Interface AccessibleExtendedText

All Known Implementing Classes:: JEditorPane.AccessibleJEditorPane, JEditorPane.AccessibleJEditorPaneHTML, JEditorPane.JEditorPaneAccessibleHypertextSupport, JPasswordField.AccessibleJPasswordField, JTextArea.AccessibleJTextArea, JTextComponent.AccessibleJTextComponent, JTextField.AccessibleJTextField

public interface AccessibleExtendedText

The AccessibleExtendedText interface contains additional methods not provided by the AccessibleText interface.

Applications can determine if an object supports the AccessibleExtendedText interface by first obtaining its AccessibleContext (see Accessible) and then calling the AccessibleContext.getAccessibleText() method of AccessibleContext. If the return value is an instance of AccessibleExtendedText, the object supports this interface.

Since:

1.5

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Field Summary

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static final int`	`ATTRIBUTE_RUN`	Constant used to indicate that the part of the text that should be retrieved is contiguous text with the same text attributes.
`static final int`	`LINE`	Constant used to indicate that the part of the text that should be retrieved is a line of text.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Rectangle`	`getTextBounds(int startIndex, int endIndex)`	Returns the bounding rectangle of the text between two indices.
`String`	`getTextRange(int startIndex, int endIndex)`	Returns the text between two indices.
`AccessibleTextSequence`	`getTextSequenceAfter(int part, int index)`	Returns the `AccessibleTextSequence` after a given index.
`AccessibleTextSequence`	`getTextSequenceAt(int part, int index)`	Returns the `AccessibleTextSequence` at a given index.
`AccessibleTextSequence`	`getTextSequenceBefore(int part, int index)`	Returns the `AccessibleTextSequence` before a given index.

Field Details

LINE

static final int LINE

Constant used to indicate that the part of the text that should be retrieved is a line of text.

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ATTRIBUTE_RUN

static final int ATTRIBUTE_RUN

Constant used to indicate that the part of the text that should be retrieved is contiguous text with the same text attributes.

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Method Details

getTextRange

String getTextRange(int startIndex, int endIndex)

Returns the text between two indices.

Parameters:: startIndex - the start index in the text; endIndex - the end index in the text
Returns:: the text string if the indices are valid. Otherwise, null is returned.

getTextSequenceAt

AccessibleTextSequence getTextSequenceAt(int part, int index)

Returns the AccessibleTextSequence at a given index.

Parameters:

part - the CHARACTER, WORD, SENTENCE, LINE or ATTRIBUTE_RUN to retrieve

index - an index within the text

Returns:

an AccessibleTextSequence specifying the text if part and index are valid. Otherwise, null is returned.

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getTextSequenceAfter

AccessibleTextSequence getTextSequenceAfter(int part, int index)

Returns the AccessibleTextSequence after a given index.

Parameters:

part - the CHARACTER, WORD, SENTENCE, LINE or ATTRIBUTE_RUN to retrieve

index - an index within the text

Returns:

an AccessibleTextSequence specifying the text if part and index are valid. Otherwise, null is returned.

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getTextSequenceBefore

AccessibleTextSequence getTextSequenceBefore(int part, int index)

Returns the AccessibleTextSequence before a given index.

Parameters:

part - the CHARACTER, WORD, SENTENCE, LINE or ATTRIBUTE_RUN to retrieve

index - an index within the text

Returns:

an AccessibleTextSequence specifying the text if part and index are valid. Otherwise, null is returned.

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getTextBounds

Rectangle getTextBounds(int startIndex, int endIndex)

Returns the bounding rectangle of the text between two indices.

Parameters:: startIndex - the start index in the text; endIndex - the end index in the text
Returns:: the bounding rectangle of the text if the indices are valid. Otherwise, null is returned.

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