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 public interface HTMLDocument extends Document AnHTMLDocumentis the root of the HTML hierarchy and holds the entire content. Besides providing access to the hierarchy, it also provides some convenience methods for accessing certain sets of information from the document.The following properties have been deprecated in favor of the corresponding ones for the BODYelement: alinkColor background bgColor fgColor linkColor vlinkColor In DOM Level 2, the methodgetElementByIdis inherited from theDocumentinterface where it was moved.See also the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Specification. - Since:
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Field Summary- 
Fields declared in interface org.w3c.dom.NodeATTRIBUTE_NODE, CDATA_SECTION_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS, DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED, DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING, DOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC, DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING, DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE, ELEMENT_NODE, ENTITY_NODE, ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE, NOTATION_NODE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE, TEXT_NODE
 
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Method SummaryAll Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Modifier and Type Method Description voidclose()Closes a document stream opened byopen()and forces rendering.HTMLCollectiongetAnchors()A collection of all the anchor (A) elements in a document with a value for thenameattribute.HTMLCollectiongetApplets()A collection of all theOBJECTelements that include applets andAPPLET( deprecated ) elements in a document.HTMLElementgetBody()The element that contains the content for the document.StringgetCookie()The cookies associated with this document.StringgetDomain()The domain name of the server that served the document, ornullif the server cannot be identified by a domain name.NodeListgetElementsByName(String elementName)Returns the (possibly empty) collection of elements whosenamevalue is given byelementName.HTMLCollectiongetForms()A collection of all the forms of a document.HTMLCollectiongetImages()A collection of all theIMGelements in a document.HTMLCollectiongetLinks()A collection of allAREAelements and anchor (A) elements in a document with a value for thehrefattribute.StringgetReferrer()Returns the URI of the page that linked to this page.StringgetTitle()The title of a document as specified by theTITLEelement in the head of the document.StringgetURL()The complete URI of the document.voidopen()Note.voidsetBody(HTMLElement body)voidsetCookie(String cookie)voidsetTitle(String title)voidwrite(String text)Write a string of text to a document stream opened byopen().voidwriteln(String text)Write a string of text followed by a newline character to a document stream opened byopen().- 
Methods declared in interface org.w3c.dom.DocumentadoptNode, createAttribute, createAttributeNS, createCDATASection, createComment, createDocumentFragment, createElement, createElementNS, createEntityReference, createProcessingInstruction, createTextNode, getDoctype, getDocumentElement, getDocumentURI, getDomConfig, getElementById, getElementsByTagName, getElementsByTagNameNS, getImplementation, getInputEncoding, getStrictErrorChecking, getXmlEncoding, getXmlStandalone, getXmlVersion, importNode, normalizeDocument, renameNode, setDocumentURI, setStrictErrorChecking, setXmlStandalone, setXmlVersion
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Methods declared in interface org.w3c.dom.NodeappendChild, cloneNode, compareDocumentPosition, getAttributes, getBaseURI, getChildNodes, getFeature, getFirstChild, getLastChild, getLocalName, getNamespaceURI, getNextSibling, getNodeName, getNodeType, getNodeValue, getOwnerDocument, getParentNode, getPrefix, getPreviousSibling, getTextContent, getUserData, hasAttributes, hasChildNodes, insertBefore, isDefaultNamespace, isEqualNode, isSameNode, isSupported, lookupNamespaceURI, lookupPrefix, normalize, removeChild, replaceChild, setNodeValue, setPrefix, setTextContent, setUserData
 
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getTitleString getTitle() The title of a document as specified by theTITLEelement in the head of the document.
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setTitlevoid setTitle(String title) 
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getReferrerString getReferrer() Returns the URI of the page that linked to this page. The value is an empty string if the user navigated to the page directly (not through a link, but, for example, via a bookmark).
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getDomainString getDomain() The domain name of the server that served the document, ornullif the server cannot be identified by a domain name.
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getURLString getURL() The complete URI of the document.
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getBodyHTMLElement getBody() The element that contains the content for the document. In documents withBODYcontents, returns theBODYelement. In frameset documents, this returns the outermostFRAMESETelement.
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setBodyvoid setBody(HTMLElement body) 
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getImagesHTMLCollection getImages() A collection of all theIMGelements in a document. The behavior is limited toIMGelements for backwards compatibility.
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getAppletsHTMLCollection getApplets() A collection of all theOBJECTelements that include applets andAPPLET( deprecated ) elements in a document.
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getLinksHTMLCollection getLinks() A collection of allAREAelements and anchor (A) elements in a document with a value for thehrefattribute.
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getFormsHTMLCollection getForms() A collection of all the forms of a document.
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getAnchorsHTMLCollection getAnchors() A collection of all the anchor (A) elements in a document with a value for thenameattribute. Note. For reasons of backwards compatibility, the returned set of anchors only contains those anchors created with thenameattribute, not those created with theidattribute.
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getCookieString getCookie() The cookies associated with this document. If there are none, the value is an empty string. Otherwise, the value is a string: a semicolon-delimited list of "name, value" pairs for all the cookies associated with the page. For example,name=value;expires=date.
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setCookievoid setCookie(String cookie) 
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openvoid open() Note. This method and the ones following allow a user to add to or replace the structure model of a document using strings of unparsed HTML. At the time of writing alternate methods for providing similar functionality for both HTML and XML documents were being considered. The following methods may be deprecated at some point in the future in favor of a more general-purpose mechanism.
 Open a document stream for writing. If a document exists in the target, this method clears it.
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closevoid close() Closes a document stream opened byopen()and forces rendering.
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writevoid write(String text) Write a string of text to a document stream opened byopen(). The text is parsed into the document's structure model.- Parameters:
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writelnvoid writeln(String text) Write a string of text followed by a newline character to a document stream opened byopen(). The text is parsed into the document's structure model.- Parameters:
- text- The string to be parsed into some structure in the document structure model.
 
 
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