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Eclipse Platform
Release 3.5

org.eclipse.swt.accessibility
Class Accessible


java.lang.Object
  extended by 
org.eclipse.swt.accessibility.Accessible

public class Accessible
extends Object

Instances of this class provide a bridge between application code and assistive technology clients. Many platforms provide default accessible behavior for most widgets, and this class allows that default behavior to be overridden. Applications can get the default Accessible object for a control by sending it getAccessible, and then add an accessible listener to override simple items like the name and help string, or they can add an accessible control listener to override complex items. As a rule of thumb, an application would only want to use the accessible control listener to implement accessibility for a custom control.

Since:
2.0
See Also:
Control.getAccessible(), AccessibleListener, AccessibleEvent, AccessibleControlListener, AccessibleControlEvent, Accessibility snippets, Sample code and further information

Constructor Summary
protected Accessible ()
           
 
Method Summary
 void addAccessibleControlListener ( AccessibleControlListener listener)
          Adds the listener to the collection of listeners who will be notified when an accessible client asks for custom control specific information.
 void addAccessibleListener ( AccessibleListener listener)
          Adds the listener to the collection of listeners who will be notified when an accessible client asks for certain strings, such as name, description, help, or keyboard shortcut.
 void addAccessibleTextListener ( AccessibleTextListener listener)
          Adds the listener to the collection of listeners who will be notified when an accessible client asks for custom text control specific information.
  Control getControl ()
          Returns the control for this Accessible object.
 void internal_dispose_Accessible ()
          Invokes platform specific functionality to dispose an accessible object.
static  Accessible internal_new_Accessible ( Control control)
          Invokes platform specific functionality to allocate a new accessible object.
 int internal_WM_GETOBJECT (int wParam, int lParam)
          Invokes platform specific functionality to handle a window message.
 void removeAccessibleControlListener ( AccessibleControlListener listener)
          Removes the listener from the collection of listeners who will be notified when an accessible client asks for custom control specific information.
 void removeAccessibleListener ( AccessibleListener listener)
          Removes the listener from the collection of listeners who will be notified when an accessible client asks for certain strings, such as name, description, help, or keyboard shortcut.
 void removeAccessibleTextListener ( AccessibleTextListener listener)
          Removes the listener from the collection of listeners who will be notified when an accessible client asks for custom text control specific information.
 void selectionChanged ()
          Sends a message to accessible clients that the child selection within a custom container control has changed.
 void setFocus (int childID)
          Sends a message to accessible clients indicating that the focus has changed within a custom control.
 void textCaretMoved (int index)
          Sends a message to accessible clients that the text caret has moved within a custom control.
 void textChanged (int type, int startIndex, int length)
          Sends a message to accessible clients that the text within a custom control has changed.
 void textSelectionChanged ()
          Sends a message to accessible clients that the text selection has changed within a custom control.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang. Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

Accessible

protected Accessible()
Since:
3.5
Method Detail

internal_new_Accessible

public static 
Accessible internal_new_Accessible(
Control control)
Invokes platform specific functionality to allocate a new accessible object.

IMPORTANT: This method is not part of the public API for Accessible. It is marked public only so that it can be shared within the packages provided by SWT. It is not available on all platforms, and should never be called from application code.

Parameters:
control - the control to get the accessible object for
Returns:
the platform specific accessible object

addAccessibleListener

public void addAccessibleListener(
AccessibleListener listener)
Adds the listener to the collection of listeners who will be notified when an accessible client asks for certain strings, such as name, description, help, or keyboard shortcut. The listener is notified by sending it one of the messages defined in the AccessibleListener interface.

Parameters:
listener - the listener that should be notified when the receiver is asked for a name, description, help, or keyboard shortcut string
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException -
  • ERROR_NULL_ARGUMENT - if the listener is null
SWTException -
  • ERROR_WIDGET_DISPOSED - if the receiver's control has been disposed
  • ERROR_THREAD_INVALID_ACCESS - if not called from the thread that created the receiver's control
See Also:
AccessibleListener, removeAccessibleListener(org.eclipse.swt.accessibility.AccessibleListener)

addAccessibleControlListener

public void addAccessibleControlListener(
AccessibleControlListener listener)
Adds the listener to the collection of listeners who will be notified when an accessible client asks for custom control specific information. The listener is notified by sending it one of the messages defined in the AccessibleControlListener interface.

Parameters:
listener - the listener that should be notified when the receiver is asked for custom control specific information
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException -
  • ERROR_NULL_ARGUMENT - if the listener is null
SWTException -
  • ERROR_WIDGET_DISPOSED - if the receiver's control has been disposed
  • ERROR_THREAD_INVALID_ACCESS - if not called from the thread that created the receiver's control
See Also:
AccessibleControlListener, removeAccessibleControlListener(org.eclipse.swt.accessibility.AccessibleControlListener)

addAccessibleTextListener

public void addAccessibleTextListener(
AccessibleTextListener listener)
Adds the listener to the collection of listeners who will be notified when an accessible client asks for custom text control specific information. The listener is notified by sending it one of the messages defined in the AccessibleTextListener interface.

Parameters:
listener - the listener that should be notified when the receiver is asked for custom text control specific information
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException -
  • ERROR_NULL_ARGUMENT - if the listener is null
SWTException -
  • ERROR_WIDGET_DISPOSED - if the receiver's control has been disposed
  • ERROR_THREAD_INVALID_ACCESS - if not called from the thread that created the receiver's control
Since:
3.0
See Also:
AccessibleTextListener, removeAccessibleTextListener(org.eclipse.swt.accessibility.AccessibleTextListener)

getControl

public 
Control getControl()
Returns the control for this Accessible object.

Returns:
the receiver's control
Since:
3.0

internal_dispose_Accessible

public void internal_dispose_Accessible()
Invokes platform specific functionality to dispose an accessible object.

IMPORTANT: This method is not part of the public API for Accessible. It is marked public only so that it can be shared within the packages provided by SWT. It is not available on all platforms, and should never be called from application code.


internal_WM_GETOBJECT

public int internal_WM_GETOBJECT(int wParam,
                                 int lParam)
Invokes platform specific functionality to handle a window message.

IMPORTANT: This method is not part of the public API for Accessible. It is marked public only so that it can be shared within the packages provided by SWT. It is not available on all platforms, and should never be called from application code.


removeAccessibleListener

public void removeAccessibleListener(
AccessibleListener listener)
Removes the listener from the collection of listeners who will be notified when an accessible client asks for certain strings, such as name, description, help, or keyboard shortcut.

Parameters:
listener - the listener that should no longer be notified when the receiver is asked for a name, description, help, or keyboard shortcut string
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException -
  • ERROR_NULL_ARGUMENT - if the listener is null
SWTException -
  • ERROR_WIDGET_DISPOSED - if the receiver's control has been disposed
  • ERROR_THREAD_INVALID_ACCESS - if not called from the thread that created the receiver's control
See Also:
AccessibleListener, addAccessibleListener(org.eclipse.swt.accessibility.AccessibleListener)

removeAccessibleControlListener

public void removeAccessibleControlListener(
AccessibleControlListener listener)
Removes the listener from the collection of listeners who will be notified when an accessible client asks for custom control specific information.

Parameters:
listener - the listener that should no longer be notified when the receiver is asked for custom control specific information
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException -
  • ERROR_NULL_ARGUMENT - if the listener is null
SWTException -
  • ERROR_WIDGET_DISPOSED - if the receiver's control has been disposed
  • ERROR_THREAD_INVALID_ACCESS - if not called from the thread that created the receiver's control
See Also:
AccessibleControlListener, addAccessibleControlListener(org.eclipse.swt.accessibility.AccessibleControlListener)

removeAccessibleTextListener

public void removeAccessibleTextListener(
AccessibleTextListener listener)
Removes the listener from the collection of listeners who will be notified when an accessible client asks for custom text control specific information.

Parameters:
listener - the listener that should no longer be notified when the receiver is asked for custom text control specific information
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException -
  • ERROR_NULL_ARGUMENT - if the listener is null
SWTException -
  • ERROR_WIDGET_DISPOSED - if the receiver's control has been disposed
  • ERROR_THREAD_INVALID_ACCESS - if not called from the thread that created the receiver's control
Since:
3.0
See Also:
AccessibleTextListener, addAccessibleTextListener(org.eclipse.swt.accessibility.AccessibleTextListener)

selectionChanged

public void selectionChanged()
Sends a message to accessible clients that the child selection within a custom container control has changed.

Throws:
SWTException -
  • ERROR_WIDGET_DISPOSED - if the receiver's control has been disposed
  • ERROR_THREAD_INVALID_ACCESS - if not called from the thread that created the receiver's control
Since:
3.0

setFocus

public void setFocus(int childID)
Sends a message to accessible clients indicating that the focus has changed within a custom control.

Parameters:
childID - an identifier specifying a child of the control
Throws:
SWTException -
  • ERROR_WIDGET_DISPOSED - if the receiver's control has been disposed
  • ERROR_THREAD_INVALID_ACCESS - if not called from the thread that created the receiver's control

textCaretMoved

public void textCaretMoved(int index)
Sends a message to accessible clients that the text caret has moved within a custom control.

Parameters:
index - the new caret index within the control
Throws:
SWTException -
  • ERROR_WIDGET_DISPOSED - if the receiver's control has been disposed
  • ERROR_THREAD_INVALID_ACCESS - if not called from the thread that created the receiver's control
Since:
3.0

textChanged

public void textChanged(int type,
                        int startIndex,
                        int length)
Sends a message to accessible clients that the text within a custom control has changed.

Parameters:
type - the type of change, one of ACC.NOTIFY_TEXT_INSERT or ACC.NOTIFY_TEXT_DELETE
startIndex - the text index within the control where the insertion or deletion begins
length - the non-negative length in characters of the insertion or deletion
Throws:
SWTException -
  • ERROR_WIDGET_DISPOSED - if the receiver's control has been disposed
  • ERROR_THREAD_INVALID_ACCESS - if not called from the thread that created the receiver's control
Since:
3.0
See Also:
ACC.TEXT_INSERT, ACC.TEXT_DELETE

textSelectionChanged

public void textSelectionChanged()
Sends a message to accessible clients that the text selection has changed within a custom control.

Throws:
SWTException -
  • ERROR_WIDGET_DISPOSED - if the receiver's control has been disposed
  • ERROR_THREAD_INVALID_ACCESS - if not called from the thread that created the receiver's control
Since:
3.0

Eclipse Platform
Release 3.5

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