com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html

Class HtmlFormUtil

java.lang.Object

com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlFormUtil

public class HtmlFormUtil
extends Object

HtmlForm helper functions.

In many cases, the methods defined here replace methods of the same name that were added to the HtmlForm class on the old forked version of HtmlUnit.

Author:

tom.fennelly@gmail.com

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
HtmlFormUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlButton	getButtonByCaption(com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlForm htmlForm, String caption) Get the form button having the specified text/caption.
static com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlElement	getSubmitButton(com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlForm htmlForm) Gets the first <input type="submit"> element in this form.
static List<com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlElement>	getSubmitButtons(com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlForm htmlForm) Returns all the <input type="submit"> elements in this form.
static com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.Page	submit(com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlForm htmlForm) Submit the supplied HtmlForm.
static com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.Page	submit(com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlForm htmlForm, com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlElement submitElement) Submit the supplied HtmlForm via the supplied submit element.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HtmlFormUtil

public HtmlFormUtil()

Method Detail

submit

public static com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.Page submit(com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlForm htmlForm)
                                                 throws IOException

Submit the supplied HtmlForm.

Locates the submit element/button on the form.

Parameters:

htmlForm - The HtmlForm.

Returns:

The submit result page.

Throws:

IOException - Error performing submit.

submit

public static com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.Page submit(com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlForm htmlForm,
                                                        com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlElement submitElement)
                                                 throws IOException

Submit the supplied HtmlForm via the supplied submit element.

Parameters:

htmlForm - The HtmlForm.

submitElement - The element through which the submit should be performed.

Returns:

The submit result page.

Throws:

IOException - Error performing submit.

getSubmitButtons

public static List<com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlElement> getSubmitButtons(com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlForm htmlForm)
                                                                             throws com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.ElementNotFoundException

Returns all the <input type="submit"> elements in this form.

Throws:

com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.ElementNotFoundException

getSubmitButton

public static com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlElement getSubmitButton(com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlForm htmlForm)
                                                                      throws com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.ElementNotFoundException

Gets the first <input type="submit"> element in this form.

Throws:

com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.ElementNotFoundException

getButtonByCaption

public static com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlButton getButtonByCaption(com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.html.HtmlForm htmlForm,
                                                                               String caption)
                                                                        throws com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.ElementNotFoundException

Get the form button having the specified text/caption.

Parameters:

htmlForm - The form containing the button.

caption - The button text/caption being searched for.

Returns:

The button if found.

Throws:

com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.ElementNotFoundException - Failed to find the button on the form.