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package javax.accessibility;

Class AccessibleRelation describes a relation between the object that implements the AccessibleRelation and one or more other objects. The actual relations that an object has with other objects are defined as an AccessibleRelationSet, which is a composed set of AccessibleRelations.

The AccessibleBundle.toDisplayString() method allows you to obtain the localized string for a locale independent key from a predefined ResourceBundle for the keys defined in this class.

The constants in this class present a strongly typed enumeration of common object roles. If the constants in this class are not sufficient to describe the role of an object, a subclass should be generated from this class and it should provide constants in a similar manner.

Author:Lynn Monsanto
Since:1.3
/** * Class {@code AccessibleRelation} describes a relation between the object that * implements the {@code AccessibleRelation} and one or more other objects. The * actual relations that an object has with other objects are defined as an * {@code AccessibleRelationSet}, which is a composed set of * {@code AccessibleRelations}. * <p> * The {@link #toDisplayString()} method allows you to obtain the localized * string for a locale independent key from a predefined {@code ResourceBundle} * for the keys defined in this class. * <p> * The constants in this class present a strongly typed enumeration of common * object roles. If the constants in this class are not sufficient to describe * the role of an object, a subclass should be generated from this class and it * should provide constants in a similar manner. * * @author Lynn Monsanto * @since 1.3 */
public class AccessibleRelation extends AccessibleBundle {
The group of objects that participate in the relation. The relation may be one-to-one or one-to-many. For example, in the case of a LABEL_FOR relation, the target vector would contain a list of objects labeled by the object that implements this AccessibleRelation. In the case of a MEMBER_OF relation, the target vector would contain all of the components that are members of the same group as the object that implements this AccessibleRelation.
/** * The group of objects that participate in the relation. The relation may * be one-to-one or one-to-many. For example, in the case of a * {@code LABEL_FOR} relation, the target vector would contain a list of * objects labeled by the object that implements this * {@code AccessibleRelation}. In the case of a {@code MEMBER_OF} relation, * the target vector would contain all of the components that are members of * the same group as the object that implements this * {@code AccessibleRelation}. */
private Object [] target = new Object[0];
Indicates an object is a label for one or more target objects.
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/** * Indicates an object is a label for one or more target objects. * * @see #getTarget * @see #CONTROLLER_FOR * @see #CONTROLLED_BY * @see #LABELED_BY * @see #MEMBER_OF */
public static final String LABEL_FOR = new String("labelFor");
Indicates an object is labeled by one or more target objects.
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/** * Indicates an object is labeled by one or more target objects. * * @see #getTarget * @see #CONTROLLER_FOR * @see #CONTROLLED_BY * @see #LABEL_FOR * @see #MEMBER_OF */
public static final String LABELED_BY = new String("labeledBy");
Indicates an object is a member of a group of one or more target objects.
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/** * Indicates an object is a member of a group of one or more target objects. * * @see #getTarget * @see #CONTROLLER_FOR * @see #CONTROLLED_BY * @see #LABEL_FOR * @see #LABELED_BY */
public static final String MEMBER_OF = new String("memberOf");
Indicates an object is a controller for one or more target objects.
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/** * Indicates an object is a controller for one or more target objects. * * @see #getTarget * @see #CONTROLLED_BY * @see #LABEL_FOR * @see #LABELED_BY * @see #MEMBER_OF */
public static final String CONTROLLER_FOR = new String("controllerFor");
Indicates an object is controlled by one or more target objects.
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/** * Indicates an object is controlled by one or more target objects. * * @see #getTarget * @see #CONTROLLER_FOR * @see #LABEL_FOR * @see #LABELED_BY * @see #MEMBER_OF */
public static final String CONTROLLED_BY = new String("controlledBy");
Indicates an object is logically contiguous with a second object where the second object occurs after the object. An example is a paragraph of text that runs to the end of a page and continues on the next page with an intervening text footer and/or text header. The two parts of the paragraph are separate text elements but are related in that the second element is a continuation of the first element. In other words, the first element "flows to" the second element.
Since:1.5
/** * Indicates an object is logically contiguous with a second object where * the second object occurs after the object. An example is a paragraph of * text that runs to the end of a page and continues on the next page with * an intervening text footer and/or text header. The two parts of the * paragraph are separate text elements but are related in that the second * element is a continuation of the first element. In other words, the first * element "flows to" the second element. * * @since 1.5 */
public static final String FLOWS_TO = "flowsTo";
Indicates an object is logically contiguous with a second object where the second object occurs before the object. An example is a paragraph of text that runs to the end of a page and continues on the next page with an intervening text footer and/or text header. The two parts of the paragraph are separate text elements but are related in that the second element is a continuation of the first element. In other words, the second element "flows from" the second element.
Since:1.5
/** * Indicates an object is logically contiguous with a second object where * the second object occurs before the object. An example is a paragraph of * text that runs to the end of a page and continues on the next page with * an intervening text footer and/or text header. The two parts of the * paragraph are separate text elements but are related in that the second * element is a continuation of the first element. In other words, the * second element "flows from" the second element. * * @since 1.5 */
public static final String FLOWS_FROM = "flowsFrom";
Indicates that an object is a subwindow of one or more objects.
Since:1.5
/** * Indicates that an object is a subwindow of one or more objects. * * @since 1.5 */
public static final String SUBWINDOW_OF = "subwindowOf";
Indicates that an object is a parent window of one or more objects.
Since:1.5
/** * Indicates that an object is a parent window of one or more objects. * * @since 1.5 */
public static final String PARENT_WINDOW_OF = "parentWindowOf";
Indicates that an object has one or more objects embedded in it.
Since:1.5
/** * Indicates that an object has one or more objects embedded in it. * * @since 1.5 */
public static final String EMBEDS = "embeds";
Indicates that an object is embedded in one or more objects.
Since:1.5
/** * Indicates that an object is embedded in one or more objects. * * @since 1.5 */
public static final String EMBEDDED_BY = "embeddedBy";
Indicates that an object is a child node of one or more objects.
Since:1.5
/** * Indicates that an object is a child node of one or more objects. * * @since 1.5 */
public static final String CHILD_NODE_OF = "childNodeOf";
Identifies that the target group for a label has changed.
/** * Identifies that the target group for a label has changed. */
public static final String LABEL_FOR_PROPERTY = "labelForProperty";
Identifies that the objects that are doing the labeling have changed.
/** * Identifies that the objects that are doing the labeling have changed. */
public static final String LABELED_BY_PROPERTY = "labeledByProperty";
Identifies that group membership has changed.
/** * Identifies that group membership has changed. */
public static final String MEMBER_OF_PROPERTY = "memberOfProperty";
Identifies that the controller for the target object has changed.
/** * Identifies that the controller for the target object has changed. */
public static final String CONTROLLER_FOR_PROPERTY = "controllerForProperty";
Identifies that the target object that is doing the controlling has changed.
/** * Identifies that the target object that is doing the controlling has * changed. */
public static final String CONTROLLED_BY_PROPERTY = "controlledByProperty";
Indicates the FLOWS_TO relation between two objects has changed.
Since:1.5
/** * Indicates the {@code FLOWS_TO} relation between two objects has changed. * * @since 1.5 */
public static final String FLOWS_TO_PROPERTY = "flowsToProperty";
Indicates the FLOWS_FROM relation between two objects has changed.
Since:1.5
/** * Indicates the {@code FLOWS_FROM} relation between two objects has * changed. * * @since 1.5 */
public static final String FLOWS_FROM_PROPERTY = "flowsFromProperty";
Indicates the SUBWINDOW_OF relation between two or more objects has changed.
Since:1.5
/** * Indicates the {@code SUBWINDOW_OF} relation between two or more objects * has changed. * * @since 1.5 */
public static final String SUBWINDOW_OF_PROPERTY = "subwindowOfProperty";
Indicates the PARENT_WINDOW_OF relation between two or more objects has changed.
Since:1.5
/** * Indicates the {@code PARENT_WINDOW_OF} relation between two or more * objects has changed. * * @since 1.5 */
public static final String PARENT_WINDOW_OF_PROPERTY = "parentWindowOfProperty";
Indicates the EMBEDS relation between two or more objects has changed.
Since:1.5
/** * Indicates the {@code EMBEDS} relation between two or more objects has * changed. * * @since 1.5 */
public static final String EMBEDS_PROPERTY = "embedsProperty";
Indicates the EMBEDDED_BY relation between two or more objects has changed.
Since:1.5
/** * Indicates the {@code EMBEDDED_BY} relation between two or more objects * has changed. * * @since 1.5 */
public static final String EMBEDDED_BY_PROPERTY = "embeddedByProperty";
Indicates the CHILD_NODE_OF relation between two or more objects has changed.
Since:1.5
/** * Indicates the {@code CHILD_NODE_OF} relation between two or more objects * has changed. * * @since 1.5 */
public static final String CHILD_NODE_OF_PROPERTY = "childNodeOfProperty";
Create a new AccessibleRelation using the given locale independent key. The key String should be a locale independent key for the relation. It is not intended to be used as the actual String to display to the user. To get the localized string, use AccessibleBundle.toDisplayString().
Params:
  • key – the locale independent name of the relation
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/** * Create a new {@code AccessibleRelation} using the given locale * independent key. The key {@code String} should be a locale independent * key for the relation. It is not intended to be used as the actual * {@code String} to display to the user. To get the localized string, use * {@link #toDisplayString()}. * * @param key the locale independent name of the relation * @see AccessibleBundle#toDisplayString */
public AccessibleRelation(String key) { this.key = key; this.target = null; }
Creates a new AccessibleRelation using the given locale independent key. The key String should be a locale independent key for the relation. It is not intended to be used as the actual String to display to the user. To get the localized string, use AccessibleBundle.toDisplayString().
Params:
  • key – the locale independent name of the relation
  • target – the target object for this relation
See Also:
/** * Creates a new {@code AccessibleRelation} using the given locale * independent key. The key {@code String} should be a locale independent * key for the relation. It is not intended to be used as the actual * {@code String} to display to the user. To get the localized string, use * {@link #toDisplayString()}. * * @param key the locale independent name of the relation * @param target the target object for this relation * @see AccessibleBundle#toDisplayString */
public AccessibleRelation(String key, Object target) { this.key = key; this.target = new Object[1]; this.target[0] = target; }
Creates a new AccessibleRelation using the given locale independent key. The key String should be a locale independent key for the relation. It is not intended to be used as the actual String to display to the user. To get the localized string, use AccessibleBundle.toDisplayString().
Params:
  • key – the locale independent name of the relation
  • target – the target object(s) for this relation
See Also:
/** * Creates a new {@code AccessibleRelation} using the given locale * independent key. The key {@code String} should be a locale independent * key for the relation. It is not intended to be used as the actual * {@code String} to display to the user. To get the localized string, use * {@link #toDisplayString()}. * * @param key the locale independent name of the relation * @param target the target object(s) for this relation * @see AccessibleBundle#toDisplayString */
public AccessibleRelation(String key, Object[] target) { this.key = key; this.target = target; }
Returns the key for this relation.
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Returns:the key for this relation
/** * Returns the key for this relation. * * @return the key for this relation * @see #CONTROLLER_FOR * @see #CONTROLLED_BY * @see #LABEL_FOR * @see #LABELED_BY * @see #MEMBER_OF */
public String getKey() { return this.key; }
Returns the target objects for this relation.
Returns:an array containing the target objects for this relation
/** * Returns the target objects for this relation. * * @return an array containing the target objects for this relation */
public Object [] getTarget() { if (target == null) { target = new Object[0]; } Object [] retval = new Object[target.length]; for (int i = 0; i < target.length; i++) { retval[i] = target[i]; } return retval; }
Sets the target object for this relation.
Params:
  • target – the target object for this relation
/** * Sets the target object for this relation. * * @param target the target object for this relation */
public void setTarget(Object target) { this.target = new Object[1]; this.target[0] = target; }
Sets the target objects for this relation.
Params:
  • target – an array containing the target objects for this relation
/** * Sets the target objects for this relation. * * @param target an array containing the target objects for this relation */
public void setTarget(Object [] target) { this.target = target; } }