Method Details

• setHref

  public void setHref(String href)

  Sets the URL that this anchor links to.

  A disabled Anchor removes the attribute from the HTML element, but it is stored (and reused when enabled again) in the server-side component.

  Use the method removeHref() to remove the href attribute instead of setting it to an empty string.

  Parameters:

  href - the href to set

  See Also:

  • removeHref()
  • setHref(AbstractStreamResource)

• removeHref

  public void removeHref()

  Removes href attribute.

  See Also:

  • setHref(String)

• setHref

  public void setHref(AbstractStreamResource href)

  Sets the URL that this anchor links to with the URL of the given StreamResource.

  Parameters:

  href - the resource value, not null

• setRouterIgnore

  public void setRouterIgnore(boolean ignore)

  The routing mechanism in Vaadin by default intercepts all anchor elements with relative URL. This method can be used make the router ignore this anchor and this way make this anchor behave normally and cause a full page load.

  Parameters:

  ignore - true if this link should not be intercepted by the single-page web application routing mechanism in Vaadin.

• isRouterIgnore

  public boolean isRouterIgnore()

  Returns:

  true if this anchor should be ignored by the Vaadin router and behave normally.

• getHref

  public String getHref()

  Gets the URL that this anchor links to.

  Returns:

  the href value, or "" if no href has been set

  See Also:

  • setHref(String)

• onEnabledStateChanged

  public void onEnabledStateChanged(boolean enabled)

  Description copied from class: Component

  Handle component enable state when the enabled state changes.

  By default this sets or removes the 'disabled' attribute from the element. This can be overridden to have custom handling.

  Overrides:

  onEnabledStateChanged in class Component

  Parameters:

  enabled - the new enabled state of the component

• setTarget

  public void setTarget(String target)

  Sets the target window, tab or frame for this anchor. The target is either the window.name of a specific target, or one of these special values:

  • _self: Open the link in the current context. This is the default behavior.
  • _blank: Opens the link in a new unnamed context.
  • _parent: Opens the link in the parent context, or the current context if there is no parent context.
  • _top: Opens the link in the top most grandparent context, or the current context if there is no parent context.

  Parameters:

  target - the target value, or "" to remove the target value

• getTarget

  public Optional<String> getTarget()

  Gets the target window, tab or frame name for this anchor.

  Returns:

  an optional target, or an empty optional if no target has been set

  See Also:

  • setTarget(String)

• setTarget

  public void setTarget(AnchorTargetValue target)

  Sets the target window, tab or frame for this anchor. The target may be the one of these special values:

  • AnchorTarget.DEFAULT: Removes the target value. This has the same effect as setting the target to AnchorTarget.SELF.
  • AnchorTarget.SELF: Opens the link in the current context.
  • AnchorTarget.BLANK: Opens the link in a new unnamed context.
  • AnchorTarget.PARENT: Opens the link in the parent context, or the current context if there is no parent context.
  • AnchorTarget.TOP: Opens the link in the top most grandparent context, or the current context if there is no parent context.

  Parameters:

  target - the target value, not null

• getTargetValue

  public AnchorTargetValue getTargetValue()

  Gets the target window, tab or frame value for this anchor.

  Returns:

  the target window value , or AnchorTarget.DEFAULT if no target has been set

  See Also:

  • setTarget(AnchorTargetValue)
  • getTarget()