Selenium WebDriver’s Drivers

Selenium WebDriver’s driver (i.e. browser driver) is required to make a direct calls to the browser using browser’s native support for automation.

In selenium, FirefoxDriver, InternetExplorerDriver, ChromeDriver and HtmlUnitDriver is a class which implements WebDriver interface.

Selenium WebDriver’s Driver For Different Browsers

1. Firefox Driver: Let’s see how to create Firefox browser’s driver object -

• WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();

2. Chrome Driver: Let’s see how to create Chrome browser’s driver object -

• WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

3. Internet Explorer Driver: Let’s see how to create Internet Explorer browser’s driver object -

• WebDriver driver = new InternetExplorerDriver();

4. HtmlUnit Driver: Let’s see how to create HtmlUnit browser’s driver object -

• WebDriver driver = new HtmlUnitDriver();

Selenium WebDriver’s Driver Example

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
 
public class SeleniumDriver {
 
    public static void main(String[] args) {
 
        // Create object of the Firefox driver
        WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
 
        // Open Google       
        driver.get("http://www.google.com");
 
        // Find the text input element by its name
        WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.name("q"));
 
        // Enter text to search for
        element.sendKeys("Selenium!");
 
    }
}