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What is IWebDriver and IWebElement?

IWebElement is a selenium class that represents an HTML element (body, table, tr, etc.) on a page in your selenium automation code. With the IWebElement instance, you can interact with an element and retrieve its attributes and properties. Some of the methods of this interface are:

• Click: Clicks this element.
• GetAttribute: Gets the value of the specified attribute for this element.
• FindElement: Finds the first IWebElement using the given method. (Inherited from IsearchContext.)
• SendKeys: Simulates typing text into the element.
• Clear: Clears the content of this element.
• Submit: Submits this element to the webserver.

The IWebDriver interface is the main interface for testing, representing an idealized web browser. The methods in this class fall into three categories:

• Control of the browser itself
• Selection of IWebElements
• Debugging aids

Some of the methods of this interface are:

• FindElement: Finds the first IWebElement using the given method.
• Close: Close the current window and quit the browser if it is the last open window.
• Navigate: Instructs the driver to navigate the browser to another location.