WebDriver findElement() Methods

findElement(By.locator("locatorvalue")):it finds the first webelement in a webpage based on the given locator

syntax:

//datatype elementname=webdriverfindelementmethod();

WebElement elelementName=driver.findElement(By.locator("locatorvalue"));

WebElement is an interface, it is a datatype for the webelements

Note:findElement always returns WebElement type element

WebElement signin_link=driver.findElement(By.linkText("Sign in"));

WebElement search_btn=driver.findElement(By.className("newsrchbtn"));

findElements(By.locator("locatorvalue")):it finds all 

elements in a current page based on given locator and stores in a list type collection

List<WebElement>collectionname=driver.findElements(By.localtor("locatorvalue")); 

returns collection type List

how can you fetch all elements from particular element/section;?

1)identify the element/section

WebElement elementname=driver.findElement(By.localtor("locatorvalue"));

2)fetch all webelements from particular element(step 1)

List<WebElement>collectioname=elementname.findElements(By.locator("locatorvalue"));