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Listening for a WebElement search event

This event is triggered when the WebDriver searches for a WebElement on the web page using findElement() or findElements(). There are, again, two methods associated with this event:

public void beforeFindBy(By by, WebElement element, WebDriver driver)

The preceding method is invoked just before WebDriver begins searching for a particular WebElement on the page. For parameters, it sends the locating mechanism, that is, the WebElement that is searched for, and the WebDriver instance that is performing the search:

public void afterFindBy(By by, WebElement element, WebDriver driver)

Similarly, the EventFiringWebDriver class calls the preceding method after the search for an element is over and the element ...