libjava/javax/accessibility/AccessibleAction.java

   1 /* AccessibleAction.java -- aids in accessibly performing actions
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  37
  38
  39 package javax.accessibility;
  40
  41 /**
  42  * If an object implements this interface then it must be able to perform one
  43  * or more actions. Accessibility software can use the implementations of this
  44  * interface to discover and perform actions on an object.
  45  *
  46  * <p>The <code>AccessibleContext.getAccessibleAction()</code> method should
  47  * return <code>null</code> if an object does not implement this interface.
  48  *
  49  * @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu)
  50  * @see Accessible
  51  * @see AccessibleContext
  52  * @see AccessibleContext#getAccessibleAction()
  53  * @since 1.2
  54  * @status updated to 1.4
  55  */
  56 public interface AccessibleAction
  57 {
  58   /**
  59    * Get the number possible actions for this object, with the zeroth
  60    * representing the default action.
  61    *
  62    * @return the 0-based number of actions
  63    */
  64   int getAccessibleActionCount();
  65
  66   /**
  67    * Get a description for the specified action. Returns null if out of
  68    * bounds.
  69    *
  70    * @param i the action to describe, 0-based
  71    * @return description of the action
  72    */
  73   String getAccessibleActionDescription(int i);
  74
  75   /**
  76    * Perform the specified action. Does nothing if out of bounds.
  77    *
  78    * @param i the action to perform, 0-based
  79    * @return true if the action was performed
  80    */
  81   boolean doAccessibleAction(int i);
  82 } // interface AccessibleAction