Re: [selenium-users] findElement(By.id()) vs findElementById() in FirefoxDriver

[Jon Valvano]

Have a look at the JavaDoc:

http://selenium.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/docs/api/java/org/openqa/selenium/ie/InternetExplorerDriver.html

http://selenium.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/docs/api/java/org/openqa/selenium/firefox/FirefoxDriver.html

http://selenium.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/docs/api/java/org/openqa/selenium/remote/RemoteWebDriver.html

Both of these methods are from the RemoteWebDriver class.

findElement(By.id()) requires you to created your own By.id instance.

findElementById(String) is a helper function that will generate the By.id instance for you.

It comes down to providing you with the flexibility to choose what you want to keep track of in your tests/framework.  

Do you want to track locators as Strings?

Do you want to track locators as By objects?

On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 8:13 AM, Shashank Shekhar Tiwari <shshank....@gmail.com> wrote:

findElement(By.id()) vs findElementById() in FirefoxDriver 
Why two methods for same purpose? Create an object of FirefoxDriver class. Both the methods are available on this object, purpose is same..Why so?

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[Jon Valvano]

"Both of these methods are from the RemoteWebDriver class."

I should have said, "Both of these methods are inherited through the RemoteWebDriver class.".