libjava/javax/accessibility/AccessibleTableModelChange.java

   1 /* AccessibleTableModelChange.java -- describes change to an accessible table
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  37
  38
  39 package javax.accessibility;
  40
  41 /**
  42  * Describes a change to an accessible table. Accessibility software can use
  43  * the implementations of this interface to update their state after a
  44  * change to a table.
  45  *
  46  * @author Eric Blake <ebb9@email.byu.edu>
  47  * @see Accessible
  48  * @see AccessibleContext
  49  * @see AccessibleContext#getAccessibleTable()
  50  * @see AccessibleTable
  51  * @since 1.2
  52  * @status updated to 1.4
  53  */
  54 public interface AccessibleTableModelChange
  55 {
  56   /** Identifies insertion of rows or columns. */
  57   int INSERT = 1;
  58
  59   /** Identifies change to existing data. */
  60   int UPDATE = 0;
  61
  62   /** Identifies deletion of rows or columns. */
  63   int DELETE = -1;
  64
  65   /**
  66    * Returns the change type.
  67    *
  68    * @return the type
  69    * @see #INSERT
  70    * @see #UPDATE
  71    * @see #DELETE
  72    */
  73   int getType();
  74
  75   /**
  76    * Returns the first row that changed.
  77    *
  78    * @return the 0-based index of the first row to change
  79    */
  80   int getFirstRow();
  81
  82   /**
  83    * Returns the last row that changed.
  84    *
  85    * @return the 0-based index of the last row to change
  86    */
  87   int getLastRow();
  88
  89   /**
  90    * Returns the first column that changed.
  91    *
  92    * @return the 0-based index of the first column to change
  93    */
  94   int getFirstColumn();
  95
  96   /**
  97    * Returns the last column that changed.
  98    *
  99    * @return the 0-based index of the last column to change
 100    */
 101   int getLastColumn();
 102 } // interface AccessibleTableModelChange