
< span=""> class="cheese">Cheddar <>
< span=""> class="cheese">Gouda <>
Using Java:
List<WebElement> cheeses = driver.findElements(By.className("cheese"));
By Tag Name:
The DOM Tag Name of the element.Ex
