public String get_selected_option() {
String option = StringUtils.EMPTY;
if(isEnabled()) {
click_if_enabled();
Element ul = find_ul_element();
Elements li_s = ul.findElements(By.tagName("a"));
Element selected_element = li_s.findFirstElementThatMatches(new Predicate<Element>() {
public boolean apply(Element li_a) {
String value = li_a.getAttribute("aria-selected");
if(StringUtils.isBlank(value)) {
return false;
}