protected function initDevice()
{
// start the test device
$this->device = $this->st->getRunningDevice();
// set our top XPATH node
//
// for the moment, we are assuming that the test device is
// a web browser, because historically this has always been
// the case
//
// when this assumption is no longer valid, we will need to
// revisit this code
$this->setTopXpath("//html");
// set our top element
//
// we cannot assume that the browser has any DOM loaded at all
$this->setTopElement($this->device);
}