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* Copyright (c) 2011 Subgraph.
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*
* Contributors:
* Subgraph - initial API and implementation
******************************************************************************/
package org.w3c.dom.html2;
/**
* The <code>FORM</code> element encompasses behavior similar to a collection
* and an element. It provides direct access to the contained form controls
* as well as the attributes of the form element. See the FORM element
* definition in HTML 4.01.
* <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-DOM-Level-2-HTML-20030109'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification</a>.
*/
public interface HTMLFormElement extends HTMLElement {
/**
* Returns a collection of all form control elements in the form.
*/
public HTMLCollection getElements();
/**
* The number of form controls in the form.
*/
public int getLength();
/**
* Names the form.
*/
public String getName();
/**
* Names the form.
*/
public void setName(String name);
/**
* List of character sets supported by the server. See the accept-charset
* attribute definition in HTML 4.01.
*/
public String getAcceptCharset();
/**
* List of character sets supported by the server. See the accept-charset
* attribute definition in HTML 4.01.
*/
public void setAcceptCharset(String acceptCharset);
/**
* Server-side form handler. See the action attribute definition in HTML
* 4.01.
*/
public String getAction();
/**
* Server-side form handler. See the action attribute definition in HTML
* 4.01.
*/
public void setAction(String action);
/**
* The content type of the submitted form, generally
* "application/x-www-form-urlencoded". See the enctype attribute
* definition in HTML 4.01. The onsubmit even handler is not guaranteed
* to be triggered when invoking this method. The behavior is
* inconsistent for historical reasons and authors should not rely on a
* particular one.
*/
public String getEnctype();
/**
* The content type of the submitted form, generally
* "application/x-www-form-urlencoded". See the enctype attribute
* definition in HTML 4.01. The onsubmit even handler is not guaranteed
* to be triggered when invoking this method. The behavior is
* inconsistent for historical reasons and authors should not rely on a
* particular one.
*/
public void setEnctype(String enctype);
/**
* HTTP method [<a href='http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt'>IETF RFC 2616</a>] used to submit form. See the method attribute definition
* in HTML 4.01.
*/
public String getMethod();
/**
* HTTP method [<a href='http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt'>IETF RFC 2616</a>] used to submit form. See the method attribute definition
* in HTML 4.01.
*/
public void setMethod(String method);
/**
* Frame to render the resource in. See the target attribute definition in
* HTML 4.01.
*/
public String getTarget();
/**
* Frame to render the resource in. See the target attribute definition in
* HTML 4.01.
*/
public void setTarget(String target);
/**
* Submits the form. It performs the same action as a submit button.
*/
public void submit();
/**
* Restores a form element's default values. It performs the same action
* as a reset button.
*/
public void reset();
}