Accessibility New Features in JavaTM 2 Platform Standard Edition 5

Java Accessibility

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

Class AccessibleAction contains the following new constant:

• TOGGLE_EXPAND

Class AccessibleContext contains the following new constants:

• ACCESSIBLE_COMPONENT_BOUNDS_CHANGE
• ACCESSIBLE_INVALIDATE_CHILDREN
• ACCESSIBLE_TEXT_ATTRIBUTE_CHANGED

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

Class AccessibleRole contains the following new constants:

• EDITBAR
• FOOTER
• HEADER
• PARAGRAPH
• PROGRESS_MONITOR
• RULER

Class AccessibleState contains the following new constants:

• INDETERMINATE
• MANAGES_DESCENDANTS
• TRANSIENT
• TRUNCATED

Class AccessibleText contains the following new constants:

• LINE
• ACCESSIBLE_CHANGED_TEXT
• ATTRIBUTE_RUN

The following new classes and interfaces have been added to the Java^TM Accessibility API:

• javax.accessibility.AccessibleExtendedText
• javax.accessibility.AccessibleStreamable

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

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

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

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