AccessibleActionListener.java

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package org.eclipse.swt.accessibility;

import org.eclipse.swt.events.SWTEventListener;

/**
 * Classes which implement this interface provide methods that handle
 * AccessibleAction events.
 * <p>
 * After creating an instance of a class that implements this interface it can
 * be added to an accessible using the <code>addAccessibleActionListener</code>
 * method and removed using the <code>removeAccessibleActionListener</code>
 * method.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @see AccessibleActionAdapter
 * @see AccessibleActionEvent
 * 
 * @since 3.6
 */
public interface AccessibleActionListener extends SWTEventListener {
	/**
	 * Returns the number of accessible actions available in this object.
	 * <p>
	 * If there are more than one, the first one (index 0) is considered the
	 * "default" action of the object.
	 * </p>
	 * 
	 * @param e
	 *            an event object containing the following fields:
	 *            <ul>
	 *            <li>[out] count - the number of actions, or zero if there are
	 *            no actions</li>
	 *            </ul>
	 */
	public void getActionCount(AccessibleActionEvent e);

	/**
	 * Performs the specified action on the object.
	 * 
	 * @param e
	 *            an event object containing the following fields:
	 *            <ul>
	 *            <li>[in] index - a 0 based index specifying the action to
	 *            perform. If the index lies outside the valid range no action
	 *            is performed.</li>
	 *            <li>[out] result - set to {@link ACC#OK} if the action was
	 *            performed.</li>
	 *            </ul>
	 */
	public void doAction(AccessibleActionEvent e);

	/**
	 * Returns a description of the specified action.
	 * 
	 * @param e
	 *            an event object containing the following fields:
	 *            <ul>
	 *            <li>[in] index - a 0 based index specifying which action's
	 *            description to return</li>
	 *            <li>[out] result - a localized string describing the specified
	 *            action, or null if the index lies outside the valid range</li>
	 *            </ul>
	 */
	public void getDescription(AccessibleActionEvent e);

	/**
	 * Returns a string representing one or more key bindings, if there are any,
	 * associated with the specified action.
	 * <p>
	 * The returned string is of the following form: mnemonic;accelerator for
	 * example: "C;CTRL+C" for the Copy item in a typical Edit menu.
	 * </p>
	 * 
	 * @param e
	 *            an event object containing the following fields:
	 *            <ul>
	 *            <li>[in] index - a 0 based index specifying which action's key
	 *            bindings to return</li>
	 *            <li>[out] result - a semicolon-delimited string of localized
	 *            key bindings (example: "C;CTRL+C"), or null if the index lies
	 *            outside the valid range</li>
	 *            </ul>
	 */
	public void getKeyBinding(AccessibleActionEvent e);

	/**
	 * Returns the name of the specified action.
	 * <p>
	 * There is no need to implement this method for single action controls
	 * since that would be redundant with
	 * AccessibleControlListener.getDefaultAction.
	 * </p>
	 * 
	 * @param e
	 *            an event object containing the following fields:
	 *            <ul>
	 *            <li>[in] index - a 0 based index specifying which action's
	 *            name to return</li>
	 *            <li>[in] localized - a boolean indicating whether or not to
	 *            return a localized name</li>
	 *            <li>[out] result - the name of the specified action, or null
	 *            if the index lies outside the valid range</li>
	 *            </ul>
	 */
	public void getName(AccessibleActionEvent e);
}