In this
article, we will learn about the various interface present in the Selenium and
will look into the details about the various methods present in the WebElement
Interface.
First, let's
look into the various interface present in the selenium.
In SELENIUM we
have a total of 13 interfaces. All these interfaces have abstract and
non-static methods. The following are the interfaces of the
SELENIUM webdriver.
1.
SearchContext
2.
WebDriver
3.
TakesScreenshot
4. JavascriptExecutor
5.
Navigation
6.
OutputType
7.
WebElement
8.
TargetLocator
9. Alert
10.
Action
11.
ExpectedConditions
12.
Options
13.
Timeouts
Now let's look
into the details about the various methods present in the WebElement
Interface.
1.
Clear()
·
It
is a method present in the WebElement interface.
·
It
is used to clear any value which is present in any element (e.g. text box, text
area, etc). It returns nothing, it is void.
2.
click()
A method
of WebElement interface which is used to click on any element.
It doesn’t return anything, it is void.
3.
getAttribute()
·
It
is used to get the value of the attribute in the form of string.
· As an argument to this method, we pass the attribute name in the form of string.
· As an argument to this method, we pass the attribute name in the form of string.
· When
we pass an attribute name which is not present in the HTML source code of an
element as an argument to this method, it returns an empty string (“ ”).
4.
getCssValue()
A method of
WebElement interface. It returns the value of the specified style-related attribute in the form of a string and the return type of this method is
String.
5. getLocation()
·
getLocation() is a method present in WebElement interface.
·
It
returns an instance of Point class.
·
Point class has few non-static methods
like getX() and getY().
1. getX() method
returns the coordinate of an element.
2. getY() method
returns the y coordinate of an element.
6.
getRect()
·
It
is a method of webelement interface which is used to get the x and y
coordinates of elements and also to find the height and width of an element.
·
it
has few methods like getPoint() and getDimension().
·
getPoint()
method returns the instance of Point class. int eleXcor =
eleObj.getRect().getPoint().getX();
·
getDimension()
method returns the instance of Dimension class. int eleXcor =
eleObj.getRect().getDimension().getWidth();
7.
getSize()
·
getSize() is a method present in WebElement interface.
·
It
returns an instance of Dimension class.
·
Dimension
class has few non static methods like getHeight() and getWidth().
a. getHeight() method
returns the height of an element.
b. getWidth() method
returns the width of an element.
8. getTagName()
It is used to
get the tag name of an element. It doesn’t accept any argument.
9. getText()
·
It
is used to get the text present in an element. It doesn’t accept any
argument.
·
When
there is no text present in the HTML source code of an element and we are
using the getText() method to retrieve the text of an element,
it returns an empty string.
10. isDisplayed()
·
isDisplayed() is a method present in the
WebElement interface.
·
It
checks whether an element is present or not on the webpage.
·
If
the element is present on the webpage, it returns true and if the element is
not present on the webpage, it returns false.
11. isEnabled()
·
isEnabled() is a method present in WebElement interface.
·
It
checks whether an element is enabled or not on the webpage.
·
If
the element is enabled on the webpage, it returns true and
if the element is disabled on the webpage, it returns false.
12. isSelected()
·
isSelected() is a method present in WebElement interface.
·
It
checks whether an element is selected or not on the webpage.
·
If
the element is selected on the webpage, it returns true and if the element is not selected on the webpage, it returns false.
13. sendKeys()
A method of
WebElement interface which is used to enter a value into a text box or a text
area. It returns nothing, it is void.
14. submit()
We can use the
submit method to click on an element if the element is present inside a
form(tag) and the HTML source code of the element has an attribute called type
= “submit”. When both the conditions satisfied we use the submit()
method.
e.g.
<form>
<input
type="submit">
</form>
