The getText method can be called from all the WebElements. It will return visible text if the element contains any text on it, otherwise it will return nothing. The API syntax for the getText() method is as follows:
java.lang.String getText()
There is no input parameter for the preceding method, but it returns the visible innerText string of the WebElement if anything is available, otherwise it will return an empty string.
The following is the code to get the text present on the Site notice element present on the example application Homepage:
@Testpublic void elementGetTextExample() { WebElement siteNotice = driver.findElement(By .className("global-site-notice")); System.out.println("Complete text is: " + siteNotice.getText() ...