Selenium: Retrieve option items from select list - found via https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/selenium-users/KxHTqpCFyWY

select-options.java

@import java.util;
@import org.openqa.selenium.By;
@import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
@import org.openqa.selenium.Keys;

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//select[@id='categoryId']")).sendKeys("Foo");
 
// For more info Please find the below code

WebElement droplist = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//select[@id='categoryId']"));
List<WebElement> options = droplist.findElements(By.tagName("option"));

System.out.println(options.size());

for(int i=0 ; i<options.size() ; i++)
{
 //WebElement o= options.get(i);
 System.out.println(options.get(i).getText()+  "  ----  "+ options.get(i).getAttribute("value"));
}