NAME

WWW::Mechanize::Link - Link object for WWW::Mechanize

SYNOPSIS

Link object to encapsulate all the stuff that Mech needs but nobody wants to deal with as an array.

Constructor

new()

my $link = WWW::Mechanize::Link->new( {
    url  => $url,
    text => $text,
    name => $name,
    tag  => $tag,
    base => $base,
    alt  => $alt,
} );

For compatibility, this older interface is also supported:

new( $url, $text, $name, $tag, $base, $alt )

Creates and returns a new WWW::Mechanize::Link object.

Accessors

$link->url()

URL from the link

$link->text()

Text of the link

$link->name()

NAME attribute from the source tag, if any.

$link->tag()

Tag name (either "a", "frame" or "iframe").

$link->base()

Base URL to which the links are relative.

$link->alt()

Alt attribute contents. Useful for 'area' tags.

$link->URI()

Returns the URL as a URI::URL object.

$link->url_abs()

Returns the URL as an absolute URL string.

Author

Copyright 2003 Andy Lester <andy@petdance.com>

Released under the Artistic License.