How do I verify that an element does not exist in Selenium 2

Question

In Selenium 2 I want to ensure that an element on the page that the driver has loaded does not exist. I\'m including my naive implementation here.

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Answer 1

public boolean exist(WebElement el){
   try {
      el.isDisplayed();
      return true;
   }catch (NoSuchElementException e){
      return false;
   }
}

if(exist(By.id("Locator details"))==false)

or

WebElement el= driver.findElementby(By.locator("locator details")
public boolean exists(WebElement el)
 try{
  if (el!=null){
   if (el.isDisplayed()){
     return true;

    }
   }
 }catch (NoSuchElementException e){
   return false;
 }
}