org.openqa.selenium
Class By

java.lang.Object
  org.openqa.selenium.By

public abstract class By
extends java.lang.Object

Mechanism used to locate elements within a document. In order to create your own locating mechanisms, it is possible to subclass this class and override the protected methods as required, though it is expected that that all subclasses rely on the basic finding mechanisms provided through static methods of this class: public WebElement findElement(WebDriver driver) { WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.id(getSelector())); if (element == null) element = driver.findElement(By.name(getSelector()); return element; }

Constructor Summary

By()

Method Summary

static By	className(java.lang.String className) Finds elements based on the value of the "class" attribute.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o)
WebElement	findElement(SearchContext context) Find a single element.
WebElement	findElement(WebDriver driver) Deprecated. use findElement(SearchContext) instead
abstract java.util.List<WebElement>	findElements(SearchContext context) Find many elements.
java.util.List<WebElement>	findElements(WebDriver driver) Deprecated. use findElements(SearchContext) instead
int	hashCode()
static By	id(java.lang.String id)
static By	linkText(java.lang.String linkText)
static By	name(java.lang.String name)
static By	partialLinkText(java.lang.String linkText)
static By	tagName(java.lang.String name)
static By	xpath(java.lang.String xpathExpression)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

By

public By()

Method Detail

id

public static By id(java.lang.String id)

Parameters:

id - The value of the "id" attribute to search for

Returns:

a By which locates elements by the value of the "id" attribute.

linkText

public static By linkText(java.lang.String linkText)

Parameters:

linkText - The exact text to match against

Returns:

a By which locates A elements by the exact text it displays

partialLinkText

public static By partialLinkText(java.lang.String linkText)

Parameters:

linkText - The text to match against

Returns:

a By which locates A elements that contain the given link text

name

public static By name(java.lang.String name)

Parameters:

name - The value of the "name" attribute to search for

Returns:

a By which locates elements by the value of the "name" attribute.

tagName

public static By tagName(java.lang.String name)

Parameters:

name - The element's tagName

Returns:

a By which locates elements by their tag name

xpath

public static By xpath(java.lang.String xpathExpression)

Parameters:

xpathExpression - The xpath to use

Returns:

a By which locates elements via XPath

className

public static By className(java.lang.String className)

Finds elements based on the value of the "class" attribute. If an element has many classes then this will match against each of them. For example if the value is "one two onone", then the following "className"s will match: "one" and "two"

Parameters:

className - The value of the "class" attribute to search for

Returns:

a By which locates elements by the value of the "class" attribute.

findElement

public WebElement findElement(SearchContext context)

Find a single element. Override this method if necessary.

Parameters:

context - A context to use to find the element

Returns:

The WebElement that matches the selector

findElements

public abstract java.util.List<WebElement> findElements(SearchContext context)

Find many elements.

Parameters:

context - A context to use to find the element

Returns:

A list of WebElements matching the selector

findElements

public java.util.List<WebElement> findElements(WebDriver driver)

Deprecated. use findElements(SearchContext) instead

Find many elements.

Parameters:

driver - A driver to use to find the element

Returns:

A list of WebElements matching the selector

findElement

public WebElement findElement(WebDriver driver)

Deprecated. use findElement(SearchContext) instead

Find a single element. Override this method if necessary.

Parameters:

driver - A driver to use to find the element

Returns:

The WebElement that matches the selector

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object