Class: Mechanize::Page::Link

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/grubby/mechanize/link.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#to_absolute_uri ⇒ URI

Returns the URI represented by the Link, in absolute form. If the href attribute of the Link is expressed in relative form, the URI of the Link’s Page is used to convert to absolute form.

Returns:



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# File 'lib/grubby/mechanize/link.rb', line 8

def to_absolute_uri
  # Via the W3 spec: "If the a element has no href attribute, then the
  # element represents a placeholder for where a link might otherwise
  # have been placed, if it had been relevant, consisting of just the
  # element's contents."[1]  So, we assume a link with no href
  # attribute (i.e. `uri == nil`) should be treated the same as an
  # intra-page link.
  #
  # [1]: https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/REC-html51-20161101/textlevel-semantics.html#the-a-element
  URI.join(self.page.uri, self.uri || "#").to_absolute_uri
end