Method getWebRequest

src/main/java/org/htmlunit/html/HtmlLink.java:249–260

Returns the request which will allow us to retrieve the content referenced by the href attribute. @return the request which will allow us to retrieve the content referenced by the href attribute @throws MalformedURLException in case of problem resolving the URL

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     * @throws MalformedURLException in case of problem resolving the URL
     */
    public WebRequest getWebRequest() throws MalformedURLException {
        final HtmlPage page = (HtmlPage) getPage();
        final URL url = page.getFullyQualifiedUrl(getHrefAttribute());

        final BrowserVersion browser = page.getWebClient().getBrowserVersion();
        final WebRequest request = new WebRequest(url, browser.getCssAcceptHeader(), browser.getAcceptEncodingHeader());
        // use the page encoding even if this is a GET requests
        request.setCharset(page.getCharset());
        request.setRefererHeader(page.getUrl());

        return request;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}