Question

We do create a reference variable ‘driver’ of type WebDriver

WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();

instead of creating

FirefoxDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();

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WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();

 

instead of creating

 

FirefoxDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();

What is the purpose of doing this way?

Answer 1

If we create a reference variable driver of type WebDriver then we could use the same driver variable to work with any browser of our choice such as IEDriver, SafariDriver etc.,