FindByUtils (Selenium POM Framework 1.0.9 API)

java.lang.Object
- uk.co.evoco.webdriver.utils.FindByUtils

```
public final class FindByUtils
extends Object
```
Utilities class providing support methods for locating elements in more dynamic ways than the standard out of the box location methods provided by Selenium

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

FindByUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static org.openqa.selenium.WebElement`	`byIdOrName(org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver webDriver, String idOrName)`	Finds elements by either the HTML name or id attribute using the given selector text
`static org.openqa.selenium.WebElement`	`multipleLocatorMatchGetDisplayed(org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver webDriver, org.openqa.selenium.By locator)`	Finds the first element that is displayed with given locator.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - FindByUtils
```
public FindByUtils()
```
- Method Detail
  - multipleLocatorMatchGetDisplayed
```
public static org.openqa.selenium.WebElement multipleLocatorMatchGetDisplayed(org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver webDriver,
                                                                              org.openqa.selenium.By locator)
                                                                       throws org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException
```
    Finds the first element that is displayed with given locator. Useful for instances where there are multiple elements on the DOM with the same locator and one (or more) of them are hidden (e.g. used in mobile layouts or hold a different z-index given some other element is present)
    
    Parameters:
    
    webDriver - active WebDriver instance
    
    locator - selector for target WebElement
    
    Returns:
    
    active WebElement, already located
    
    Throws:
    
    org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException
  - byIdOrName
```
public static org.openqa.selenium.WebElement byIdOrName(org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver webDriver,
                                                        String idOrName)
```
    Finds elements by either the HTML name or id attribute using the given selector text
    
    Parameters:
    
    webDriver - active WebDriver instance
    
    idOrName - the variable locator
    
    Returns:
    
    active WebElement, already located