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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

URL from the link

Text of the link

NAME attribute from the source tag, if any.

Tag name (one of: "a", "area", "frame", "iframe" or "meta").

Base URL to which the links are relative.

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

Returns the URL as a URI::URL object.

Returns a URI::URL object for the absolute form of the string.

SEE ALSO

WWW::Mechanize and WWW::Mechanize::Image

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2004-2010 Andy Lester.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either:

  • the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option) any later version, or

  • the Artistic License version 2.0.