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Explain the line of code WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
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The following are the points for understanding WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
- > WebDriver is an Interface in Selenium
- > FirefoxDriver is a Class in Selenium
- > In this statement, we have created an object for FirefoxDriver class using new keyword and assigned the created object to the reference variable of WebDriver interface.
To add more value to this question:
- > We should be using WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(); over FirefoxDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
- > The reason behind it is, we can create a reusable method for launching the desired browser by passing the browser name to the reusable method.
- – This is only possible when assign the objects of FirefoxDriver, ChromeDriver and InternetExplorerDriver to WebDriver interface.
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