javax.accessibility

Interface AccessibleAction

Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractButton.AccessibleAbstractButton, AccessibleHyperlink, Button.AccessibleAWTButton, Checkbox.AccessibleAWTCheckbox, CheckboxMenuItem.AccessibleAWTCheckboxMenuItem, Choice.AccessibleAWTChoice, JButton.AccessibleJButton, JCheckBox.AccessibleJCheckBox, JCheckBoxMenuItem.AccessibleJCheckBoxMenuItem, JComboBox.AccessibleJComboBox, JEditorPane.AccessibleJEditorPane, JEditorPane.AccessibleJEditorPaneHTML, JEditorPane.JEditorPaneAccessibleHypertextSupport, JEditorPane.JEditorPaneAccessibleHypertextSupport.HTMLLink, JMenu.AccessibleJMenu, JMenuItem.AccessibleJMenuItem, JPasswordField.AccessibleJPasswordField, JRadioButton.AccessibleJRadioButton, JRadioButtonMenuItem.AccessibleJRadioButtonMenuItem, JTextArea.AccessibleJTextArea, JTextComponent.AccessibleJTextComponent, JTextField.AccessibleJTextField, JToggleButton.AccessibleJToggleButton, JTree.AccessibleJTree.AccessibleJTreeNode, Menu.AccessibleAWTMenu, MenuItem.AccessibleAWTMenuItem, PopupMenu.AccessibleAWTPopupMenu

public interface AccessibleAction

If an object implements this interface then it must be able to perform one or more actions. Accessibility software can use the implementations of this interface to discover and perform actions on an object.

The AccessibleContext.getAccessibleAction() method should return null if an object does not implement this interface.

Since:
1.2
See Also:
Accessible, AccessibleContext, AccessibleContext.getAccessibleAction()

Field Summary

static String
DECREMENT
The name of an action which decrements a value.
static String
INCREMENT
The name of an action which increments a value.
static String
TOGGLE_EXPAND
The name of an action which toggles the expansion of a tree node.

Method Summary

boolean
doAccessibleAction(int i)
Perform the specified action.
int
getAccessibleActionCount()
Get the number possible actions for this object, with the zeroth representing the default action.
String
getAccessibleActionDescription(int i)
Get a description for the specified action.

Field Details

DECREMENT

public static final String DECREMENT
The name of an action which decrements a value.
Field Value:
"decrement"
Since:
1.5

INCREMENT

public static final String INCREMENT
The name of an action which increments a value.
Field Value:
"increment"
Since:
1.5

TOGGLE_EXPAND

public static final String TOGGLE_EXPAND
The name of an action which toggles the expansion of a tree node.
Field Value:
"toggle expand"
Since:
1.5

Method Details

doAccessibleAction

public boolean doAccessibleAction(int i)
Perform the specified action. Does nothing if out of bounds.
Parameters:
i - the action to perform, 0-based
Returns:
true if the action was performed

getAccessibleActionCount

public int getAccessibleActionCount()
Get the number possible actions for this object, with the zeroth representing the default action.
Returns:
the 0-based number of actions

getAccessibleActionDescription

public String getAccessibleActionDescription(int i)
Get a description for the specified action. Returns null if out of bounds.
Parameters:
i - the action to describe, 0-based
Returns:
description of the action

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