com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html

Class HtmlAnchor

java.lang.Object

com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.DomNode

com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.DomNamespaceNode

com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.DomElement

com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlElement

com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlAnchor

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, Element, ElementTraversal, Node

public class HtmlAnchor
extends HtmlElement

Wrapper for the HTML element "a".

Author:

Mike Bowler, David K. Taylor, Christian Sell, Ahmed Ashour, Dmitri Zoubkov, Ronald Brill, Frank Danek

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlElement

HtmlElement.DisplayStyle

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.DomElement

DomElement.ChildElementsIterator

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.DomNode

DomNode.ChildIterator, DomNode.DescendantElementsIterator<T extends DomNode>

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	TAG_NAME The HTML tag represented by this element.

Fields inherited from class com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlElement

TAB_INDEX_OUT_OF_BOUNDS

Fields inherited from class com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.DomElement

ATTRIBUTE_NOT_DEFINED, ATTRIBUTE_VALUE_EMPTY

Fields inherited from class com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.DomNode

AS_TEXT_BLANK, AS_TEXT_BLOCK_SEPARATOR, AS_TEXT_NEW_LINE, AS_TEXT_TAB, PROPERTY_ELEMENT, READY_STATE_COMPLETE, READY_STATE_INTERACTIVE, READY_STATE_LOADED, READY_STATE_LOADING, READY_STATE_UNINITIALIZED

Fields inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node

ATTRIBUTE_NODE, CDATA_SECTION_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS, DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED, DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING, DOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC, DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING, DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE, ELEMENT_NODE, ENTITY_NODE, ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE, NOTATION_NODE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE, TEXT_NODE

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected boolean	doClickStateUpdate() This method implements the control state update part of the click action.
protected void	doClickStateUpdate(String hrefSuffix) Same as doClickStateUpdate(), except that it accepts an href suffix, needed when a click is performed on an image map to pass information on the click position.
String	getAccessKeyAttribute() Returns the value of the attribute accesskey.
String	getCharsetAttribute() Returns the value of the attribute charset.
String	getCoordsAttribute() Returns the value of the attribute coords.
HtmlElement.DisplayStyle	getDefaultStyleDisplay() INTERNAL API - SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. Returns the default display style.
String	getHrefAttribute() Returns the value of the attribute href.
String	getHrefLangAttribute() Returns the value of the attribute hreflang.
String	getNameAttribute() Returns the value of the attribute name.
String	getOnBlurAttribute() Returns the value of the attribute onblur.
String	getOnFocusAttribute() Returns the value of the attribute onfocus.
String	getPingAttribute() Returns the value of the attribute ping.
String	getRelAttribute() Returns the value of the attribute rel.
String	getRevAttribute() Returns the value of the attribute rev.
String	getShapeAttribute() Returns the value of the attribute shape.
String	getTabIndexAttribute() Returns the value of the attribute tabindex.
String	getTargetAttribute() Returns the value of the attribute target.
static URL	getTargetUrl(String href, HtmlPage page) INTERNAL API - SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
String	getTypeAttribute() Returns the value of the attribute type.
boolean	handles(Event event) Indicates if the provided event can be applied to this node.
protected boolean	isEmptyXmlTagExpanded() Indicates if a node without children should be written in expanded form as XML (i.e.
Page	openLinkInNewWindow() Open this link in a new window, much as web browsers do when you shift-click a link or use the context menu to open in a new window.

Methods inherited from class com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlElement

acceptChar, addHtmlAttributeChangeListener, appendChildIfNoneExists, checkChildHierarchy, detach, doType, doType, fireHtmlAttributeAdded, fireHtmlAttributeRemoved, fireHtmlAttributeReplaced, getCanonicalXPath, getElementsByAttribute, getEnclosingElement, getEnclosingForm, getEnclosingFormOrDie, getHtmlElementsByTagName, getHtmlElementsByTagNames, getLangAttribute, getNodeName, getOnClickAttribute, getOnDblClickAttribute, getOneHtmlElementByAttribute, getOnKeyDownAttribute, getOnKeyPressAttribute, getOnKeyUpAttribute, getOnMouseDownAttribute, getOnMouseMoveAttribute, getOnMouseOutAttribute, getOnMouseOverAttribute, getOnMouseUpAttribute, getSrcAttributeNormalized, getTabIndex, getTextDirectionAttribute, getXmlLangAttribute, hasEventHandlers, isAltPressed, isAttributeCaseSensitive, isCtrlPressed, isDisplayed, isShiftPressed, isSubmittableByEnter, removeAttribute, removeChild, removeEventHandler, removeHtmlAttributeChangeListener, setAttributeNode, setAttributeNS, setEventHandler, setEventHandler, setId, type, type, type, type, typeDone

Methods inherited from class com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.DomElement

blur, click, click, click, cloneNode, dblClick, dblClick, doClickFireChangeEvent, doClickFireClickEvent, fireEvent, fireEvent, focus, getAttribute, getAttributeNode, getAttributeNodeNS, getAttributeNS, getAttributes, getAttributesMap, getChildElementCount, getChildElements, getElementsByTagName, getElementsByTagNameNS, getEventTargetElement, getFirstElementChild, getId, getLastElementChild, getNextElementSibling, getNodeType, getPreviousElementSibling, getSchemaTypeInfo, getTagName, hasAttribute, hasAttributeNS, hasAttributes, isMouseOver, isStateUpdateFirst, mouseDown, mouseDown, mouseMove, mouseMove, mouseOut, mouseOut, mouseOver, mouseOver, mouseUp, mouseUp, namespaces, preventDefault, printOpeningTagContentAsXml, printXml, propagateClickStateUpdateToParent, removeAttributeNode, removeAttributeNS, removeFocus, rightClick, rightClick, setAttribute, setAttributeNodeNS, setIdAttribute, setIdAttributeNode, setIdAttributeNS, toString

Methods inherited from class com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.DomNamespaceNode

getLocalName, getNamespaceURI, getPrefix, getQualifiedName, processImportNode, setPrefix

Methods inherited from class com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.DomNode

addCharacterDataChangeListener, addDomChangeListener, appendChild, asText, asXml, compareDocumentPosition, fireCharacterDataChanged, fireNodeAdded, fireNodeDeleted, getAncestors, getBaseURI, getByXPath, getByXPath, getChildNodes, getChildren, getDescendants, getDomElementDescendants, getEndColumnNumber, getEndLineNumber, getFeature, getFirstByXPath, getFirstByXPath, getFirstChild, getHtmlElementDescendants, getHtmlPageOrNull, getIndex, getLastChild, getNextSibling, getNodeValue, getOwnerDocument, getPage, getParentNode, getPreviousSibling, getReadyState, getScriptableObject, getStartColumnNumber, getStartLineNumber, getTextContent, getUserData, hasChildNodes, hasFeature, insertBefore, insertBefore, isAncestorOf, isAncestorOfAny, isAttachedToPage, isDefaultNamespace, isEqualNode, isSameNode, isSupported, isTrimmedText, lookupNamespaceURI, lookupPrefix, mayBeDisplayed, normalize, notifyIncorrectness, onAddedToDocumentFragment, onAddedToPage, onAllChildrenAddedToPage, printChildrenAsXml, querySelector, querySelectorAll, remove, removeAllChildren, removeCharacterDataChangeListener, removeChild, removeDomChangeListener, replace, replaceChild, setNextSibling, setNodeValue, setParentNode, setPreviousSibling, setReadyState, setScriptableObject, setTextContent, setUserData

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node

appendChild, compareDocumentPosition, getBaseURI, getChildNodes, getFeature, getFirstChild, getLastChild, getLocalName, getNamespaceURI, getNextSibling, getNodeValue, getOwnerDocument, getParentNode, getPrefix, getPreviousSibling, getTextContent, getUserData, hasChildNodes, insertBefore, isDefaultNamespace, isEqualNode, isSameNode, isSupported, lookupNamespaceURI, lookupPrefix, normalize, removeChild, replaceChild, setNodeValue, setPrefix, setTextContent, setUserData

Field Detail

TAG_NAME

public static final String TAG_NAME

The HTML tag represented by this element.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

doClickStateUpdate

protected void doClickStateUpdate(String hrefSuffix)
                           throws IOException

Same as doClickStateUpdate(), except that it accepts an href suffix, needed when a click is performed on an image map to pass information on the click position.

Parameters:

hrefSuffix - the suffix to add to the anchor's href attribute (for instance coordinates from an image map)

Throws:

IOException - if an IO error occurs

getTargetUrl

public static URL getTargetUrl(String href,
               HtmlPage page)
                        throws MalformedURLException

INTERNAL API - SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Parameters:

href - the href

page - the HtmlPage

Returns:

the calculated target url.

Throws:

MalformedURLException - if an IO error occurs

doClickStateUpdate

protected boolean doClickStateUpdate()
                              throws IOException

This method implements the control state update part of the click action.

The default implementation only calls doClickStateUpdate on parent's HtmlElement (if any). Subclasses requiring different behavior (like HtmlSubmitInput) will override this method.

Overrides:

doClickStateUpdate in class DomElement

Returns:

true if doClickFireEvent method has to be called later on (to signal, that the value was changed)

Throws:

IOException - if an IO error occurs

getCharsetAttribute

public final String getCharsetAttribute()

Returns the value of the attribute charset. Refer to the HTML 4.01 documentation for details on the use of this attribute.

Returns:

the value of the attribute charset or an empty string if that attribute isn't defined

getTypeAttribute

public final String getTypeAttribute()

Returns the value of the attribute type. Refer to the HTML 4.01 documentation for details on the use of this attribute.

Returns:

the value of the attribute type or an empty string if that attribute isn't defined

getNameAttribute

public final String getNameAttribute()

Returns the value of the attribute name. Refer to the HTML 4.01 documentation for details on the use of this attribute.

Returns:

the value of the attribute name or an empty string if that attribute isn't defined

getHrefAttribute

public final String getHrefAttribute()

Returns the value of the attribute href. Refer to the HTML 4.01 documentation for details on the use of this attribute.

Returns:

the value of the attribute href or an empty string if that attribute isn't defined

getHrefLangAttribute

public final String getHrefLangAttribute()

Returns the value of the attribute hreflang. Refer to the HTML 4.01 documentation for details on the use of this attribute.

Returns:

the value of the attribute hreflang or an empty string if that attribute isn't defined

getRelAttribute

public final String getRelAttribute()

Returns the value of the attribute rel. Refer to the HTML 4.01 documentation for details on the use of this attribute.

Returns:

the value of the attribute rel or an empty string if that attribute isn't defined

getRevAttribute

public final String getRevAttribute()

Returns the value of the attribute rev. Refer to the HTML 4.01 documentation for details on the use of this attribute.

Returns:

the value of the attribute rev or an empty string if that attribute isn't defined

getAccessKeyAttribute

public final String getAccessKeyAttribute()

Returns the value of the attribute accesskey. Refer to the HTML 4.01 documentation for details on the use of this attribute.

Returns:

the value of the attribute accesskey or an empty string if that attribute isn't defined

getShapeAttribute

public final String getShapeAttribute()

Returns the value of the attribute shape. Refer to the HTML 4.01 documentation for details on the use of this attribute.

Returns:

the value of the attribute shape or an empty string if that attribute isn't defined

getCoordsAttribute

public final String getCoordsAttribute()

Returns the value of the attribute coords. Refer to the HTML 4.01 documentation for details on the use of this attribute.

Returns:

the value of the attribute coords or an empty string if that attribute isn't defined

getTabIndexAttribute

public final String getTabIndexAttribute()

Returns the value of the attribute tabindex. Refer to the HTML 4.01 documentation for details on the use of this attribute.

Returns:

the value of the attribute tabindex or an empty string if that attribute isn't defined

getOnFocusAttribute

public final String getOnFocusAttribute()

Returns the value of the attribute onfocus. Refer to the HTML 4.01 documentation for details on the use of this attribute.

Returns:

the value of the attribute onfocus or an empty string if that attribute isn't defined

getOnBlurAttribute

public final String getOnBlurAttribute()

Returns the value of the attribute onblur. Refer to the HTML 4.01 documentation for details on the use of this attribute.

Returns:

the value of the attribute onblur or an empty string if that attribute isn't defined

getTargetAttribute

public final String getTargetAttribute()

Returns the value of the attribute target. Refer to the HTML 4.01 documentation for details on the use of this attribute.

Returns:

the value of the attribute target or an empty string if that attribute isn't defined

openLinkInNewWindow

public final Page openLinkInNewWindow()
                               throws MalformedURLException

Open this link in a new window, much as web browsers do when you shift-click a link or use the context menu to open in a new window. It should be noted that even web browsers will sometimes not give the expected result when using this method of following links. Links that have no real href and rely on JavaScript to do their work will fail.

Returns:

the page opened by this link, nested in a new TopLevelWindow

Throws:

MalformedURLException - if the href could not be converted to a valid URL

isEmptyXmlTagExpanded

protected boolean isEmptyXmlTagExpanded()

Description copied from class: DomElement

Indicates if a node without children should be written in expanded form as XML (i.e. with closing tag rather than with "/>")

Overrides:

isEmptyXmlTagExpanded in class DomElement

Returns:

false by default

getDefaultStyleDisplay

public HtmlElement.DisplayStyle getDefaultStyleDisplay()

INTERNAL API - SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Returns the default display style.

Overrides:

getDefaultStyleDisplay in class HtmlElement

Returns:

the default display style

handles

public boolean handles(Event event)

Indicates if the provided event can be applied to this node. Overwrite this.

Overrides:

handles in class HtmlElement

Parameters:

event - the event

Returns:

false if the event can't be applied

getPingAttribute

public final String getPingAttribute()

Returns the value of the attribute ping.

Returns:

the value of the attribute ping