def element(self, lookup_type=wait.presence_of_element_located):
"""
This method invokes Selenium's explicit wait method which waits until an html element is available before
assigning it to an object.
:param lookup_type: The style of elemental search on the page (Examples: Examples: http://selenium-python.readthedocs.org/en/latest/waits.html)
:type lookup_type:
:return:
"""
if self.browser:
web_element = WebDriverWait(self.browser, 30).until(
lookup_type((By.XPATH, self.locator)))
web_element._w3c = self.__uses_w3c
return web_element
