accessiblehyperlink.java

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/* AccessibleHyperlink.java -- aids in accessibly navigating hypertext
   Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

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package javax.accessibility;

/**
 * This object encapsulates actions associated with navigating hypertext.
 *
 * @author Eric Blake <[e-mail]>
 * @see Accessible
 * @see AccessibleContext
 * @see AccessibleText
 * @see AccessibleContext#getAccessibleText()
 * @since 1.2
 * @status updated to 1.4
 */
public abstract class AccessibleHyperlink implements AccessibleAction
{
  /**
   * The default constructor.
   */
  public AccessibleHyperlink()
  {
  }

  /**
   * Returns whether the document the link references is still valid, as the
   * association may have changed with a text edit.
   *
   * @return true if the link is valid with respect to the AccessibleHypertext
   */
  public abstract boolean isValid();

  /**
   * Get the number possible actions for this object, starting from 0. In
   * general, a hypertext link has only one action, except for an image map,
   * so there isn't really a default action.
   *
   * @return the 0-based number of actions
   */
  public abstract int getAccessibleActionCount();

  /**
   * Perform the specified action. Does nothing if out of bounds.
   *
   * @param i the action to perform, 0-based
   * @return true if the action was performed
   * @see #getAccessibleActionCount()
   */
  public abstract boolean doAccessibleAction(int i);

  /**
   * Get the anchor text of the link, or null if the index is out of bounds.
   * For example, &lt;a href="http://www.gnu.org/"&gt;GNU Home Page&lt;/a&gt;
   * would return "GNU Home Page", while &lt;a HREF="#top"&gt;
   * &lt;img src="top-hat.png" alt="top hat"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; would return
   * "top hat".
   *
   * @param i the link to retrieve, 0-based
   * @return the link anchor text
   * @see #getAccessibleActionCount()
   */
  public abstract String getAccessibleActionDescription(int i);

  /**
   * Get the link location, or null if the index is out of bounds. For
   * example, &lt;a href="http://www.gnu.org/"&gt;GNU Home Page&lt;/a&gt;
   * would return a java.net.URL("http://www.gnu.org/").
   *
   * @param i the link to retrieve, 0-based
   * @return the link location
   * @see #getAccessibleActionCount()
   */
  public abstract String getAccessibleActionObject(int i);

  /**
   * Get the anchor appropriate for the link, or null if the index is out of
   * bounds. For example, &lt;a href="http://www.gnu.org/"&gt;GNU Home Page
   * &lt;/a&gt; would return "GNU Home Page", while &lt;a HREF="#top"&gt;
   * &lt;img src="top-hat.png" alt="top hat"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; would return
   * an ImageIcon("top-hat.png", "top hat").
   *
   * @param i the link to retrieve, 0-based
   * @return the link anchor object
   * @see #getAccessibleActionCount()
   */
  public abstract String getAccessibleActionAnchor(int i);

  /**
   * Gets the character index where this link starts in the parent hypertext
   * document.
   *
   * @return the starting index
   */
  public abstract int getStartIndex();

  /**
   * Gets the character index where this link ends in the parent hypertext
   * document.
   *
   * @return the ending index
   */
  public abstract int getEndIndex();
} // class AccessibleAction