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package javax.accessibility;


import java.util.*;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.text.*;


/**
 * <P>The AccessibleExtendedText interface contains additional methods
 * not provided by the AccessibleText interface
 *
 * Applications can determine if an object supports the AccessibleExtendedText
 * interface by first obtaining its AccessibleContext (see {@link Accessible})
 * and then calling the {@link AccessibleContext#getAccessibleText} method of
 * AccessibleContext. If the return value is an instance of
 * AccessibleExtendedText, the object supports this interface.
 *
 * @see Accessible
 * @see Accessible#getAccessibleContext
 * @see AccessibleContext
 * @see AccessibleContext#getAccessibleText
 *
 * @author Peter Korn
 * @author Lynn Monsanto
 * @since 1.5
 */
public interface AccessibleExtendedText {

 /**
 * Constant used to indicate that the part of the text that should be
 * retrieved is a line of text.
 *
 * @see AccessibleText#getAtIndex
 * @see AccessibleText#getAfterIndex
 * @see AccessibleText#getBeforeIndex
 */
 public static final int LINE = 4; // BugID: 4849720

 /**
 * Constant used to indicate that the part of the text that should be
 * retrieved is contiguous text with the same text attributes.
 *
 * @see AccessibleText#getAtIndex
 * @see AccessibleText#getAfterIndex
 * @see AccessibleText#getBeforeIndex
 */
 public static final int ATTRIBUTE_RUN = 5; // BugID: 4849720

 /**
 * Returns the text between two indices
 *
 * @param startIndex the start index in the text
 * @param endIndex the end index in the text
 * @return the text string if the indices are valid.
 * Otherwise, null is returned.
 */
 public String getTextRange(int startIndex, int endIndex);

 /**
 * Returns the <code>AccessibleTextSequence</code> at a given index.
 *
 * @param part the <code>CHARACTER</code>, <code>WORD</code>,
 * <code>SENTENCE</code>, <code>LINE</code> or <code>ATTRIBUTE_RUN</code>
 * to retrieve
 * @param index an index within the text
 * @return an <code>AccessibleTextSequence</code> specifying the text
 * if part and index are valid. Otherwise, null is returned.
 *
 * @see AccessibleText#CHARACTER
 * @see AccessibleText#WORD
 * @see AccessibleText#SENTENCE
 */
 public AccessibleTextSequence getTextSequenceAt(int part, int index);

 /**
 * Returns the <code>AccessibleTextSequence</code> after a given index.
 *
 * @param part the <code>CHARACTER</code>, <code>WORD</code>,
 * <code>SENTENCE</code>, <code>LINE</code> or <code>ATTRIBUTE_RUN</code>
 * to retrieve
 * @param index an index within the text
 * @return an <code>AccessibleTextSequence</code> specifying the text
 * if part and index are valid. Otherwise, null is returned.
 *
 * @see AccessibleText#CHARACTER
 * @see AccessibleText#WORD
 * @see AccessibleText#SENTENCE
 */
 public AccessibleTextSequence getTextSequenceAfter(int part, int index);

 /**
 * Returns the <code>AccessibleTextSequence</code> before a given index.
 *
 * @param part the <code>CHARACTER</code>, <code>WORD</code>,
 * <code>SENTENCE</code>, <code>LINE</code> or <code>ATTRIBUTE_RUN</code>
 * to retrieve
 * @param index an index within the text
 * @return an <code>AccessibleTextSequence</code> specifying the text
 * if part and index are valid. Otherwise, null is returned.
 *
 * @see AccessibleText#CHARACTER
 * @see AccessibleText#WORD
 * @see AccessibleText#SENTENCE
 */
 public AccessibleTextSequence getTextSequenceBefore(int part, int index);

 /**
 * Returns the bounding rectangle of the text between two indices.
 *
 * @param startIndex the start index in the text
 * @param endIndex the end index in the text
 * @return the bounding rectangle of the text if the indices are valid.
 * Otherwise, null is returned.
 */
 public Rectangle getTextBounds(int startIndex, int endIndex);
}