javax.swing.text.html

## Class HTMLFrameHyperlinkEvent

- java.lang.Object
- - java.util.EventObject
  - - javax.swing.event.HyperlinkEvent
    - - javax.swing.text.html.HTMLFrameHyperlinkEvent

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    Serializable
  Direct Known Subclasses:
    FormSubmitEvent

      public class HTMLFrameHyperlinkEvent
      extends HyperlinkEvent

  HTMLFrameHyperlinkEvent is used to notify interested parties that link was activated in a frame.

- - ### Nested Class Summary

    - ### Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class javax.swing.event.HyperlinkEvent

      `HyperlinkEvent.EventType`

  - ### Field Summary

    - ### Fields inherited from class java.util.EventObject

      `source`

  - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor | Description
    --- | ---
    `HTMLFrameHyperlinkEvent(Object source, HyperlinkEvent.EventType type, URL targetURL, Element sourceElement, String targetFrame)` | Creates a new object representing a hypertext link event.
    `HTMLFrameHyperlinkEvent(Object source, HyperlinkEvent.EventType type, URL targetURL, String targetFrame)` | Creates a new object representing a html frame hypertext link event.
    `HTMLFrameHyperlinkEvent(Object source, HyperlinkEvent.EventType type, URL targetURL, String desc, Element sourceElement, InputEvent inputEvent, String targetFrame)` | Creates a new object representing a hypertext link event.
    `HTMLFrameHyperlinkEvent(Object source, HyperlinkEvent.EventType type, URL targetURL, String desc, Element sourceElement, String targetFrame)` | Creates a new object representing a hypertext link event.
    `HTMLFrameHyperlinkEvent(Object source, HyperlinkEvent.EventType type, URL targetURL, String desc, String targetFrame)` | Creates a new object representing a hypertext link event.

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `String` | `getTarget()` | returns the target for the link.

    - ### Methods inherited from class javax.swing.event.HyperlinkEvent

      `getDescription, getEventType, getInputEvent, getSourceElement, getURL`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.util.EventObject

      `getSource, toString`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### HTMLFrameHyperlinkEvent

          public HTMLFrameHyperlinkEvent(Object source,
                                         HyperlinkEvent.EventType type,
                                         URL targetURL,
                                         String targetFrame)

      Creates a new object representing a html frame hypertext link event.
      Parameters:
        `source` - the object responsible for the event
        `type` - the event type
        `targetURL` - the affected URL
        `targetFrame` - the Frame to display the document in

    - #### HTMLFrameHyperlinkEvent

          public HTMLFrameHyperlinkEvent(Object source,
                                         HyperlinkEvent.EventType type,
                                         URL targetURL,
                                         String desc,
                                         String targetFrame)

      Creates a new object representing a hypertext link event.
      Parameters:
        `source` - the object responsible for the event
        `type` - the event type
        `targetURL` - the affected URL
        `desc` - a description
        `targetFrame` - the Frame to display the document in

    - #### HTMLFrameHyperlinkEvent

          public HTMLFrameHyperlinkEvent(Object source,
                                         HyperlinkEvent.EventType type,
                                         URL targetURL,
                                         Element sourceElement,
                                         String targetFrame)

      Creates a new object representing a hypertext link event.
      Parameters:
        `source` - the object responsible for the event
        `type` - the event type
        `targetURL` - the affected URL
        `sourceElement` - the element that corresponds to the source of the event
        `targetFrame` - the Frame to display the document in

    - #### HTMLFrameHyperlinkEvent

          public HTMLFrameHyperlinkEvent(Object source,
                                         HyperlinkEvent.EventType type,
                                         URL targetURL,
                                         String desc,
                                         Element sourceElement,
                                         String targetFrame)

      Creates a new object representing a hypertext link event.
      Parameters:
        `source` - the object responsible for the event
        `type` - the event type
        `targetURL` - the affected URL
        `desc` - a description
        `sourceElement` - the element that corresponds to the source of the event
        `targetFrame` - the Frame to display the document in

    - #### HTMLFrameHyperlinkEvent

          public HTMLFrameHyperlinkEvent(Object source,
                                         HyperlinkEvent.EventType type,
                                         URL targetURL,
                                         String desc,
                                         Element sourceElement,
                                         InputEvent inputEvent,
                                         String targetFrame)

      Creates a new object representing a hypertext link event.
      Parameters:
        `source` - the object responsible for the event
        `type` - the event type
        `targetURL` - the affected URL
        `desc` - a description
        `sourceElement` - the element that corresponds to the source of the event
        `inputEvent` - InputEvent that triggered the hyperlink event
        `targetFrame` - the Frame to display the document in
      Since:
        1.7

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### getTarget

          public String getTarget()

      returns the target for the link.

Submit a bug or feature
For further API reference and developer documentation, see Java SE Documentation. That documentation contains more detailed, developer-targeted descriptions, with conceptual overviews, definitions of terms, workarounds, and working code examples.
Copyright © 1993, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Use is subject to license terms. Also see the documentation redistribution policy.