Interface AccessibleEditableText

All Superinterfaces:: AccessibleText

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

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.

Since:

1.4

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Field Summary

Fields declared in interface AccessibleText

CHARACTER, SENTENCE, WORD

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static final int`	`CHARACTER`	Constant used to indicate that the part of the text that should be retrieved is a character.
`static final int`	`SENTENCE`	Constant used to indicate that the part of the text that should be retrieved is a sentence.
`static final int`	`WORD`	Constant used to indicate that the part of the text that should be retrieved is a word.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`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 declared in interface AccessibleText

getAfterIndex, getAtIndex, getBeforeIndex, getCaretPosition, getCharacterAttribute, getCharacterBounds, getCharCount, getIndexAtPoint, getSelectedText, getSelectionEnd, getSelectionStart

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getAfterIndex(int part, int index)`	Returns the `String` after a given index.
`String`	`getAtIndex(int part, int index)`	Returns the `String` at a given index.
`String`	`getBeforeIndex(int part, int index)`	Returns the `String` before a given index.
`int`	`getCaretPosition()`	Returns the zero-based offset of the caret.
`AttributeSet`	`getCharacterAttribute(int i)`	Returns the `AttributeSet` for a given character at a given index.
`Rectangle`	`getCharacterBounds(int i)`	Determines the bounding box of the character at the given index into the string.
`int`	`getCharCount()`	Returns the number of characters (valid indices).
`int`	`getIndexAtPoint(Point p)`	Given a point in local coordinates, return the zero-based index of the character under that point.
`String`	`getSelectedText()`	Returns the portion of the text that is selected.
`int`	`getSelectionEnd()`	Returns the end offset within the selected text.
`int`	`getSelectionStart()`	Returns the start offset within the selected text.

Method Details

setTextContents

void setTextContents(String s)

Sets the text contents to the specified string.

Parameters:: s - the string to set the text contents

insertTextAtIndex

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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