JavaTM 2 Platform
Std. Ed. v1.4.1

javax.accessibility
Interface AccessibleEditableText

All Superinterfaces:
AccessibleText
All Known Implementing Classes:
JTextComponent.AccessibleJTextComponent

public interface AccessibleEditableText
extends AccessibleText

The AccessibleEditableText interface should be implemented by all classes that present editable textual information on the display. Along with the AccessibleText interface, this interface provides the standard mechanism for an assistive technology to access that text via its content, attributes, and spatial location. Applications can determine if an object supports the AccessibleEditableText interface by first obtaining its AccessibleContext (see Accessible) and then calling the AccessibleContext.getAccessibleEditableText() method of AccessibleContext. If the return value is not null, the object supports this interface.

See Also:
Accessible, Accessible.getAccessibleContext(), AccessibleContext, AccessibleContext.getAccessibleText(), AccessibleContext.getAccessibleEditableText()

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from interface javax.accessibility.AccessibleText
CHARACTER, SENTENCE, WORD
 
Method Summary
 void cut(int startIndex, int endIndex)
          Cuts the text between two indices into the system clipboard.
 void delete(int startIndex, int endIndex)
          Deletes the text between two indices
 String getTextRange(int startIndex, int endIndex)
          Returns the text string between two indices.
 void insertTextAtIndex(int index, String s)
          Inserts the specified string at the given index/
 void paste(int startIndex)
          Pastes the text from the system clipboard into the text starting at the specified index.
 void replaceText(int startIndex, int endIndex, String s)
          Replaces the text between two indices with the specified string.
 void selectText(int startIndex, int endIndex)
          Selects the text between two indices.
 void setAttributes(int startIndex, int endIndex, AttributeSet as)
          Sets attributes for the text between two indices.
 void setTextContents(String s)
          Sets the text contents to the specified string.
 
Methods inherited from interface javax.accessibility.AccessibleText
getAfterIndex, getAtIndex, getBeforeIndex, getCaretPosition, getCharacterAttribute, getCharacterBounds, getCharCount, getIndexAtPoint, getSelectedText, getSelectionEnd, getSelectionStart
 

Method Detail

setTextContents

public void setTextContents(String s)
Sets the text contents to the specified string.

Parameters:
s - the string to set the text contents

insertTextAtIndex

public void insertTextAtIndex(int index,
                              String s)
Inserts the specified string at the given index/

Parameters:
index - the index in the text where the string will be inserted
s - the string to insert in the text

getTextRange

public String getTextRange(int startIndex,
                           int endIndex)
Returns the text string between two indices.

Parameters:
startIndex - the starting index in the text
endIndex - the ending index in the text
Returns:
the text string between the indices

delete

public void delete(int startIndex,
                   int endIndex)
Deletes the text between two indices

Parameters:
startIndex - the starting index in the text
endIndex - the ending index in the text

cut

public void cut(int startIndex,
                int endIndex)
Cuts the text between two indices into the system clipboard.

Parameters:
startIndex - the starting index in the text
endIndex - the ending index in the text

paste

public void paste(int startIndex)
Pastes the text from the system clipboard into the text starting at the specified index.

Parameters:
startIndex - the starting index in the text

replaceText

public void replaceText(int startIndex,
                        int endIndex,
                        String s)
Replaces the text between two indices with the specified string.

Parameters:
startIndex - the starting index in the text
endIndex - the ending index in the text
s - the string to replace the text between two indices

selectText

public void selectText(int startIndex,
                       int endIndex)
Selects the text between two indices.

Parameters:
startIndex - the starting index in the text
endIndex - the ending index in the text

setAttributes

public void setAttributes(int startIndex,
                          int endIndex,
                          AttributeSet as)
Sets attributes for the text between two indices.

Parameters:
startIndex - the starting index in the text
endIndex - the ending index in the text
as - the attribute set
See Also:
AttributeSet

JavaTM 2 Platform
Std. Ed. v1.4.1

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