Source for javax.accessibility.AccessibleIcon

   1: /* AccessibleIcon.java -- aids in accessibly rendering icons
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  37: 
  38: 
  39: package javax.accessibility;
  40: 
  41: /**
  42:  * Objects which have an associated icon, such as buttons, should implement
  43:  * this interface.  Accessibility software can use the implementations of this
  44:  * interface to aid the user in navigating the links.
  45:  *
  46:  * <p>The <code>AccessibleContext.getAccessibleIcon()</code> method should
  47:  * return <code>null</code> if an object does not implement this interface.
  48:  *
  49:  * @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu)
  50:  * @see Accessible
  51:  * @see AccessibleContext
  52:  * @see AccessibleContext#getAccessibleIcon()
  53:  * @since 1.2
  54:  * @status updated to 1.4
  55:  */
  56: public interface AccessibleIcon
  57: {
  58:   /**
  59:    * Returns a textual description of the icon and its purpose.
  60:    *
  61:    * @return the description, or null if there is none
  62:    */
  63:   String getAccessibleIconDescription();
  64: 
  65:   /**
  66:    * Modify the textual description of the icon and its purpose.
  67:    *
  68:    * @param s the new descrption string
  69:    */
  70:   void setAccessibleIconDescription(String s);
  71: 
  72:   /**
  73:    * Get the icon width.
  74:    *
  75:    * @return the width
  76:    */
  77:   int getAccessibleIconWidth();
  78: 
  79:   /**
  80:    * Get the icon height.
  81:    *
  82:    * @return the height
  83:    */
  84:   int getAccessibleIconHeight();
  85: } // interface AccessibleIcon