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Vinod Pasi
Vinod Pasi

Reputation: 87

browser.driver.findElement VS browser.findElement

Can we use browser.findElement() method for non Angular application instead of using browser.driver.findElement() method?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 5355

Answers (2)

Ninja
Ninja

Reputation: 2098

I guess your question is for browser.driver.findElement vs browser.element

browser.driver.findElement method returns webElement which is the provided by webDriver(Selenium).
When you call browser.driver.findElement(locator), WebDriver immediately sends a command over to the browser asking it to locate the element. These WebElement provides actions methods which can be used to interact with browser.

browser.element method returns ElementFinder object which is provided by protractor.
Unlike WebElement when you call browser.element(locator), ElementFinders just store the locator information but won't ask browser to find element until an action method is called.
This is great for creating page objects, because we'll be able to reuse things which defined in setup (before a page may have been loaded).
All WebElement actions are wrapped and available on the ElementFinder, in addition to a couple other helper methods provided by protractor.

Also you can always access the underlying WebElement using element(locator).getWebElement(), but you should not need to as you can use browser.element(locator) method for non Angular application also.

Upvotes: 3

Dao Minh Dam
Dao Minh Dam

Reputation: 373

You only need to access the webdriver instance by using browser.driver:

browser.driver.findElement(by.css('[data-ptor="submit-btn"]'));

It can be even more elegant, in your config.js:

onPrepare: function() {
   global.dvr = browser.driver;
}

In your test:

dvr.findElement(by.css('[data-ptor="submit-btn"]'));

Protractor waits for Angular to finish its work, though you can tell it not to be that smart about your non-Angular app:

beforeEach(function() {
   return browser.ignoreSynchronization = true;
});

Upvotes: 1

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