WebDriver: How to check if an page object web element exists?

Question

How to check if an Element exists, when using Page Objects with webdriver.

So far I am doing it this way.

DefaultPage defaultPage = PageFactory.initE         


        

Answer 1

Webdriver is designed to throw an exception if an element is not found, So there aren't any methods to verify presence of an element in Webdriver.

Check this - http://groups.google.com/group/webdriver/browse_thread/thread/909a9b6cb568e341