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I always see people using Thread.Sleep() for creating delays in processing or something similar and people are always derided for using it this way.
When is it sensible/required to use Thread.Sleep()?
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No, using Thread. sleep() is not a good practice at all. Selenium provides two different methods to manage element synchronizations, the implicit and the explicitly wait.
Sleep() method belongs to Thread class. Wait() method releases lock during Synchronization. Sleep() method does not release the lock on object during Synchronization. Wait() should be called only from Synchronized context.
One of the way to achieve synchronization, implement wait is by calling Thread. sleep() function however, it is not recommended because this is not very stable and unreliable. The time has to be specified in milliseconds.
Sleep method. Calling the Thread. Sleep method causes the current thread to immediately block for the number of milliseconds or the time interval you pass to the method, and yields the remainder of its time slice to another thread. Once that interval elapses, the sleeping thread resumes execution.
You should call Thread.sleep() when you actually need a delay in a background thread.
Do not call it to help synchronization (it won't), don't call it in a loop to wait for something (it'll be slow) and never call it on a UI thread (it'll freeze).
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