The Location Object
location object has the location information about the loaded document. location object also provides the general navigation functionality.
The location object is a property of both window and document. Both window.location and document.location point to the same object.
The locaction object has the following properties and methods:
| Name | Description | Returns |
|---|---|---|
| assign(<URL>) | Navigates to the specified URL. | void |
| hash | Gets or sets the hash component of the document URL, for example "#myID". | string |
| host | Gets or sets the host component of the document URL, for example "www.java2s.com:80". | string |
| hostname | Gets or sets the host name component of the document URL, for example "www.java2s.com". | string |
| href | Gets or sets the current document's location, full URL of the loaded page, for example "http://www.java2s.com". | string |
| pathname | Gets or sets the path component of the document URL, for example "/Book/HTML-CSS/". | string |
| port | Gets or sets the port of the document URL, for example "8080". | string |
| protocol | Gets or sets the protocol of the document URL, for example "http:".. Typically "http:" or "https:" | string |
| reload() | Reloads the current document. | void |
| replace(<URL>) | Removes the current document and navigates to the one specified by the URL. | void |
| resolveURL(<URL>) | Resolves the specified relative URL to an absolute one. | string |
| search | Gets or sets the query component of the document URL, for example "?q=javascript". | string |
| toString | Returns the full URL of the loaded page | string |