[jQuery] How to access href-property

[Matthias Coy]

Hi there,
how do I access the "href"-property of an anchor-element? I know there is a

$("#idOfAnAnchor").attr("href");

but this only gives me the attribute and not the property. I need the 
property, because inside of this property is the full URL. See example:

<a id="idOfAnAnchor1" href="/index.php">Home</a> // on otherpage.com
<a id="idOfAnAnchor2" href="http://somepage.com/index.php";>Home</a>

$("#idOfAnAnchor1").attr("href"); // gives '/index.php', needed is 
'http://otherpage.com/index.php'
$("#idOfAnAnchor2").attr("href"); // gives 'http://somepage.com/index.php'

I could use:

var aLink = document.getElementById("#idOfAnAnchor1");
var aHrefProperty = aLink.href;

but where is the jQuery fun in this :) ?

Regards
        Matthias