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package javax.accessibility;
/**
* AccessibleContext represents the minimum information all accessible objects
* return. This information includes the accessible name, description, role,
* and state of the object, as well as information about its parent and
* children. AccessibleContext also contains methods for
* obtaining more specific accessibility information about a component.
* If the component supports them, these methods will return an object that
* implements one or more of the following interfaces:
* <P><ul>
* <li>{@link AccessibleAction} - the object can perform one or more actions.
* This interface provides the standard mechanism for an assistive
* technology to determine what those actions are and tell the object
* to perform them. Any object that can be manipulated should
* support this interface.
* <li>{@link AccessibleComponent} - the object has a graphical representation.
* This interface provides the standard mechanism for an assistive
* technology to determine and set the graphical representation of the
* object. Any object that is rendered on the screen should support
* this interface.
* <li>{@link AccessibleSelection} - the object allows its children to be
* selected. This interface provides the standard mechanism for an
* assistive technology to determine the currently selected children of the object
* as well as modify its selection set. Any object that has children
* that can be selected should support this interface.
* <li>{@link AccessibleText} - the object presents editable textual information
* on the display. This interface provides the standard mechanism for
* an assistive technology to access that text via its content, attributes,
* and spatial location. Any object that contains editable text should
* support this interface.
* <li>{@link AccessibleValue} - the object supports a numerical value. This
* interface provides the standard mechanism for an assistive technology
* to determine and set the current value of the object, as well as obtain its
* minimum and maximum values. Any object that supports a numerical value
* should support this interface.</ul>
*
*
* @beaninfo
* attribute: isContainer false
* description: Minimal information that all accessible objects return
*
* @author Peter Korn
* @author Hans Muller
* @author Willie Walker
* @author Lynn Monsanto
*/
public abstract class AccessibleContext {
/**
* Constant used to determine when the accessibleName property has
* changed. The old value in the PropertyChangeEvent will be the old
* accessibleName and the new value will be the new accessibleName.
*
* @see #getAccessibleName
* @see #addPropertyChangeListener
*/
/**
* Constant used to determine when the accessibleDescription property has
* changed. The old value in the PropertyChangeEvent will be the
* old accessibleDescription and the new value will be the new
* accessibleDescription.
*
* @see #getAccessibleDescription
* @see #addPropertyChangeListener
*/
/**
* Constant used to determine when the accessibleStateSet property has
* changed. The old value will be the old AccessibleState and the new
* value will be the new AccessibleState in the accessibleStateSet.
* For example, if a component that supports the vertical and horizontal
* states changes its orientation from vertical to horizontal, the old
* value will be AccessibleState.VERTICAL and the new value will be
* AccessibleState.HORIZONTAL. Please note that either value can also
* be null. For example, when a component changes from being enabled
* to disabled, the old value will be AccessibleState.ENABLED
* and the new value will be null.
*
* @see #getAccessibleStateSet
* @see AccessibleState
* @see AccessibleStateSet
* @see #addPropertyChangeListener
*/
/**
* Constant used to determine when the accessibleValue property has
* changed. The old value in the PropertyChangeEvent will be a Number
* representing the old value and the new value will be a Number
* representing the new value
*
* @see #getAccessibleValue
* @see #addPropertyChangeListener
*/
/**
* Constant used to determine when the accessibleSelection has changed.
* The old and new values in the PropertyChangeEvent are currently
* reserved for future use.
*
* @see #getAccessibleSelection
* @see #addPropertyChangeListener
*/
/**
* Constant used to determine when the accessibleText caret has changed.
* The old value in the PropertyChangeEvent will be an
* integer representing the old caret position, and the new value will
*
* @see #addPropertyChangeListener
*/
/**
* Constant used to determine when the visual appearance of the object
* has changed. The old and new values in the PropertyChangeEvent are
* currently reserved for future use.
*
* @see #addPropertyChangeListener
*/
/**
* from the object. If an Accessible child is being added, the old
* value will be null and the new value will be the Accessible child. If an
* Accessible child is being removed, the old value will be the Accessible
* child, and the new value will be null.
*
* @see #addPropertyChangeListener
*/
/**
* Constant used to determine when the active descendant of a component
* has changed. The active descendant is used for objects such as
* list, tree, and table, which may have transient children. When the
* active descendant has changed, the old value of the property change
* event will be the Accessible representing the previous active child, and
* the new value will be the Accessible representing the current active
* child.
*
* @see #addPropertyChangeListener
*/
/**
* Constant used to indicate that the table caption has changed
* The old value in the PropertyChangeEvent will be an Accessible
* representing the previous table caption and the new value will
* be an Accessible representing the new table caption.
* @see Accessible
* @see AccessibleTable
*/
"accessibleTableCaptionChanged";
/**
* Constant used to indicate that the table summary has changed
* The old value in the PropertyChangeEvent will be an Accessible
* representing the previous table summary and the new value will
* be an Accessible representing the new table summary.
* @see Accessible
* @see AccessibleTable
*/
"accessibleTableSummaryChanged";
/**
* Constant used to indicate that table data has changed.
* The old value in the PropertyChangeEvent will be null and the
* new value will be an AccessibleTableModelChange representing
* the table change.
* @see AccessibleTable
* @see AccessibleTableModelChange
*/
"accessibleTableModelChanged";
/**
* Constant used to indicate that the row header has changed
* The old value in the PropertyChangeEvent will be null and the
* new value will be an AccessibleTableModelChange representing
* the header change.
* @see AccessibleTable
* @see AccessibleTableModelChange
*/
"accessibleTableRowHeaderChanged";
/**
* Constant used to indicate that the row description has changed
* The old value in the PropertyChangeEvent will be null and the
* new value will be an Integer representing the row index.
* @see AccessibleTable
*/
"accessibleTableRowDescriptionChanged";
/**
* Constant used to indicate that the column header has changed
* The old value in the PropertyChangeEvent will be null and the
* new value will be an AccessibleTableModelChange representing
* the header change.
* @see AccessibleTable
* @see AccessibleTableModelChange
*/
"accessibleTableColumnHeaderChanged";
/**
* Constant used to indicate that the column description has changed
* The old value in the PropertyChangeEvent will be null and the
* new value will be an Integer representing the column index.
* @see AccessibleTable
*/
"accessibleTableColumnDescriptionChanged";
/**
* Constant used to indicate that the supported set of actions
* has changed. The old value in the PropertyChangeEvent will
* be an Integer representing the old number of actions supported
* and the new value will be an Integer representing the new
* number of actions supported.
* @see AccessibleAction
*/
"accessibleActionProperty";
/**
* Constant used to indicate that a hypertext element has received focus.
* The old value in the PropertyChangeEvent will be an Integer
* representing the start index in the document of the previous element
* that had focus and the new value will be an Integer representing
* the start index in the document of the current element that has
* focus. A value of -1 indicates that an element does not or did
* not have focus.
* @see AccessibleHyperlink
*/
"AccessibleHypertextOffset";
/**
* PropertyChangeEvent which indicates that text has changed.
* <br>
* For text insertion, the oldValue is null and the newValue
* is an AccessibleTextSequence specifying the text that was
* inserted.
* <br>
* For text deletion, the oldValue is an AccessibleTextSequence
* specifying the text that was deleted and the newValue is null.
* <br>
* For text replacement, the oldValue is an AccessibleTextSequence
* specifying the old text and the newValue is an AccessibleTextSequence
* specifying the new text.
*
* @see #getAccessibleText
* @see #addPropertyChangeListener
* @see AccessibleTextSequence
*/
= "AccessibleText";
/**
* PropertyChangeEvent which indicates that a significant change
* has occurred to the children of a component like a tree or text.
* This change notifies the event listener that it needs to
* reacquire the state of the subcomponents. The oldValue is
* null and the newValue is the component whose children have
* become invalid.
*
* @see #getAccessibleText
* @see #addPropertyChangeListener
* @see AccessibleTextSequence
*
* @since 1.5
*/
"accessibleInvalidateChildren";
/**
* PropertyChangeEvent which indicates that text attributes have changed.
* <br>
* For attribute insertion, the oldValue is null and the newValue
* is an AccessibleAttributeSequence specifying the attributes that were
* inserted.
* <br>
* For attribute deletion, the oldValue is an AccessibleAttributeSequence
* specifying the attributes that were deleted and the newValue is null.
* <br>
* For attribute replacement, the oldValue is an AccessibleAttributeSequence
* specifying the old attributes and the newValue is an
* AccessibleAttributeSequence specifying the new attributes.
*
* @see #getAccessibleText
* @see #addPropertyChangeListener
* @see AccessibleAttributeSequence
*
* @since 1.5
*/
"accessibleTextAttributesChanged";
/**
* PropertyChangeEvent which indicates that a change has occurred
* in a component's bounds.
* The oldValue is the old component bounds and the newValue is
* the new component bounds.
*
* @see #addPropertyChangeListener
*
* @since 1.5
*/
"accessibleComponentBoundsChanged";
/**
* The accessible parent of this object.
*
* @see #getAccessibleParent
* @see #setAccessibleParent
*/
/**
* A localized String containing the name of the object.
*
* @see #getAccessibleName
* @see #setAccessibleName
*/
/**
* A localized String containing the description of the object.
*
* @see #getAccessibleDescription
* @see #setAccessibleDescription
*/
/**
* Used to handle the listener list for property change events.
*
* @see #addPropertyChangeListener
* @see #removePropertyChangeListener
* @see #firePropertyChangeListener
*/
/**
* Used to represent the context's relation set
* @see #getAccessibleRelationSet
*/
= new AccessibleRelationSet();
/**
* Gets the accessibleName property of this object. The accessibleName
* property of an object is a localized String that designates the purpose
* of the object. For example, the accessibleName property of a label
* or button might be the text of the label or button itself. In the
* case of an object that doesn't display its name, the accessibleName
* should still be set. For example, in the case of a text field used
* to enter the name of a city, the accessibleName for the en_US locale
* could be 'city.'
*
* @return the localized name of the object; null if this
* object does not have a name
*
* @see #setAccessibleName
*/
return accessibleName;
}
/**
* Sets the localized accessible name of this object. Changing the
* name will cause a PropertyChangeEvent to be fired for the
* ACCESSIBLE_NAME_PROPERTY property.
*
* @param s the new localized name of the object.
*
* @see #getAccessibleName
* @see #addPropertyChangeListener
*
* @beaninfo
* preferred: true
* description: Sets the accessible name for the component.
*/
accessibleName = s;
}
/**
* Gets the accessibleDescription property of this object. The
* accessibleDescription property of this object is a short localized
* phrase describing the purpose of the object. For example, in the
* case of a 'Cancel' button, the accessibleDescription could be
* 'Ignore changes and close dialog box.'
*
* @return the localized description of the object; null if
* this object does not have a description
*
* @see #setAccessibleDescription
*/
return accessibleDescription;
}
/**
* Sets the accessible description of this object. Changing the
* name will cause a PropertyChangeEvent to be fired for the
* ACCESSIBLE_DESCRIPTION_PROPERTY property.
*
* @param s the new localized description of the object
*
* @see #setAccessibleName
* @see #addPropertyChangeListener
*
* @beaninfo
* preferred: true
* description: Sets the accessible description for the component.
*/
}
/**
* Gets the role of this object. The role of the object is the generic
* purpose or use of the class of this object. For example, the role
* of a push button is AccessibleRole.PUSH_BUTTON. The roles in
* AccessibleRole are provided so component developers can pick from
* a set of predefined roles. This enables assistive technologies to
* provide a consistent interface to various tweaked subclasses of
* components (e.g., use AccessibleRole.PUSH_BUTTON for all components
* that act like a push button) as well as distinguish between sublasses
* that behave differently (e.g., AccessibleRole.CHECK_BOX for check boxes
* and AccessibleRole.RADIO_BUTTON for radio buttons).
* <p>Note that the AccessibleRole class is also extensible, so
* custom component developers can define their own AccessibleRole's
* if the set of predefined roles is inadequate.
*
* @return an instance of AccessibleRole describing the role of the object
* @see AccessibleRole
*/
/**
* Gets the state set of this object. The AccessibleStateSet of an object
* is composed of a set of unique AccessibleStates. A change in the
* AccessibleStateSet of an object will cause a PropertyChangeEvent to
* be fired for the ACCESSIBLE_STATE_PROPERTY property.
*
* @return an instance of AccessibleStateSet containing the
* current state set of the object
* @see AccessibleStateSet
* @see AccessibleState
* @see #addPropertyChangeListener
*/
/**
* Gets the Accessible parent of this object.
*
* @return the Accessible parent of this object; null if this
* object does not have an Accessible parent
*/
return accessibleParent;
}
/**
* Sets the Accessible parent of this object. This is meant to be used
* only in the situations where the actual component's parent should
* not be treated as the component's accessible parent and is a method
* that should only be called by the parent of the accessible child.
*
* @param a - Accessible to be set as the parent
*/
accessibleParent = a;
}
/**
* Gets the 0-based index of this object in its accessible parent.
*
* @return the 0-based index of this object in its parent; -1 if this
* object does not have an accessible parent.
*
* @see #getAccessibleParent
* @see #getAccessibleChildrenCount
* @see #getAccessibleChild
*/
public abstract int getAccessibleIndexInParent();
/**
* Returns the number of accessible children of the object.
*
* @return the number of accessible children of the object.
*/
public abstract int getAccessibleChildrenCount();
/**
* Returns the specified Accessible child of the object. The Accessible
* children of an Accessible object are zero-based, so the first child
* of an Accessible child is at index 0, the second child is at index 1,
* and so on.
*
* @param i zero-based index of child
* @return the Accessible child of the object
* @see #getAccessibleChildrenCount
*/
/**
* Gets the locale of the component. If the component does not have a
* locale, then the locale of its parent is returned.
*
* @return this component's locale. If this component does not have
* a locale, the locale of its parent is returned.
*
* @exception IllegalComponentStateException
* If the Component does not have its own locale and has not yet been
* added to a containment hierarchy such that the locale can be
* determined from the containing parent.
*/
/**
* Adds a PropertyChangeListener to the listener list.
* The listener is registered for all Accessible properties and will
* be called when those properties change.
*
* @see #ACCESSIBLE_NAME_PROPERTY
* @see #ACCESSIBLE_DESCRIPTION_PROPERTY
* @see #ACCESSIBLE_STATE_PROPERTY
* @see #ACCESSIBLE_VALUE_PROPERTY
* @see #ACCESSIBLE_SELECTION_PROPERTY
* @see #ACCESSIBLE_TEXT_PROPERTY
* @see #ACCESSIBLE_VISIBLE_DATA_PROPERTY
*
* @param listener The PropertyChangeListener to be added
*/
if (accessibleChangeSupport == null) {
accessibleChangeSupport = new PropertyChangeSupport(this);
}
}
/**
* Removes a PropertyChangeListener from the listener list.
* This removes a PropertyChangeListener that was registered
* for all properties.
*
* @param listener The PropertyChangeListener to be removed
*/
if (accessibleChangeSupport != null) {
}
}
/**
* Gets the AccessibleAction associated with this object that supports
* one or more actions.
*
* @return AccessibleAction if supported by object; else return null
* @see AccessibleAction
*/
return null;
}
/**
* Gets the AccessibleComponent associated with this object that has a
* graphical representation.
*
* @return AccessibleComponent if supported by object; else return null
* @see AccessibleComponent
*/
return null;
}
/**
* Gets the AccessibleSelection associated with this object which allows its
* Accessible children to be selected.
*
* @return AccessibleSelection if supported by object; else return null
* @see AccessibleSelection
*/
return null;
}
/**
* Gets the AccessibleText associated with this object presenting
* text on the display.
*
* @return AccessibleText if supported by object; else return null
* @see AccessibleText
*/
return null;
}
/**
* Gets the AccessibleEditableText associated with this object
* presenting editable text on the display.
*
* @return AccessibleEditableText if supported by object; else return null
* @see AccessibleEditableText
* @since 1.4
*/
return null;
}
/**
* Gets the AccessibleValue associated with this object that supports a
* Numerical value.
*
* @return AccessibleValue if supported by object; else return null
* @see AccessibleValue
*/
return null;
}
/**
* Gets the AccessibleIcons associated with an object that has
* one or more associated icons
*
* @return an array of AccessibleIcon if supported by object;
* otherwise return null
* @see AccessibleIcon
* @since 1.3
*/
return null;
}
/**
* Gets the AccessibleRelationSet associated with an object
*
* @return an AccessibleRelationSet if supported by object;
* otherwise return null
* @see AccessibleRelationSet
* @since 1.3
*/
return relationSet;
}
/**
* Gets the AccessibleTable associated with an object
*
* @return an AccessibleTable if supported by object;
* otherwise return null
* @see AccessibleTable
* @since 1.3
*/
return null;
}
/**
* Support for reporting bound property changes. If oldValue and
* newValue are not equal and the PropertyChangeEvent listener list
* is not empty, then fire a PropertyChange event to each listener.
* In general, this is for use by the Accessible objects themselves
* and should not be called by an application program.
* @param propertyName The programmatic name of the property that
* was changed.
* @param oldValue The old value of the property.
* @param newValue The new value of the property.
* @see java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport
* @see #addPropertyChangeListener
* @see #removePropertyChangeListener
* @see #ACCESSIBLE_NAME_PROPERTY
* @see #ACCESSIBLE_DESCRIPTION_PROPERTY
* @see #ACCESSIBLE_STATE_PROPERTY
* @see #ACCESSIBLE_VALUE_PROPERTY
* @see #ACCESSIBLE_SELECTION_PROPERTY
* @see #ACCESSIBLE_TEXT_PROPERTY
* @see #ACCESSIBLE_VISIBLE_DATA_PROPERTY
*/
if (accessibleChangeSupport != null) {
if (newValue instanceof PropertyChangeEvent) {
} else {
newValue);
}
}
}
}