What are the differences between get() and navigate() method?

Question

What are the differences between get() and navigate() method?

Java Programming Object Oriented ProgrammingProgramming

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The differences between get() and navigate() methods are listed below.

sl.no.	get()	navigate()
1	It is responsible for loading the page and waits until the page has finished loading.	It is only responsible for redirecting the page and then returning immediately.
2	It cannot track the history of the browser.	It tracks the browser history and can perform back and forth in the browser.

Example

With get().

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.Keys;
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 LaunchBrw {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:\\Users\\ghs6kor\\Desktop\\Java\\chromedriver.exe");
      WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
      String url = "https://www.tutorialspoint.com/index.htm";
      driver.get(url);
      driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(12, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
      driver.close();
   }
}

Example

With navigate().

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.Keys;
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 BrowserNavigation {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:\\Users\\ghs6kor\\Desktop\\Java\\chromedriver.exe");
      WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
      String url = "https://www.tutorialspoint.com/index.htm";
      // new browser will launch and navigate to the URL
      driver.navigate().to(url);
      driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(12, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
      // refresh the current browser
      driver.navigate().refresh();
      //Using id tagname attribute combination for css expression
      driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("input[name=’search’]")). sendKeys("Selenium");
      //browser will go back to the previous page
      driver.navigate().back();
      //browser will go move to the next page
      driver.navigate().forward();
      driver.close();
   }
}

Debomita Bhattacharjee

Published on 10-Jun-2020 17:02:34

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