* AT-SPI - Assistive Technology Service Provider Interface
* (Gnome Accessibility Project; http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gap)
*
- * Copyright 2001 Sun Microsystems Inc.
+ * Copyright 2001-2004 Sun Microsystems Inc.
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
#ifndef __ACCESSIBILITY_APPLICATION_DEFINED__
#define __ACCESSIBILITY_APPLICATION_DEFINED__
-#include <Bonobo.idl>
-#include <Accessible.idl>
+#include <Accessibility_Accessible.idl>
module Accessibility {
+
+ /**
+ * An interface identifying an object which is the root of the
+ * user interface Accessible hierarchy associated with a running application.
+ * Children of Application are typically, but not exclusively,
+ * top-level windows.
+ * @note It is possible for an element deeper in an Accessibility stack to
+ * implement Application, for instance in the case of "embedded applications"
+ * which draw into toplevel windows associated with other applications
+ * from the user's point of view.
+ */
interface Application : Accessible {
/**
- * Get a string indicating the type of user interface toolkit
+ * A string indicating the type of user interface toolkit
* which is used by the application.
- * Ordinarily clients of @AccessibleApplication should be
- * toolkit-agnostic, dependencies on this method probably
- * should be reconsidered!
+ * @note Ordinarily clients of ::Application should be
+ * toolkit-agnostic, dependencies on this property should
+ * be avoided where possible.
**/
readonly attribute string toolkitName;
/**
- * Get a string indicating the version number of the application's
+ * A string indicating the version number of the application's
* accessibility bridge implementation.
**/
readonly attribute string version;
/**
- * Get the application's process ID in the operating system's
- * process table.
- *
+ * The application instance's unique ID as assigned by the registry.
**/
- readonly attribute string id;
+ attribute long id;
/**
- * pause:
- * Returns: %true if the request succeeded, %false otherwise.
+ * @param listener: an ::EventListener object which will receive the requested
+ * events from the application's toolkits via toolit 'bridges'
+ * @param eventName: a UTF-8 string indicating the type of (toolkit-specific) event
+ * being requested. Not all applications can generate toolkit events of
+ * a given type.
*
+ * Register with this application's toolkit for "toolkit-specific" event notifications.
+ * @note
+ * For most event support, clients should use non-toolkit-specific events
+ * whenever possible, via ::Registry::registerGlobalEventListener - this method
+ * is provided as a 'back door' when generic names do not exist for the events in
+ * question.
+ **/
+ void registerToolkitEventListener (in EventListener listener, in string eventName);
+
+ /**
+ * registerObjectEventListener:
+ * @param listener: an ::EventListener object which will receive the requested
+ * events
+ * @param eventName: a UTF-8 string indicating the type of (toolkit-specific) event
+ * being requested.
+ * Register with this application toolkit for "Accessibility::Accessible"
+ * event notifications.
+ * @note: SUBJECT TO DEPRECATION.
+ **/
+ void registerObjectEventListener (in EventListener listener, in string eventName);
+
+ /**
* Request that the application temporarily stop sending events.
* In most cases this should pause the application's main event loop.
*
+ * @returns: \c true if the request succeeded, \c false otherwise.
+ *
+ * @note: This method is not implemented in most toolkits, and therefore should be treated with caution.
**/
boolean pause ();
/**
- * resume:
- * Returns: %true if the request succeeded, %false otherwise.
- *
* Request that the application resume sending events.
*
+ * @returns: \c True if the request succeeded, \c False otherwise.
**/
boolean resume ();
+
+ /**
+ * Gets the locale in which the application is currently operating.
+ * For the current message locale, use \a lctype LOCALE_TYPE_MESSAGES.
+ *
+ * @param lctype The LocaleType for which the locale is queried.
+ * @returns a string compliant with the POSIX standard for locale description.
+ **/
+ string getLocale (in LOCALE_TYPE lctype);
+
+ /**\cond (This comment tells doxygen not to document these) */
+ void unImplemented_ ();
+ void unImplemented2_ ();
+ void unImplemented3_ ();
+ /**\endcond */
};
};