Monkey Patches

angular_webdriver_code.rb

def find_element_by(how, what, parent = nil)
  if protractor.finder? how
    return protractor_find(false, how, what, parent)
  end

  if parent
    id = execute :findChildElement, { :id => parent }, { :using => how, :value => what }
  else
    id = execute :findElement, {}, { :using => how, :value => what }
  end

  Element.new self, element_id_from(id)
end

selenium_code.rb

def find_element_by(how, what, parent = nil)
  if parent
    id = execute :findChildElement, {:id => parent}, {:using => how, :value => what}
  else
    id = execute :findElement, {}, {:using => how, :value => what}
  end
  Element.new self, element_id_from(id)
end

suggested_monkey_patch.rb

alias_method :se_find_element_by, :find_element_by

def find_element_by(how, what, parent = nil)
  if protractor.finder? how
    protractor_find(false, how, what, parent)
  else
    se_find_element_by(how, what, parent)
  end
end