What is soft assert and hard assert

Question

What is hard and soft assert in selenium? Can someone help me with the difference and use?

Answer 1

Soft Assert: Soft Assert collects errors during @Test. Soft Assert does not throw an exception when an assert fails and would continue with the next step after the assert statement.

Hard Assert: Hard Assert throws an AssertExceptionimmediately when an assert statement fails and test suite continues with next @Test.

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