bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT Accessibility/emulated/org/eclipse/swt/accessibility/Accessible.java

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package org.eclipse.swt.accessibility;


import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control;

/**
 * Instances of this class provide a bridge between application
 * code and assistive technology clients. Many platforms provide
 * default accessible behavior for most widgets, and this class
 * allows that default behavior to be overridden. Applications
 * can get the default Accessible object for a control by sending
 * it <code>getAccessible</code>, and then add an accessible listener
 * to override simple items like the name and help string, or they
 * can add an accessible control listener to override complex items.
 * As a rule of thumb, an application would only want to use the
 * accessible control listener to implement accessibility for a
 * custom control.
 * 
 * @see Control#getAccessible
 * @see AccessibleListener
 * @see AccessibleEvent
 * @see AccessibleControlListener
 * @see AccessibleControlEvent
 * 
 * @since 2.0
 */
public class Accessible {

	Accessible(Control control) {
	}
	
	/**
	 * Invokes platform specific functionality to allocate a new accessible object.
	 * <p>
	 * <b>IMPORTANT:</b> This method is <em>not</em> part of the public
	 * API for <code>Accessible</code>. It is marked public only so that it
	 * can be shared within the packages provided by SWT. It is not
	 * available on all platforms, and should never be called from
	 * application code.
	 * </p>
	 *
	 * @param control the control to get the accessible object for
	 * @return the platform specific accessible object
	 *
	 * @private
	 */
	public static Accessible internal_new_Accessible(Control control) {
		return new Accessible(control);
	}

	/**
	 * Adds the listener to the collection of listeners who will
	 * be notifed when an accessible client asks for certain strings,
	 * such as name, description, help, or keyboard shortcut. The
	 * listener is notified by sending it one of the messages defined
	 * in the <code>AccessibleListener</code> interface.
	 *
	 * @param listener the listener that should be notified when the receiver
	 * is asked for a name, description, help, or keyboard shortcut string
	 *
	 * @exception IllegalArgumentException <ul>
	 *    <li>ERROR_NULL_ARGUMENT - if the listener is null</li>
	 * </ul>
	 * @exception SWTException <ul>
	 *    <li>ERROR_WIDGET_DISPOSED - if the receiver's control has been disposed</li>
	 *    <li>ERROR_THREAD_INVALID_ACCESS - if not called from the thread that created the receiver's control</li>
	 * </ul>
	 *
	 * @see AccessibleListener
	 * @see #removeAccessibleListener
	 */
	public void addAccessibleListener(AccessibleListener listener) {
	}
	
	/**
	 * Removes the listener from the collection of listeners who will
	 * be notifed when an accessible client asks for certain strings,
	 * such as name, description, help, or keyboard shortcut.
	 *
	 * @param listener the listener that should no longer be notified when the receiver
	 * is asked for a name, description, help, or keyboard shortcut string
	 *
	 * @exception IllegalArgumentException <ul>
	 *    <li>ERROR_NULL_ARGUMENT - if the listener is null</li>
	 * </ul>
	 * @exception SWTException <ul>
	 *    <li>ERROR_WIDGET_DISPOSED - if the receiver's control has been disposed</li>
	 *    <li>ERROR_THREAD_INVALID_ACCESS - if not called from the thread that created the receiver's control</li>
	 * </ul>
	 *
	 * @see AccessibleListener
	 * @see #addDisposeListener
	 */
	public void removeAccessibleListener(AccessibleListener listener) {
	}
	
	/**
	 * Adds the listener to the collection of listeners who will
	 * be notifed when an accessible client asks for custom control
	 * specific information. The listener is notified by sending it
	 * one of the messages defined in the <code>AccessibleControlListener</code>
	 * interface.
	 *
	 * @param listener the listener that should be notified when the receiver
	 * is asked for custom control specific information
	 *
	 * @exception IllegalArgumentException <ul>
	 *    <li>ERROR_NULL_ARGUMENT - if the listener is null</li>
	 * </ul>
	 * @exception SWTException <ul>
	 *    <li>ERROR_WIDGET_DISPOSED - if the receiver's control has been disposed</li>
	 *    <li>ERROR_THREAD_INVALID_ACCESS - if not called from the thread that created the receiver's control</li>
	 * </ul>
	 *
	 * @see AccessibleControlListener
	 * @see #removeAccessibleControlListener
	 */
	public void addAccessibleControlListener(AccessibleControlListener listener) {
	}

	/**
	 * Removes the listener from the collection of listeners who will
	 * be notifed when an accessible client asks for custom control
	 * specific information.
	 *
	 * @param listener the listener that should no longer be notified when the receiver
	 * is asked for custom control specific information
	 *
	 * @exception IllegalArgumentException <ul>
	 *    <li>ERROR_NULL_ARGUMENT - if the listener is null</li>
	 * </ul>
	 * @exception SWTException <ul>
	 *    <li>ERROR_WIDGET_DISPOSED - if the receiver's control has been disposed</li>
	 *    <li>ERROR_THREAD_INVALID_ACCESS - if not called from the thread that created the receiver's control</li>
	 * </ul>
	 *
	 * @see AccessibleControlListener
	 * @see #addAccessibleControlListener
	 */
	public void removeAccessibleControlListener(AccessibleControlListener listener) {
	}
	
	/**
	 * Sends a message to accessible clients indicating that the focus
	 * has changed within a custom control.
	 *
	 * @param childID an identifier specifying a child of the control
	 * 
	 * @exception SWTException <ul>
	 *    <li>ERROR_WIDGET_DISPOSED - if the receiver's control has been disposed</li>
	 *    <li>ERROR_THREAD_INVALID_ACCESS - if not called from the thread that created the receiver's control</li>
	 * </ul>
	 */
	public void setFocus(int childID) {
	}

	/**
	 * Invokes platform specific functionality to dispose an accessible object.
	 * <p>
	 * <b>IMPORTANT:</b> This method is <em>not</em> part of the public
	 * API for <code>Accessible</code>. It is marked public only so that it
	 * can be shared within the packages provided by SWT. It is not
	 * available on all platforms, and should never be called from
	 * application code.
	 * </p>
	 *
	 * @private
	 */
	public void internal_dispose_Accessible() {
	}
	
	/**
	 * Invokes platform specific functionality to handle a window message.
	 * <p>
	 * <b>IMPORTANT:</b> This method is <em>not</em> part of the public
	 * API for <code>Accessible</code>. It is marked public only so that it
	 * can be shared within the packages provided by SWT. It is not
	 * available on all platforms, and should never be called from
	 * application code.
	 * </p>
	 *
	 * @private
	 */
	public int internal_WM_GETOBJECT (int wParam, int lParam) {
		return 0;
	}	
}