org.w3c.dom.html

Interface HTMLFormElement

All Superinterfaces:
Element, HTMLElement, Node

public interface HTMLFormElement
extends HTMLElement

The FORM element encompasses behavior similar to acollection and an element. It provides direct access to the containedinput elements as well as the attributes of the form element. See the FORM element definition in HTML 4.0.

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

String
getAcceptCharset()
List of character sets supported by the server.
String
getAction()
Server-side form handler.
HTMLCollection
getElements()
Returns a collection of all control elements in the form.
String
getEnctype()
The content type of the submitted form, generally "application/x-www-form-urlencoded".
int
getLength()
The number of form controls in the form.
String
getMethod()
HTTP method used to submit form.
String
getName()
Names the form.
String
getTarget()
Frame to render the resource in.
void
reset()
Restores a form element's default values.
void
setAcceptCharset(String acceptCharset)
void
setAction(String action)
void
setEnctype(String enctype)
void
setMethod(String method)
void
setName(String name)
void
setTarget(String target)
void
submit()
Submits the form.

Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Element

getAttribute, getAttributeNS, getAttributeNode, getAttributeNodeNS, getElementsByTagName, getElementsByTagNameNS, getSchemaTypeInfo, getTagName, hasAttribute, hasAttributeNS, removeAttribute, removeAttributeNS, removeAttributeNode, setAttribute, setAttributeNS, setAttributeNode, setAttributeNodeNS, setIdAttribute, setIdAttributeNS, setIdAttributeNode

Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.html.HTMLElement

getClassName, getDir, getId, getLang, getTitle, setClassName, setDir, setId, setLang, setTitle

Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node

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

Method Details

getAcceptCharset

public String getAcceptCharset()
List of character sets supported by the server. See the accept-charset attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

getAction

public String getAction()
Server-side form handler. See the action attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

getElements

public HTMLCollection getElements()
Returns a collection of all control elements in the form.

getEnctype

public String getEnctype()
The content type of the submitted form, generally "application/x-www-form-urlencoded". See the enctype attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

getLength

public int getLength()
The number of form controls in the form.

getMethod

public String getMethod()
HTTP method used to submit form. See the method attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

getName

public String getName()
Names the form.

getTarget

public String getTarget()
Frame to render the resource in. See the target attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

reset

public void reset()
Restores a form element's default values. It performs the same action as a reset button.

setAcceptCharset

public void setAcceptCharset(String acceptCharset)

setAction

public void setAction(String action)

setEnctype

public void setEnctype(String enctype)

setMethod

public void setMethod(String method)

setName

public void setName(String name)

setTarget

public void setTarget(String target)

submit

public void submit()
Submits the form. It performs the same action as a submit button.