libjava/javax/accessibility/AccessibleHypertext.java

   1 /* AccessibleHypertext.java -- aids in accessibly rendering hypertext
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  37
  38
  39 package javax.accessibility;
  40
  41 /**
  42  * Objects which present hyperlinks in a document should implement this
  43  * interface.  Accessibility software can use the implementations of this
  44  * interface to aid the user in navigating the links.
  45  *
  46  * <p>The <code>AccessibleContext.getAccessibleText()</code> method
  47  * should return an instance of this interface only when it is supported.
  48  *
  49  * @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu)
  50  * @see Accessible
  51  * @see AccessibleContext
  52  * @see AccessibleText
  53  * @see AccessibleContext#getAccessibleText()
  54  * @since 1.2
  55  * @status updated to 1.4
  56  */
  57 public interface AccessibleHypertext extends AccessibleText
  58 {
  59   /**
  60    * Returns the number of links in the document, if any exist.
  61    *
  62    * @return the number of links, or -1
  63    */
  64   int getLinkCount();
  65
  66   /**
  67    * Returns link object denoted by the number <code>i</code> in this
  68    * document, or null if i is out of bounds.
  69    *
  70    * @param i the ith hyperlink of the document
  71    * @return link object denoted by <code>i</code>
  72    */
  73   AccessibleHyperlink getLink(int i);
  74
  75   /**
  76    * Returns the link index for this character index if it resides within
  77    * one of the hyperlinks of the document. If no association exists at that
  78    * character, or c is out of bounds, returns -1.
  79    *
  80    * @param c the character index
  81    * @return the link index, or -1
  82    */
  83   int getLinkIndex(int c);
  84 } // interface AccessibleHypertext