description('Test setting the host attribute of the URL in HTMLAnchorElement.'); var a = document.createElement('a'); debug("Basic test"); a.href = "https://www.mydomain.com:8080/path/"; a.host = "www.otherdomain.com:0"; shouldBe("a.href", "'https://www.otherdomain.com:0/path/'"); // IE8 throws "The URL is invalid" exception. debug("Set host with '?' in it"); try { a.href = "https://www.mydomain.com:8080/path/?key=value"; a.host = "www.other?domain.com:8080"; shouldBe("a.href", "'https://www.other/?domain.com:8080/path/?key=value'"); } catch(e) { debug("Exception: " + e.description); } debug("Set default port for another protocol"); a.href = "https://www.mydomain.com:8080/path/"; a.host = "www.otherdomain.com:80"; shouldBe("a.href", "'https://www.otherdomain.com:80/path/'"); debug("Set default port"); a.href = "https://www.mydomain.com:8080/path/"; a.host = "www.otherdomain.com:443"; shouldBe("a.href", "'https://www.otherdomain.com/path/'"); // Firefox 3.5.2 rejects a port that contains non-digits. debug("Set host with letters in port number"); a.href = "https://www.mydomain.com:8080/path/"; a.host = "www.otherdomain.com:44a5"; shouldBe("a.href", "'https://www.otherdomain.com:44/path/'"); // Firefox 3.5.2 ignores the leading space in the port, but errs on reparsing the port. debug("Leading space in port number"); a.href = "https://www.mydomain.com:8080/path/"; a.host = "www.otherdomain.com: 443"; shouldBe("a.href", "'https://www.otherdomain.com:0/path/'"); // Firefox 3.5.2 removed the port, clearly against the spec . debug("Colon without port number"); a.href = "https://www.mydomain.com:8080/path/"; a.host = "www.otherdomain.com:"; shouldBe("a.href", "'https://www.otherdomain.com:0/path/'"); // IE8 converts null to "null", which is not the right thing to do. // Firefox 3.5.2 allows setting the host to null, which it shouldn't per // http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/infrastructure.html#url-decomposition-idl-attributes . debug("Set host to null"); a.href = "https://www.mydomain.com:8080/path/"; a.host = null; shouldBe("a.href", "'https://www.mydomain.com:8080/path/'"); // Both IE8 and Firefox 3.5.2 allow setting the host to empty string, which they shouldn't, per // http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/infrastructure.html#url-decomposition-idl-attributes . // Since both do that in a buggy way, WebKit does not follow either one of them. debug("Set host to empty string"); a.href = "https://www.mydomain.com:8080/path/"; a.host = ""; shouldBe("a.href", "'https://www.mydomain.com:8080/path/'"); // Firefox 3.5.2 does not `set the host for file: . debug("Set host to URL with file: protocol"); a.href = "file:///path/"; a.host = "mydomain.com"; shouldBe("a.href", "'file://mydomain.com/path/'"); // IE8 throws if the host contains '/' debug("Set host containing slashes in it"); try { a.href = "https://www.mydomain.com:8080/path/"; a.host = "www.other\dom/ain.com"; shouldBe("a.href", "'https://www.otherdom/ain.com/path/'"); } catch(e) { debug("Exception: " + e.description); } // Firefox 3.5.2 add the missing '/' thus gets a different result than IE8 and Webkit. debug("Set host to a malformed URL"); a.href = "https:/\rww.my@domain.com:8080/path/"; a.host = "www.other!domain.com:15"; shouldBe("a.href", "'https://www.other!domain.com:15/ww.my@domain.com:8080/path/'"); // IE8 throws an "Object Error" exception. // Firefox 3.5.2 accepts this but throws an exception later // WebKit should just reject debug("Set host that starts with ':'"); try { a.href = "https://domain.com:8080/path/"; a.host = ":www.otherdomain.com:15"; shouldBe("a.href", "'https://domain.com:8080/path/'"); } catch(e) { debug("Exception: " + e.description); } // IE8 throws a security exception if the host contains '@' debug("Set host to URL containing username and .."); try { a.href = "https://rwwmy@domain.com:8080/pa..th/"; a.host = "www.other!domain.com:25"; shouldBe("a.href", "'https://rwwmy@www.other!domain.com:25/pa..th/'"); } catch(e) { debug("Exception: " + e.description); } // Both IE8 and Firefox append the hosts, instead of rejecting, per // http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/infrastructure.html#url-decomposition-idl-attributes . debug("Set host to a URL with tel: protocol"); a.href = "tel:+1-816-555-1212"; a.host = "+1-800-555-1212"; shouldBe("a.href", "'tel:+1-816-555-1212'"); var successfullyParsed = true;