2 * AT-SPI - Assistive Technology Service Provider Interface
3 * (Gnome Accessibility Project; http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gap)
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23 #ifndef __ACCESSIBILITY_APPLICATION_DEFINED__
24 #define __ACCESSIBILITY_APPLICATION_DEFINED__
26 #include <Bonobo_Unknown.idl>
27 #include <Accessible.idl>
29 module Accessibility {
30 interface Application : Accessible {
34 * A string indicating the type of user interface toolkit
35 * which is used by the application.
36 * Ordinarily clients of @AccessibleApplication should be
37 * toolkit-agnostic, dependencies on this method probably
38 * should be reconsidered!
40 readonly attribute string toolkitName;
44 * A string indicating the version number of the application's
45 * accessibility bridge implementation.
47 readonly attribute string version;
51 * The application instance's unique ID as assigned by the registry.
56 * registerToolkitEventListener:
57 * @listener: an #EventListener object which will receive the requested
58 * events from the application's toolkits via toolit 'bridges'
59 * @eventName: a UTF-8 string indicating the type of (toolkit-specific) event
60 * being requested. Not all applications can generate toolkit events of
63 * Register with this application's toolkit for "toolkit-specific" event notifications.
64 * For most event support, clients should use non-toolkit-specific events
65 * whenever possible, via #Registry::registerGlobalEventListener - this method
66 * is provided as a 'back door' when generic names do not exist for the events in question.
67 * SUBJECT TO DEPRECATION in favor of Registry::registerGlobalEventListener forms.
70 void registerToolkitEventListener (in EventListener listener, in string eventName);
73 * registerObjectEventListener:
74 * @listener: an #EventListener object which will receive the requested
76 * @eventName: a UTF-8 string indicating the type of (toolkit-specific) event
78 * Register with this application toolkit for "Accessibility::Accessible"
79 * event notifications. SUBJECT TO DEPRECATION
82 void registerObjectEventListener (in EventListener listener, in string eventName);
87 * Request that the application temporarily stop sending events.
88 * In most cases this should pause the application's main event loop.
90 * Returns: %true if the request succeeded, %false otherwise.
97 * Request that the application resume sending events.
99 * Returns: %true if the request succeeded, %false otherwise.