dotnet/src/WebDriver/INavigation.cs

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using System;
using System.Text;

namespace OpenQA.Selenium
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Defines an interface allowing the user to access the browser's history and to 
    /// navigate to a given URL.
    /// </summary>
    public interface INavigation
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Move back a single entry in the browser's history.
        /// </summary>
        void Back();

        /// <summary>
        /// Move a single "item" forward in the browser's history.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>Does nothing if we are on the latest page viewed.</remarks>
        void Forward();

        /// <summary>
        ///  Load a new web page in the current browser window.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="url">The URL to load. It is best to use a fully qualified URL</param>
        /// <remarks>
        /// Calling the <see cref="GoToUrl(System.String)"/> method will load a new web page in the current browser window. 
        /// This is done using an HTTP GET operation, and the method will block until the 
        /// load is complete. This will follow redirects issued either by the server or 
        /// as a meta-redirect from within the returned HTML. Should a meta-redirect "rest"
        /// for any duration of time, it is best to wait until this timeout is over, since 
        /// should the underlying page change while your test is executing the results of 
        /// future calls against this interface will be against the freshly loaded page. 
        /// </remarks>
        void GoToUrl(string url);

        /// <summary>
        ///  Load a new web page in the current browser window.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="url">The URL to load.</param>
        /// <remarks>
        /// Calling the <see cref="GoToUrl(System.Uri)"/> method will load a new web page in the current browser window. 
        /// This is done using an HTTP GET operation, and the method will block until the 
        /// load is complete. This will follow redirects issued either by the server or 
        /// as a meta-redirect from within the returned HTML. Should a meta-redirect "rest"
        /// for any duration of time, it is best to wait until this timeout is over, since 
        /// should the underlying page change while your test is executing the results of 
        /// future calls against this interface will be against the freshly loaded page. 
        /// </remarks>
        void GoToUrl(Uri url);

        /// <summary>
        /// Refreshes the current page.
        /// </summary>
        void Refresh();
    }
}