Syntax error When do we use findElement() and findElements() in Selenium?

When do we use findElement() and findElements() in Selenium?

The methods findElements and findElement are used to identify elements on a webpage. While findElement can pinpoint only one element, the findElements method yields a list of matching web elements.

The return type of findElements is a list whereas the return type of findElement is a WebElement. If there is no matching element on the page, an exception is thrown by the findElement method. In this scenario, an empty list id returned by the findElements method.

A good example of findElements method usage is counting the total number of links or accessing each of links by iterating through the links.

Syntax

WebElement m = driver.findElement(By.linkText("Subject"));
List<WebElement> n =
driver.findElements(By.tagName("a"));

Example

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import java.util.List;
public class FindElmntsvsFindElement{
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver",
         "C:\Users\ghs6kor\Desktop\Java\chromedriver.exe");
      WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
      //implicit wait
      driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
      //URL launch
      driver.get("https://www.tutorialspoint.com/upsc_ias_exams.htm");
      //identify an element with tagname
      WebElement e = driver.findElement(By.tagName("h2"));
      String str = e.getText();
      System.out.println("Get text on element: " + str);
      //identify elements with anchor image
      List<WebElement> m = driver.findElements(By.tagName("img"));
      //count images
      int s = m.size();
      System.out.println("Number of images: " + s);
      driver.quit();
   }
}

Output

Updated on: 2021-04-06T10:25:44+05:30

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