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/* AccessibleSelection.java -- aids in accessibly selecting components
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package javax.accessibility;
 
/**
 * If an object implements this interface then it must be able to control
 * the selection of its children. Accessibility software can use the
 * implementations of this interface to change the selection set of children.
 *
 * <p>The <code>AccessibleContext.getAccessibleSelection()</code> method should
 * return <code>null</code> if an object does not implement this interface.
 *
 * @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu)
 * @see Accessible
 * @see AccessibleContext
 * @see AccessibleContext#getAccessibleSelection()
 * @since 1.2
 * @status updated to 1.4
 */
public interface AccessibleSelection
{
  /**
   * Returns the number of currently selected Accessible children, which may
   * be 0 if nothing is selected.
   *
   * @return the number of selected children
   */
  int getAccessibleSelectionCount();
 
  /**
   * Returns the i-th selected child (not necessarily the overall i-th child)
   * of this Accessible object. If i is out of bounds, null is returned.
   *
   * @param i zero-based index of selected child objects
   * @return the Accessible child, or null
   * @see #getAccessibleSelectionCount()
   */
  Accessible getAccessibleSelection(int i);
 
  /**
   * Determine if i-th overall child of this accessible object is selected.
   * If i is out of bounds, false is returned.
   *
   * @param i zero-based index of child objects
   * @return true if specified child exists and is selected
   */
  boolean isAccessibleChildSelected(int i);
 
  /**
   * Select the specified child if it is not already selected, placing it in
   * the object's current selection. If the object does not support multiple
   * selections then the new selection replaces the old. If the specified
   * child is already selected, or is out of bounds, this method does nothing.
   *
   * @param i zero-based index of child objects
   */
  void addAccessibleSelection(int i);
 
  /**
   * Unselect the specified child of this Accessible object. If the specified
   * child is not selected, or is out of bounds, this method does nothing.
   *
   * @param i the zero-based index of the child objects
   */
  void removeAccessibleSelection(int i);
 
  /**
   * Unselect all children of this Accessible object.
   */
  void clearAccessibleSelection();
 
  /**
   * Select all children of this Accessible object if the object supports
   * multiple selections or has a single child. Otherwise this does nothing.
   */
  void selectAllAccessibleSelection();
} // interface AccessibleSelection