Open URL through Selenium without using get() and navigate() functions

package mypackage;



import java.io.IOException;

import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;



import org.openqa.selenium.By;

import org.openqa.selenium.JavascriptExecutor;

import org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;

import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;

import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;

import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.FluentWait;



import com.google.common.base.Function;



public class myclass {

 

 public static void main(String[] args) {

  System.out.println("Execution Starts");

  WebDriver driver= new FirefoxDriver();

  System.out.println("Browser opened.");

  // We need to downcast WebDriver reference varaible to use JavascriptExecutor methods

  JavascriptExecutor js= (JavascriptExecutor) driver;

  String url = "https://www.google.com";

  String script = "window.location = \'"+url+"\'";

  js.executeScript(script);

  System.out.println(driver.getCurrentUrl());

  driver.quit();

  }

 }





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It also keeps current browser session history and you can navigate back and forward