[Origin API] .from() should throw on <a> and <area>.#56522
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When extracting an origin from `<a>` and `<area>` elements without an `href` attribute, we're currently returning an opaque `Origin`. We should throw instead, as there's not an origin to extract from these elements (see [1]). Thanks to @annevk for pointing this out in [2]. [1]: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/links.html#api-for-a-and-area-elements:extract-an-origin [2]: whatwg/url#892 (comment) Bug: 434131026 Change-Id: I136cc0ff24355e29418e060ab384938f3615a60e Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/7231346 Commit-Queue: Mike West <mkwst@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: Antonio Sartori <antoniosartori@chromium.org> Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/main@{#1554582}
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When extracting an origin from
\<a>and\<area>elements without anhrefattribute, we're currently returning an opaqueOrigin. Weshould throw instead, as there's not an origin to extract from these
elements (see 1). Thanks to @annevk for pointing this out in 2.
Bug: 434131026
Change-Id: I136cc0ff24355e29418e060ab384938f3615a60e
Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/7231346
Commit-Queue: Mike West <mkwst@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Antonio Sartori <antoniosartori@chromium.org>
Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/main@{#1554582}