dotnet/src/webdriver/ITargetLocator.cs

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using OpenQA.Selenium.Internal;
using System;

namespace OpenQA.Selenium;

/// <summary>
/// Defines the interface through which the user can locate a given frame or window.
/// </summary>
public interface ITargetLocator
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Select a frame by its (zero-based) index.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="frameIndex">The zero-based index of the frame to select.</param>
    /// <returns>An <see cref="IWebDriver"/> instance focused on the specified frame.</returns>
    /// <exception cref="NoSuchFrameException">If the frame cannot be found.</exception>
    IWebDriver Frame(int frameIndex);

    /// <summary>
    /// Select a frame by its name or ID.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="frameName">The name of the frame to select.</param>
    /// <returns>An <see cref="IWebDriver"/> instance focused on the specified frame.</returns>
    /// <exception cref="NoSuchFrameException">If the frame cannot be found.</exception>
    /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">If <paramref name="frameName"/> is <see langword="null"/>.</exception>
    IWebDriver Frame(string frameName);

    /// <summary>
    /// Select a frame using its previously located <see cref="IWebElement"/>
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="frameElement">The frame element to switch to.</param>
    /// <returns>An <see cref="IWebDriver"/> instance focused on the specified frame.</returns>
    /// <exception cref="NoSuchFrameException">If the element is neither a FRAME nor an IFRAME element.</exception>
    /// <exception cref="StaleElementReferenceException">If the element is no longer valid.</exception>
    /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">If <paramref name="frameElement"/> is <see langword="null"/>.</exception>
    /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">If <paramref name="frameElement"/> cannot be converted to an <see cref="IWebDriverObjectReference"/>.</exception>
    IWebDriver Frame(IWebElement frameElement);

    /// <summary>
    /// Select the parent frame of the currently selected frame.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>An <see cref="IWebDriver"/> instance focused on the specified frame.</returns>
    IWebDriver ParentFrame();

    /// <summary>
    /// Switches the focus of future commands for this driver to the window with the given name.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="windowName">The name of the window to select.</param>
    /// <returns>An <see cref="IWebDriver"/> instance focused on the given window.</returns>
    /// <exception cref="NoSuchWindowException">If the window cannot be found.</exception>
    /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">If <paramref name="windowName"/> is <see langword="null"/>.</exception>
    IWebDriver Window(string windowName);

    /// <summary>
    /// Creates a new browser window and switches the focus for future commands
    /// of this driver to the new window.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="typeHint">The type of new browser window to be created.
    /// The created window is not guaranteed to be of the requested type; if
    /// the driver does not support the requested type, a new browser window
    /// will be created of whatever type the driver does support.</param>
    /// <returns>An <see cref="IWebDriver"/> instance focused on the new browser.</returns>
    IWebDriver NewWindow(WindowType typeHint);

    /// <summary>
    /// Selects either the first frame on the page or the main document when a page contains iFrames.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>An <see cref="IWebDriver"/> instance focused on the default frame.</returns>
    IWebDriver DefaultContent();

    /// <summary>
    /// Switches to the element that currently has the focus, or the body element
    /// if no element with focus can be detected.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>An <see cref="IWebElement"/> instance representing the element
    /// with the focus, or the body element if no element with focus can be detected.</returns>
    IWebElement ActiveElement();

    /// <summary>
    /// Switches to the currently active modal dialog for this particular driver instance.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>A handle to the dialog.</returns>
    IAlert Alert();
}