javax/accessibility/AccessibleContext.java

/* AccessibleContext.java -- the context of an accessible object
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package javax.accessibility;

import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener;
import java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport;
import java.util.Locale;

/**
 * The minimum information that all accessible objects return. This includes
 * name, description, role, and state of the object, parents and children,
 * and any other useful information. If a component supports further details,
 * it should implement one of the following:<ul>
 * <li>{@link AccessibleAction} - the object can perform actions</li>
 * <li>{@link AccessibleComponent} - the object has a graphical
 *     representation</li>
 * <li>{@link AccessibleSelection} - the object allows its children to be
 *     selected</li>
 * <li>{@link AccessibleText} - the object represents editable text</li>
 * <li>{@link AccessibleValue} - the object represents a numerical value</li>
 * </ul>
 *
 * @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu)
 * @since 1.2
 * @status updated to 1.4
 */
public abstract class AccessibleContext
{
  /**
   * Constant used when the accessible name has changed. Both the old and new
   * values are listed in the event.
   *
   * @see #getAccessibleName()
   * @see #addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener)
   */
  public static final String ACCESSIBLE_NAME_PROPERTY
    = "AccessibleName";

  /**
   * Constant used when the accessible description has changed. Both the old
   * and new values are listed in the event.
   *
   * @see #getAccessibleDescription()
   * @see #addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener)
   */
  public static final String ACCESSIBLE_DESCRIPTION_PROPERTY
    = "AccessibleDescription";

  /**
   * Constant used when the accessibleStateSet has changed. Both the old and
   * new values are listed in the event, although either may be null if a
   * state was disabled at that time.
   *
   * @see #getAccessibleStateSet()
   * @see AccessibleState
   * @see AccessibleStateSet
   * @see #addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener)
   */
  public static final String ACCESSIBLE_STATE_PROPERTY
    = "AccessibleState";

  /**
   * Constant used when the accessibleValue has changed. Both the old and new
   * values are listed in the event.
   *
   * @see #getAccessibleValue()
   * @see #addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener)
   */
  public static final String ACCESSIBLE_VALUE_PROPERTY
    = "AccessibleValue";

  /**
   * Constant used when the accessibleSelection has changed. Both the old and
   * new values of the event are reserved for future use.
   *
   * @see #getAccessibleSelection()
   * @see #addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener)
   */
  public static final String ACCESSIBLE_SELECTION_PROPERTY
    = "AccessibleSelection";

  /**
   * Constant used when the accessibleText has changed. Both the old and new
   * values of the event are reserved for future use.
   *
   * @see #getAccessibleText()
   * @see #addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener)
   */
  public static final String ACCESSIBLE_TEXT_PROPERTY
    = "AccessibleText";

  /**
   * Constant used when the accessibleText caret has changed. Both the old and
   * new values are listed in the event.
   *
   * @see #addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener)
   */
  public static final String ACCESSIBLE_CARET_PROPERTY
    = "AccessibleCaret";

  /**
   * Constant used when the visible data has changed. Both the old and new
   * values of the event are reserved for future use.
   *
   * @see #addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener)
   */
  public static final String ACCESSIBLE_VISIBLE_DATA_PROPERTY
    = "AccessibleVisibleData";

  /**
   * Constant used when children are added or removed. On addition, the new
   * value of the event holds the new child; on removal, the old value holds
   * the removed child.
   *
   * @see #addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener)
   */
  public static final String ACCESSIBLE_CHILD_PROPERTY
    = "AccessibleChild";

  /**
   * Constant used when active descendent of a component has changed. Both
   * the old and new values are listed in the event.
   *
   * @see #addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener)
   */
  public static final String ACCESSIBLE_ACTIVE_DESCENDANT_PROPERTY
    = "AccessibleActiveDescendant";

  /**
   * Constant used when the accessible table caption has changed. Both the
   * old and new values are listed in the event.
   *
   * @see Accessible
   * @see AccessibleTable
   */
  public static final String ACCESSIBLE_TABLE_CAPTION_CHANGED
    = "accessibleTableCaptionChanged";

  /**
   * Constant used when the accessible table summary has changed. Both the
   * old and new values are listed in the event.
   *
   * @see Accessible
   * @see AccessibleTable
   */
  public static final String ACCESSIBLE_TABLE_SUMMARY_CHANGED
    = "accessibleTableSummaryChanged";

  /**
   * Constant used when the accessible table model has changed. Only the new
   * value of the event has meaning.
   *
   * @see AccessibleTable
   * @see AccessibleTableModelChange
   */
  public static final String ACCESSIBLE_TABLE_MODEL_CHANGED
    = "accessibleTableModelChanged";

  /**
   * Constant used when the accessible table row header has changed. Only the
   * new value of the event has meaning.
   *
   * @see AccessibleTable
   * @see AccessibleTableModelChange
   */
  public static final String ACCESSIBLE_TABLE_ROW_HEADER_CHANGED
    = "accessibleTableRowHeaderChanged";

  /**
   * Constant used when the accessible table row description has changed. Only
   * the new value of the event has meaning.
   *
   * @see AccessibleTable
   */
  public static final String ACCESSIBLE_TABLE_ROW_DESCRIPTION_CHANGED
    = "accessibleTableRowDescriptionChanged";

  /**
   * Constant used when the accessible table column header has changed. Only
   * the new value of the event has meaning.
   *
   * @see AccessibleTable
   * @see AccessibleTableModelChange
   */
  public static final String ACCESSIBLE_TABLE_COLUMN_HEADER_CHANGED
    = "accessibleTableColumnHeaderChanged";

  /**
   * Constant used when the accessible table column description has changed.
   * Only the new value of the event has meaning.
   *
   * @see AccessibleTable
   */
  public static final String ACCESSIBLE_TABLE_COLUMN_DESCRIPTION_CHANGED
    = "accessibleTableColumnDescriptionChanged";

  /**
   * Constant used when supported set of actions has changed. Both the old
   * and new values are listed in the event.
   *
   * @see AccessibleAction
   */
  public static final String ACCESSIBLE_ACTION_PROPERTY
    = "accessibleActionProperty";

  /**
   * Constant used when a hypertext element received focus. Both the old
   * and new values are listed in the event, with -1 indicating that no link
   * had focus.
   *
   * @see AccessibleHyperlink
   */
  public static final String ACCESSIBLE_HYPERTEXT_OFFSET
    = "AccessibleHypertextOffset";

  /**
   * The accessible parent of this object.
   *
   * @see #getAccessibleParent()
   * @see #setAccessibleParent(Accessible)
   */
  protected Accessible accessibleParent;

  /**
   * A localized string naming this object.
   *
   * @see #getAccessibleName()
   * @see #setAccessibleName(String)
   */
  protected String accessibleName;

  /**
   * A localized string describing this object.
   *
   * @see #getAccessibleDescription()
   * @see #setAccessibleDescription(String)
   */
  protected String accessibleDescription;

  /**
   * The listener tool.
   *
   * @see #addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener)
   * @see #removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener)
   * @see #firePropertyChange(String, Object, Object)
   */
  private final PropertyChangeSupport listeners
    = new PropertyChangeSupport(this);

  /**
   * Default constructor.
   */
  public AccessibleContext()
  {
  }

  /**
   * Get the localized name of the object. For example, a label may just
   * return the text of the label, while an entry field for city may return
   * "city" in en_US.
   *
   * @return the accessible object's name, or null if it is unnamed
   * @see #setAccessibleName(String)
   */
  public String getAccessibleName()
  {
    return accessibleName;
  }

  /**
   * Set the localized name of the object. This will fire a
   * PropertyChangeEvent with ACCESSIBLE_NAME_PROPERTY.
   *
   * @param s the new name
   * @see #getAccessibleName()
   * @see #addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener)
   */
  public void setAccessibleName(String s)
  {
    listeners.firePropertyChange(ACCESSIBLE_NAME_PROPERTY, accessibleName, s);
    accessibleName = s;
  }

  /**
   * Get the localized description of the object. For example, a 'Cancel'
   * button may be described as "Ignore changes and close dialog box" in
   * en_US.
   *
   * @return the accessible object's description, or null if there is none
   * @see #setAccessibleDescription(String)
   */
  public String getAccessibleDescription()
  {
    return accessibleDescription;
  }

  /**
   * Set the localized name of the object. This will fire a
   * PropertyChangeEvent with ACCESSIBLE_DESCRIPTION_PROPERTY.
   *
   * @param s the new description
   * @see #getAccessibleDescription()
   * @see #addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener)
   */
  public void setAccessibleDescription(String s)
  {
    listeners.firePropertyChange(ACCESSIBLE_DESCRIPTION_PROPERTY,
                                 accessibleDescription, s);
    accessibleDescription = s;
  }

  /**
   * Gets the role of this object. For example, a button serves the role of
   * AccessibleRole.PUSH_BUTTON. This allows assistive technologies to funnel
   * similar objects into the same assistance classes. Note that the class
   * is extensible, to define new roles if necessary.
   *
   * @return the role of the object
   * @see AccessibleRole
   */
  public abstract AccessibleRole getAccessibleRole();

  /**
   * Gets the state set of this object. A change in the state of the object
   * will fire a PropertyChangeEvent for ACCESSIBLE_STATE_PROPERTY.
   *
   * @return the current state of the object
   * @see AccessibleState
   * @see AccessibleStateSet
   * @see #addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener)
   */
  public abstract AccessibleStateSet getAccessibleStateSet();

  /**
   * Return the accessible parent of this object.
   *
   * @return the accessible parent, or null if there is none
   */
  public Accessible getAccessibleParent()
  {
    return accessibleParent;
  }

  /**
   * Sets the accessible parent of this object. This should only be used when
   * the current parent object should not be the accessible parent; only the
   * parent of the accessible child should call this method.
   *
   * @param a the new parent
   */
  public void setAccessibleParent(Accessible a)
  {
    accessibleParent = a;
  }

  /**
   * Gets the index of this object within its accessible parent.
   *
   * @return the 0-based index, or -1 if there is no accessible parent
   * @see #getAccessibleParent()
   * @see #getAccessibleChildrenCount()
   * @see #getAccessibleChild(int)
   */
  public abstract int getAccessibleIndexInParent();

  /**
   * Returns the number of accessible children of this object.
   *
   * @return the number of accessible children
   * @see #getAccessibleChild(int)
   */
  public abstract int getAccessibleChildrenCount();

  /**
   * Returns the specified accessible chile.
   *
   * @param i the 0-based index to get
   * @return the child, or null if out of bounds
   * @see #getAccessibleChildrenCount()
   */
  public abstract Accessible getAccessibleChild(int i);

  /**
   * Gets the component locale, deferring to the parent if one is not declared.
   *
   * @return the locale
   * @throws java.awt.IllegalComponentStateException if there is no locale
   *         or parent
   */
  public abstract Locale getLocale();

  /**
   * Add a PropertyChangeListener to the listener list. This listener will
   * be notified of all property changes to the accessible object.
   *
   * @param l the listener to add
   * @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
   * @see #removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener)
   */
  public void addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener l)
  {
    listeners.addPropertyChangeListener(l);
  }

  /**
   * Remove a PropertyChangeListener from the listener list.
   *
   * @param l the listener to remove
   * @see #addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener)
   */
  public void removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener l)
  {
    listeners.removePropertyChangeListener(l);
  }

  /**
   * Get any supported accessible actions. The default implementation returns
   * null.
   *
   * @return the supported action, or null
   * @see AccessibleAction
   */
  public AccessibleAction getAccessibleAction()
  {
    return null;
  }

  /**
   * Get any supported accessible compoent. The default implementation returns
   * null.
   *
   * @return the supported component, or null
   * @see AccessibleComponent
   */
  public AccessibleComponent getAccessibleComponent()
  {
    return null;
  }

  /**
   * Get any supported accessible selection. The default implementation returns
   * null.
   *
   * @return the supported selection, or null
   * @see AccessibleSelection
   */
  public AccessibleSelection getAccessibleSelection()
  {
    return null;
  }

  /**
   * Get any supported accessible text. The default implementation returns
   * null.
   *
   * @return the supported text, or null
   * @see AccessibleText
   */
  public AccessibleText getAccessibleText()
  {
    return null;
  }

  /**
   * Get any supported accessible editable text. The default implementation
   * returns null.
   *
   * @return the supported editable text, or null
   * @see AccessibleEditableText
   */
  public AccessibleEditableText getAccessibleEditableText()
  {
    return null;
  }

  /**
   * Get any supported accessible value. The default implementation returns
   * null.
   *
   * @return the supported value, or null
   * @see AccessibleValue
   */
  public AccessibleValue getAccessibleValue()
  {
    return null;
  }

  /**
   * Get all supported accessible icons. The default implementation returns
   * null.
   *
   * @return the supported icons, or null
   * @see AccessibleIcon
   */
  public AccessibleIcon[] getAccessibleIcon()
  {
    return null;
  }

  /**
   * Get any supported accessible relation set. The default implementation
   * returns null.
   *
   * @return the supported relation set, or null
   * @see AccessibleRelationSet
   */
  public AccessibleRelationSet getAccessibleRelationSet()
  {
    return null;
  }

  /**
   * Get any supported accessible table. The default implementation returns
   * null.
   *
   * @return the supported table, or null
   * @see AccessibleTable
   */
  public AccessibleTable getAccessibleTable()
  {
    return null;
  }

  /**
   * Fire an event to report property changes. This is intended for use by
   * the accessible objects, not general application programs. If oldValue and
   * newValue differ, and the listenter list is not empty, a PropertyChange
   * event is fired to each listener.
   *
   * @param name the property name
   * @param oldValue the prior value
   * @param newValue the updated value
   * @see PropertyChangeSupport
   * @see #addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener)
   * @see #removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener)
   * @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
   */
  public void firePropertyChange(String name, Object oldValue, Object newValue)
  {
    listeners.firePropertyChange(name, oldValue, newValue);
  }
} // class AccessibleContext