Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 6

javax.accessibility
Interface AccessibleAction

All 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, JSpinner.AccessibleJSpinner, JTextArea.AccessibleJTextArea, JTextComponent.AccessibleJTextComponent, JTextField.AccessibleJTextField, JToggleButton.AccessibleJToggleButton, JTree.AccessibleJTree.AccessibleJTreeNode, Menu.AccessibleAWTMenu, MenuItem.AccessibleAWTMenuItem, PopupMenu.AccessibleAWTPopupMenu

public interface AccessibleAction

The AccessibleAction interface should be supported by any object that can perform one or more actions. This interface provides the standard mechanism for an assistive technology to determine what those actions are as well as tell the object to perform them. Any object that can be manipulated should support this interface. Applications can determine if an object supports the AccessibleAction interface by first obtaining its AccessibleContext (see Accessible) and then calling the AccessibleContext.getAccessibleAction() method. If the return value is not null, the object supports this interface.

See Also:
Accessible, Accessible.getAccessibleContext(), AccessibleContext, AccessibleContext.getAccessibleAction()

Field Summary
static String CLICK
          An action which causes a component to execute its default action.
static String DECREMENT
          An action which decrements a value.
static String INCREMENT
          An action which increments a value.
static String TOGGLE_EXPAND
          An action which causes a tree node to collapse if expanded and expand if collapsed.
static String TOGGLE_POPUP
          An action which causes a popup to become visible if it is hidden and hidden if it is visible.
 
Method Summary
 boolean doAccessibleAction(int i)
          Performs the specified Action on the object
 int getAccessibleActionCount()
          Returns the number of accessible actions available in this object If there are more than one, the first one is considered the "default" action of the object.
 String getAccessibleActionDescription(int i)
          Returns a description of the specified action of the object.
 

Field Detail

TOGGLE_EXPAND

static final String TOGGLE_EXPAND
An action which causes a tree node to collapse if expanded and expand if collapsed.

Since:
1.5

INCREMENT

static final String INCREMENT
An action which increments a value.

Since:
1.5

DECREMENT

static final String DECREMENT
An action which decrements a value.

Since:
1.5

CLICK

static final String CLICK
An action which causes a component to execute its default action.

Since:
1.6

TOGGLE_POPUP

static final String TOGGLE_POPUP
An action which causes a popup to become visible if it is hidden and hidden if it is visible.

Since:
1.6
Method Detail

getAccessibleActionCount

int getAccessibleActionCount()
Returns the number of accessible actions available in this object If there are more than one, the first one is considered the "default" action of the object.

Returns:
the zero-based number of Actions in this object

getAccessibleActionDescription

String getAccessibleActionDescription(int i)
Returns a description of the specified action of the object.

Parameters:
i - zero-based index of the actions
Returns:
a String description of the action
See Also:
getAccessibleActionCount()

doAccessibleAction

boolean doAccessibleAction(int i)
Performs the specified Action on the object

Parameters:
i - zero-based index of actions
Returns:
true if the action was performed; otherwise false.
See Also:
getAccessibleActionCount()

Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 6

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