First Selenium 2 application in Java

The following shows you step-by-step how to run your first Selenium 2 application in Java.

1. It is assumed that you have JDK installed and set in your computer. If you are getting the version number(e.g javac 1.6.0_06) by running the following command in the Command Prompt, then your Java Compiler is installed and set correctly.

   javac -version

2. Download selenium-server-standalone-2.0a5.jar and save it to c:\.
3. The Google2.java file containing the Java code below is our first Selenium 2 application. What the code does is to launch Internet Explorer, open Google webpage and then search for Selenium 2.

   /**
    * Google2.java
    * Open Google webpage and search for "Selenium 2".
    * @Author: Xuan Ngo
    */
   import org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver;
   import org.openqa.selenium.By;
   import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
   import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
    
   public class Google2
   {
     public static void main(String[] args)
     {
       final String sUrl = "http://www.google.ca/index.html";
    
       // Instantiate the Internet Explorer browser.
       WebDriver oWebDriver = new InternetExplorerDriver();
    
       // Open the main google webpage.
       oWebDriver.get(sUrl);
    
       // Get the search input html element.
       WebElement oSearchInputElem = oWebDriver.findElement(By.name("q")); // Use name locator to identify the search input field.
    
       // Type "Selenium 2" into the search input field.
       oSearchInputElem.sendKeys("Selenium 2");
    
       // Get the Google Search button.
       WebElement oGoogleSearchBtn = oWebDriver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[@name='btnG']"));
    
       // Click on "Google Search" button
       oGoogleSearchBtn.click();
    
       // Pause for a few seconds so that you can see the result before closing the browser.
       try
       {
         Thread.sleep(5000);
       }
       catch(InterruptedException ex)
       {
         System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
       }
    
       // Close the browser.
       oWebDriver.close();
     }
   }

   Execute the command below to compile the Java code.

   javac -classpath C:\selenium-server-standalone-2.0a5.jar Google2.java

   Note: You have to change C:\selenium-server-standalone-2.0a5.jar to match the path where you put your selenium-server-standalone-2.0a5.jar.
4. Execute the command below to run our application.

   java -classpath C:\selenium-server-standalone-2.0a5.jar;. Google2

   Note: You have to change C:\selenium-server-standalone-2.0a5.jar to match the path where you put your selenium-server-standalone-2.0a5.jar.