Can we run selenium tests without using Webdriver interface in your code?

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I tried to run Selenium test without using Webdriver interface in my code. the code is working as expected without any issues.

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C://Java learning//Selenium//Drivers//chromedriver.exe");

ChromeDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

driver.manage().window().maximize();

driver.manage().deleteAllCookies();

driver.manage().timeouts().pageLoadTimeout(40, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

driver.get("https://ui.freecrm.com/");

WebElement loginbtn = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[@class='ui fluid large blue submit button']"));

driver.executeScript("arguments[0].click()",loginbtn);

I am wondering how this worked fine without using Webdriver interface.I would like to know what is the difference between using webdriver and without using Webdriver ? I observed that FindElement method have return type as WebElement-Remotewebdriver. But when i used Webdriver interface,i observed that FindElement method have return type as WebElement-Webdriver. I would like to know if we do not use Webdriver, all the methods will be executed somewhere but not in local machine.

`ChromeDriver implements WebDriver`. Are you asking why you could use the more specific type? — chrylis -cautiouslyoptimistic-, May 15 '19 at 12:56
I would like to know what is the difference between using webdriver and without using Webdriver ? is there any impact on the tests ? — Bhaskar1234, May 15 '19 at 13:06
Your code will run the same either way, it's just better practice to use the more generic type. — Jonathan Sudiaman, May 15 '19 at 13:13

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 15 '19 at 12:56

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ChromeDriver implements the WebDriver interface, so you are using it.

I would suggest a read of this: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/IandI/index.html

answered May 15 '19 at 12:56

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