Interface HTMLMetaElement

All Superinterfaces:: Element, HTMLElement, Node

public interface HTMLMetaElement extends HTMLElement

This contains generic meta-information about the document. See the META element definition in HTML 4.0.

Since:: 1.4, DOM Level 2

Field Summary

Fields declared in interface Node

ATTRIBUTE_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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getContent()`	Associated information.
`String`	`getHttpEquiv()`	HTTP response header name.
`String`	`getName()`	Meta information name.
`String`	`getScheme()`	Select form of content.
`void`	`setContent(String content)`
`void`	`setHttpEquiv(String httpEquiv)`
`void`	`setName(String name)`
`void`	`setScheme(String scheme)`

Methods declared in interface Element

getAttribute, getAttributeNode, getAttributeNodeNS, getAttributeNS, getElementsByTagName, getElementsByTagNameNS, getSchemaTypeInfo, getTagName, hasAttribute, hasAttributeNS, removeAttribute, removeAttributeNode, removeAttributeNS, setAttribute, setAttributeNode, setAttributeNodeNS, setAttributeNS, setIdAttribute, setIdAttributeNode, setIdAttributeNS

Methods declared in interface HTMLElement

getClassName, getDir, getId, getLang, getTitle, setClassName, setDir, setId, setLang, setTitle

Methods declared in interface Node

appendChild, 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

Method Details

getContent

String getContent()

Associated information. See the content attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

setContent

void setContent(String content)

getHttpEquiv

String getHttpEquiv()

HTTP response header name. See the http-equiv attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

setHttpEquiv

void setHttpEquiv(String httpEquiv)

getName

String getName()

Meta information name. See the name attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

setName

void setName(String name)

getScheme

String getScheme()

Select form of content. See the scheme attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

setScheme

void setScheme(String scheme)

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