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,
    attr => $attr_href,
} );

For compatibility, this older interface is also supported:

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

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->attrs()

Returns hash ref of all the attributes and attribute values in the tag.

$link->URI()

Returns the URL as a URI::URL object.

$link->url_abs()

Returns the URL as an absolute URL string.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2004 Andy Lester. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.