2 * AT-SPI - Assistive Technology Service Provider Interface
3 * (Gnome Accessibility Project; http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gap)
5 * Copyright 2001 Sun Microsystems Inc.
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23 #include <Bonobo_Unknown.idl>
24 #include <Accessibility_Event.idl>
25 #include <Accessibility_Application.idl>
26 #include <Accessibility_Desktop.idl>
28 #ifndef _ACCESSIBILITY_REGISTRY_IDL_
29 #define _ACCESSIBILITY_REGISTRY_IDL_
31 module Accessibility {
33 typedef sequence<Desktop> DesktopSeq;
35 interface DeviceEventController;
37 interface Registry : EventListener {
40 * registerApplication:
41 * @application: a reference to the requesting @Application
43 * Register a new application with the accessibility broker.
46 oneway void registerApplication (in Application application);
49 * deregisterApplication:
50 * @application: a reference to the @Application
53 * De-register an application previously registered with the broker.
56 void deregisterApplication (in Application application);
59 * registerGlobalEventListener:
60 * @listener: a reference to the requesting @EventListener.
61 * @eventName: a string which indicates the type of events about
62 * which the client desires notification.
64 * Register a client's interest in (all) application events of
68 void registerGlobalEventListener (in EventListener listener,
72 * deregisterGlobalEventListener:
73 * @listener: the requesting @EventListener
74 * @eventName: a string indicating the type of events
76 * Request that a previously registered client stop receiving
77 * global notifications for events of a certain type.
81 void deregisterGlobalEventListenerAll (in EventListener listener);
83 * deregisterGlobalEventListener:
84 * @listener: the requesting @EventListener
85 * @eventName: a string indicating the type of events
87 * Request that a previously registered client stop receiving
88 * global notifications for events of a certain type.
92 void deregisterGlobalEventListener (in EventListener listener,
93 in string event_name);
95 * event types: "Window" "Desktop"
96 * "Window:Create" "Window:Destroy"
97 * "Window:Iconify" "Window:Restore"
98 * "Window:Fullscreen" "Window:Resize"
99 * "Desktop:Create" "Desktop:Destroy"
100 * "Desktop:Focus" "Desktop:Defocus"
104 * "GObject:notify:<propertyname>"
106 * ( not sure we should allow these last 2 forms,
107 * since they are toolkit-specific, but they're powerful )
114 * Get the current number of desktops.
115 * Returns: a short integer indicating the current number of
118 short getDesktopCount ();
122 * @n: the index of the requested @Desktop.
124 * Get the nth accessible desktop.
126 * Returns: a reference to the requested @Desktop.
128 Desktop getDesktop (in short n);
133 * Get a list of accessible desktops.
135 * Returns: a sequence containing references to
138 DesktopSeq getDesktopList ();
141 * getDeviceEventController:
143 * Returns: an object implementing DeviceEventController
145 DeviceEventController getDeviceEventController ();
150 * placeholders for future expansion.
152 void unImplemented ();
153 void unImplemented2 ();
185 struct EventListenerMode {
191 typedef unsigned long ControllerEventMask;
197 unsigned short modifiers;
198 unsigned long timestamp;
203 typedef sequence< long > KeySet;
204 typedef sequence< KeyEventType > KeyEventTypeSeq;
206 interface DeviceEventListener : Bonobo::Unknown {
207 boolean notifyEvent (in DeviceEvent event);
210 interface DeviceEventController : Bonobo::Unknown {
213 * registerKeystrokeListener:
214 * @listener: a @DeviceEventListener which will intercept key events.
215 * @keys: a @KeySet indicating which keys to intercept, or KEYSET_ALL_KEYS.
216 * @mask: a @ControllerEventMask filtering the intercepted key events.
217 * @type: an @EventType mask that may created by ORing event types together.
218 * @is_synchronous: a @boolean indicating whether the listener should
219 * receive the events synchronously, potentially consuming them,
220 * or just be notified asynchronously of those events that have
224 * Register to intercept keyboard events, and either pass them on or
228 void registerKeystrokeListener (in DeviceEventListener listener,
230 in ControllerEventMask mask,
231 in KeyEventTypeSeq type,
232 in EventListenerMode mode);
235 * deregisterKeystrokeListener:
236 * @listener: a @DeviceEventListener which will intercept key events.
237 * @keys: a @KeySet indicating which keys to intercept, or KEYSET_ALL_KEYS.
238 * @mask: a @ControllerEventMask filtering the intercepted key events.
239 * @type: an @EventType mask that may created by ORing event types together.
243 * De-register a previously registered keyboard eventlistener.
246 void deregisterKeystrokeListener (in DeviceEventListener listener,
248 in ControllerEventMask mask,
249 in KeyEventTypeSeq type);
251 boolean notifyListenersSync (in DeviceEvent event);
253 oneway void notifyListenersAsync (in DeviceEvent event);
256 * generateKeyboardEvent:
257 * @keycode: a long integer indicating the keycode of
258 * the keypress to be synthesized.
259 * @keystring: an optional UTF-8 string indicating a complex
260 * keyboard input event.
261 * @type: a #KeySynthType indicating the type of event(s) to be
262 * synthesized: a key press, release, press-release pair,
263 * or a complex input string (for instance from an
264 * internationalized or complex text input method, or
265 * a composed character).
267 * Note that @keycode may be truncated before being
268 * processed, as keycode length may be platform-dependent
269 * and keycode ranges are generally much smaller than
271 * One or the other of @keycode or @keystring are generally NULL,
272 * (but not both), depending on the value of @type.
276 * Synthesize a keyboard event.
279 void generateKeyboardEvent (in long keycode,
281 in KeySynthType type);
284 * generateMouseEvent:
285 * @x: a long integer indicating the screen x coord for the mouse event.
286 * @y: a long integer indicating the screen y coord for the mouse event.
287 * @eventName: a string indicating the type of mouse event, e.g. "button1up"
290 * Synthesize a mouse event.
293 void generateMouseEvent (in long x, in long y, in string eventName);
298 * placeholders for future expansion.
300 void unImplemented ();
301 void unImplemented2 ();