XHTML: Return General Node When Calling GetElement Methods

I am hoping that someone might be able to answer this. Below are two very 
scaled down code examples. The first shows an html page and the java code to 
access the element once the html page has been compiled via xmlc. The second 
shows the same thing except for an XHTML file. In the second version, 
getElementSomeId() does not return an HTMLAnchorElement. Instead it returns a 
general element. Since element is the return type, a cast is needed to get 
anchor tag specific methods.

Is there a way to make XHMTL generated objects act like HTML objects so no 
casting is needed? 
 
 
Index.html page:
<a href=”#” id=”someId”>Click Here</a>
 
Java code used to access someId:
HTMLAnchorElement someId = indexHTML.getElementSomeId();
someId.getHref()…
 
 
When using an XHtml file it looks like this:
index.xhtml page:
<a href=”#” id=”someId”>Click Here</a>
 
Java code used to access someId:
HTMLAnchorElement someId = (HTMLAnchorElement)indexHTML.getElementSomeId();
someId.getHref()…
 



Thank you,


Kyle Aaron
aaronka@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


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