isSelected() method is to verify the web element is selected or not

isSelected() method is used to verify the web element such radio button or check box is selected or not on the web page.

JAVA API Syntax : boolean isSelected()

Code:

import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.Keys;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;

public class isSelected {
 
 public static void main(String args[]) {

//Launching the firefoxbrowser
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
  
//Implicit wait method is used to wait for the webelement to load  
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);  
  
//Navigate to FB page
driver.get("http://www.facebook.com");
  
//assign the web element to the variable under Male or Female option 
WebElement radiobutton = driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='u_0_n']"));
  
//Assign the element on boolean variable
boolean boolFradiobutton = radiobutton.isSelected();

//Verifying the radio button is enabled in IF statement
if(boolFradiobutton == true)
{
 System.out.println("Radio Button is Selected");
}
 else
{
 System.out.println("Radio Button NOT selected");
}

//performing radio button selection
radiobutton.click();

//verifying whether the radio button is selected
boolFradiobutton = radiobutton.isSelected();

if(boolFradiobutton == true)
{
 System.out.println("Radio Button is Selected");
}
 else
{
 System.out.println("Radio Button NOT selected");
}

}
}

Output:

Radio Button NOT selected
Radio Button is Selected