Different Wait Methods in Selenium WebDriver

Different Wait Methods in Selenium WebDriver

Following are the different types of wait methods available in Selenium WebDriver:

Implicit Wait: 

WebDriver waits for a certain duration of time until all the elements on the page are loaded. This can be useful when certain elements on the webpage are not available immediately and need some time to load.

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

Explicit Wait:

WebDriver will wait for a specific element on the page until the given condition is satisfied. This can be useful if one of the element take longer time to load compared to other elements on the page.

 driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[text()='Sign Up Here']")).click();
       WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver,30);
       wait.until(ExpectedConditions.presenceOfElementLocated(By.id("firstName"))).sendKeys("qascript");

Wait<WebDriver> wait1 = new FluentWait<>(driver)
.withTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(30))
.pollingEvery(Duration.ofSeconds(5))
.ignoring(NoSuchElementException.class);
WebElement element = wait1.until(new Function<WebDriver, WebElement>() {
@Override
public WebElement apply(WebDriver driver) {
return driver.findElement(By.id("firstName"));
}});
element.sendKeys("qascript");

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

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