org.w3c.dom.html
Interface HTMLFormElement

All Superinterfaces:
Element, HTMLElement, Node
All Known Implementing Classes:
HTMLFormElementImpl

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.


Field Summary
 
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
 java.lang.String getAcceptCharset()
          List of character sets supported by the server.
 java.lang.String getAction()
          Server-side form handler.
 HTMLCollection getElements()
          Returns a collection of all control elements in the form.
 java.lang.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.
 java.lang.String getMethod()
          HTTP method used to submit form.
 java.lang.String getName()
          Names the form.
 java.lang.String getTarget()
          Frame to render the resource in.
 void reset()
          Restores a form element's default values.
 void setAcceptCharset(java.lang.String acceptCharset)
           
 void setAction(java.lang.String action)
           
 void setEnctype(java.lang.String enctype)
           
 void setMethod(java.lang.String method)
           
 void setName(java.lang.String name)
           
 void setTarget(java.lang.String target)
           
 void submit()
          Submits the form.
 
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.Element
getAttribute, getAttributeNode, getAttributeNodeNS, getAttributeNS, getElementsByTagName, getElementsByTagNameNS, getSchemaTypeInfo, getTagName, hasAttribute, hasAttributeNS, removeAttribute, removeAttributeNode, removeAttributeNS, setAttribute, setAttributeNode, setAttributeNodeNS, setAttributeNS, setIdAttribute, setIdAttributeNode, setIdAttributeNS
 
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 Detail

getElements

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


getLength

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


getName

java.lang.String getName()
Names the form.


setName

void setName(java.lang.String name)

getAcceptCharset

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


setAcceptCharset

void setAcceptCharset(java.lang.String acceptCharset)

getAction

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


setAction

void setAction(java.lang.String action)

getEnctype

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


setEnctype

void setEnctype(java.lang.String enctype)

getMethod

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


setMethod

void setMethod(java.lang.String method)

getTarget

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


setTarget

void setTarget(java.lang.String target)

submit

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


reset

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