Accessibility - New Features






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Accessibility
New Features in JavaTM 2 Platform Standard Edition 5








The features described here were introduced in Java 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.
These features are also part of subsequent releases of the Java platform. Many of these additions were made to maintain compatibility between the Java Accessibility API and the GNOME Accessibility Framework, described at http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gap

Contents

AccessibleAction New Constant
AccessibleContext New Constants
AccessibleRelation New Constants
AccessibleRole New Constants
AccessibleState New Constants
AccessibleText New Constants
API Enhancements
AccessibleExtendedText
AccessibleStreamable
Accessibility Support for JSpinner and ProgressMonitor




AccessibleAction New Constant

Class AccessibleAction contains the following new constant:

TOGGLE_EXPAND




AccessibleContext New Constants

Class AccessibleContext contains the following new constants:

ACCESSIBLE_COMPONENT_BOUNDS_CHANGE
ACCESSIBLE_INVALIDATE_CHILDREN
ACCESSIBLE_TEXT_ATTRIBUTE_CHANGED




AccessibleRelation New Constants

Class AccessibleRelation contains the following new constants:

CHILD_NODE_OF
CHILD_NODE_OF_PROPERTY
EMBEDS
EMBEDS_PROPERTY
EMBEDDED_BY
EMBEDDED_BY_PROPERTY
FLOWS_FROM
FLOWS_FROM_PROPERTY
FLOWS_TO
FLOWS_TO_PROPERTY
PARENT_WINDOW_OF
PARENT_WINDOW_OF_PROPERTY
SUBWINDOW_OF
SUBWINDOW_OF_PROPERTY




AccessibleRole New Constants

Class AccessibleRole contains the following new constants:

EDITBAR
FOOTER
HEADER
PARAGRAPH
PROGRESS_MONITOR
RULER




AccessibleState New Constants

Class AccessibleState contains the following new constants:

INDETERMINATE
MANAGES_DESCENDANTS
TRANSIENT
TRUNCATED




AccessibleText New Constants

Class AccessibleText contains the following new constants:

LINE
ACCESSIBLE_CHANGED_TEXT
ATTRIBUTE_RUN




API Enhancements

The following new classes and interfaces have been added to the
JavaTM Accessibility API:

javax.accessibility.AccessibleExtendedText
javax.accessibility.AccessibleStreamable




AccessibleExtendedText

Interface AccessibleExtendedText provides support for braille and screen reader review mode.



AccessibleStreamable

Interface AccessibleStreamable provides a stream interface to raw data based on mime type.



Accessibility Support for JSpinner and ProgressMonitor

This release provides accessibility support for spinners and progress monitors in Swing.








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