Qt 4.6: QtWebKit Module

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# QtWebKit Module

The QtWebKit module provides a web browser engine as well as classes to render and interact with web content. More...

## Classes

QWebDatabase | Access to HTML 5 databases created with JavaScript
QWebElement | Convenient access to DOM elements in a QWebFrame
QWebFrame | Represents a frame in a web page
QWebHistory | Represents the history of a QWebPage
QWebHistoryInterface | Interface to implement link history
QWebHistoryItem | Represents one item in the history of a QWebPage
QWebHitTestResult | Information about the web page content after a hit test
QWebPage | Object to view and edit web documents
QWebPluginFactory | Creates plugins to be embedded into web pages
QWebSecurityOrigin | Defines a security boundary for web sites
QWebSettings | Object to store the settings used by QWebPage and QWebFrame
QWebView | Widget that is used to view and edit web documents

## Detailed Description

To include the definitions of the module's classes, use the following directive:

     #include <QtWebKit>

To link against the module, add this line to your qmake `.pro` file:

     QT += webkit

### License Information

This is a snapshot of the Qt port of WebKit. The exact version information can be found in the `src/3rdparty/webkit/VERSION` file supplied with Qt.

Qt Commercial Edition licensees that wish to distribute applications that use the QtWebKit module need to be aware of their obligations under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).

Developers using the Open Source Edition can choose to redistribute the module under the appropriate version of the GNU LGPL; version 2.1 for applications and libraries licensed under the GNU GPL version 2, or version 3 for applications and libraries licensed under the GNU GPL version 2.

WebKit is licensed under the GNU Library General Public License. Individual contributor names and copyright dates can be found inline in the code.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.

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