New Features in Java™ 2 Platform Standard Edition 5

The features described here were introduced in Java 2 Platform Standard Edition 5. These features are also part of subsequent releases of the Java platform. Many of these additions were made to maintain compatibility between the Java Accessibility API and the GNOME Accessibility Framework, described at http://projects.gnome.org/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

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AccessibleAction New Constant

Class AccessibleAction contains the following new constant:

• TOGGLE_EXPAND

AccessibleContext New Constants

Class AccessibleContext contains the following new constants:

• ACCESSIBLE_COMPONENT_BOUNDS_CHANGE
• ACCESSIBLE_INVALIDATE_CHILDREN
• ACCESSIBLE_TEXT_ATTRIBUTE_CHANGED

AccessibleRelation New Constants

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

AccessibleRole New Constants

Class AccessibleRole contains the following new constants:

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

AccessibleState New Constants

Class AccessibleState contains the following new constants:

• INDETERMINATE
• MANAGES_DESCENDANTS
• TRANSIENT
• TRUNCATED

AccessibleText New Constants

Class AccessibleText contains the following new constants:

• LINE
• ACCESSIBLE_CHANGED_TEXT
• ATTRIBUTE_RUN

API Enhancements

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

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

AccessibleExtendedText

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

AccessibleStreamable

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

Accessibility Support for JSpinner and ProgressMonitor

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

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