org.htmlparser.tags
Class FormTag

java.lang.Object
  org.htmlparser.nodes.AbstractNode
      org.htmlparser.nodes.TagNode
          org.htmlparser.tags.CompositeTag
              org.htmlparser.tags.FormTag

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, Node, Tag

public class FormTag
extends CompositeTag

Represents a FORM tag.

Author:

ili

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

static String	GET The "GET" method.
protected String	mFormLocation This is the derived form location, based on action.
static String	POST The "POST" method.

Fields inherited from class org.htmlparser.tags.CompositeTag

mDefaultCompositeScanner, mEndTag

Fields inherited from class org.htmlparser.nodes.TagNode

breakTags, mAttributes, mDefaultScanner

Fields inherited from class org.htmlparser.nodes.AbstractNode

children, mPage, nodeBegin, nodeEnd, parent

Constructor Summary

FormTag()
Create a new form tag.

Method Summary

String	extractFormLocn() Extract the ACTION attribute as an absolute URL.
String[]	getEnders() Return the set of tag names that cause this tag to finish.
String[]	getEndTagEnders() Return the set of end tag names that cause this tag to finish.
NodeList	getFormInputs() Get the list of input fields.
String	getFormLocation() Get the value of the action attribute.
String	getFormMethod() Returns the method of the form, GET or POST.
String	getFormName() Get the value of the name attribute.
NodeList	getFormTextareas() Get the list of text areas.
String[]	getIds() Return the set of names handled by this tag.
InputTag	getInputTag(String name) Get the input tag in the form corresponding to the given name
TextareaTag	getTextAreaTag(String name) Find the textarea tag matching the given name
void	setFormLocation(String url) Set the form location.
String	toString() Return a string representation of the contents of this FORM tag suitable for debugging.

Methods inherited from class org.htmlparser.tags.CompositeTag

accept, childAt, children, collectInto, digupStringNode, elements, findPositionOf, findPositionOf, findPositionOf, getChild, getChildCount, getChildrenAsNodeArray, getChildrenHTML, getEndTag, getStringText, getText, putChildrenInto, putEndTagInto, removeChild, searchByName, searchFor, searchFor, searchFor, searchFor, setEndTag, toHtml, toPlainTextString, toString

Methods inherited from class org.htmlparser.nodes.TagNode

breaksFlow, getAttribute, getAttributeEx, getAttributesEx, getEndingLineNumber, getRawTagName, getStartingLineNumber, getTagBegin, getTagEnd, getTagName, getThisScanner, isEmptyXmlTag, isEndTag, removeAttribute, setAttribute, setAttribute, setAttribute, setAttributeEx, setAttributesEx, setEmptyXmlTag, setTagBegin, setTagEnd, setTagName, setText, setThisScanner

Methods inherited from class org.htmlparser.nodes.AbstractNode

clone, doSemanticAction, getChildren, getEndPosition, getFirstChild, getLastChild, getNextSibling, getPage, getParent, getPreviousSibling, getStartPosition, setChildren, setEndPosition, setPage, setParent, setStartPosition, toHtml

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.htmlparser.Node

clone, doSemanticAction, getChildren, getEndPosition, getFirstChild, getLastChild, getNextSibling, getPage, getParent, getPreviousSibling, getStartPosition, setChildren, setEndPosition, setPage, setParent, setStartPosition, toHtml

Field Detail

POST

public static final String POST

The "POST" method.

See Also:

getFormMethod(), Constant Field Values

GET

public static final String GET

The "GET" method.

See Also:

getFormMethod(), Constant Field Values

mFormLocation

protected String mFormLocation

This is the derived form location, based on action.

Constructor Detail

FormTag

public FormTag()

Create a new form tag.

Method Detail

getIds

public String[] getIds()

Return the set of names handled by this tag.

Specified by:

getIds in interface Tag

Overrides:

getIds in class TagNode

Returns:

The names to be matched that create tags of this type.

getEnders

public String[] getEnders()

Return the set of tag names that cause this tag to finish.

Specified by:

getEnders in interface Tag

Overrides:

getEnders in class TagNode

Returns:

The names of following tags that stop further scanning.

getEndTagEnders

public String[] getEndTagEnders()

Return the set of end tag names that cause this tag to finish.

Specified by:

getEndTagEnders in interface Tag

Overrides:

getEndTagEnders in class TagNode

Returns:

The names of following end tags that stop further scanning.

getFormInputs

public NodeList getFormInputs()

Get the list of input fields.

Returns:

Input elements in the form.

getFormTextareas

public NodeList getFormTextareas()

Get the list of text areas.

Returns:

Textarea elements in the form.

getFormLocation

public String getFormLocation()

Get the value of the action attribute.

Returns:

The submit url of the form.

setFormLocation

public void setFormLocation(String url)

Set the form location. Modification of this element will cause the HTML rendering to change as well (in a call to toHTML()).

Parameters:

url - The new FORM location

getFormMethod

public String getFormMethod()

Returns the method of the form, GET or POST.

Returns:

String The method of the form (GET if nothing is specified).

getInputTag

public InputTag getInputTag(String name)

Get the input tag in the form corresponding to the given name

Parameters:

name - The name of the input tag to be retrieved

Returns:

Tag The input tag corresponding to the name provided

getFormName

public String getFormName()

Get the value of the name attribute.

Returns:

String The name of the form

getTextAreaTag

public TextareaTag getTextAreaTag(String name)

Find the textarea tag matching the given name

Parameters:

name - Name of the textarea tag to be found within the form.

Returns:

The TEXTAREA tag with the matching name.

toString

public String toString()

Return a string representation of the contents of this FORM tag suitable for debugging.

Specified by:

toString in interface Node

Overrides:

toString in class CompositeTag

Returns:

A textual representation of the form tag.

extractFormLocn

public String extractFormLocn()

Extract the ACTION attribute as an absolute URL.

Returns:

The URL the form is to be submitted to.