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.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface 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

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
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 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 HTMLElement

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

Methods inherited from interface 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

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

String getName()

Names the form.

setName

void setName(String name)

getAcceptCharset

String getAcceptCharset()

List of character sets supported by the server. See the accept-charset attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

setAcceptCharset

void setAcceptCharset(String acceptCharset)

getAction

String getAction()

Server-side form handler. See the action attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

setAction

void setAction(String action)

getEnctype

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(String enctype)

getMethod

String getMethod()

HTTP method used to submit form. See the method attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

setMethod

void setMethod(String method)

getTarget

String getTarget()

Frame to render the resource in. See the target attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

setTarget

void setTarget(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.