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Java Accessibility Guide > Java Accessibility API (JAAPI) Programmer's Guide > Accessibility Enhancements in the Java 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0

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

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 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.