/*
 * @(#)AccessibleEditableText.java	1.6 06/04/07
 *
 * Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 */

package javax.accessibility;

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

/**
 * <P>The AccessibleEditableText interface should be implemented by all 
 * classes that present editable textual information on the display.  
 * Along with the AccessibleText interface, this interface provides 
 * the standard mechanism for an assistive technology to access 
 * that text via its content, attributes, and spatial location.  
 * Applications can determine if an object supports the AccessibleEditableText 
 * interface by first obtaining its AccessibleContext (see {@link Accessible})
 * and then calling the {@link AccessibleContext#getAccessibleEditableText} 
 * method of AccessibleContext.  If the return value is not null, the object 
 * supports this interface.
 *
 * @see Accessible
 * @see Accessible#getAccessibleContext
 * @see AccessibleContext
 * @see AccessibleContext#getAccessibleText
 * @see AccessibleContext#getAccessibleEditableText
 *
 * @version	1.6 @(#)AccessibleEditableText.java	1.6
 * @author	Lynn Monsanto
 * @since 1.4
 */

public interface AccessibleEditableText extends AccessibleText {

    /**
     * Sets the text contents to the specified string.
     *
     * @param s the string to set the text contents
     */
    public void setTextContents(String s);

    /**
     * Inserts the specified string at the given index/
     *
     * @param index the index in the text where the string will 
     * be inserted
     * @param s the string to insert in the text
     */
    public void insertTextAtIndex(int index, String s);

    /**
     * Returns the text string between two indices.
     * 
     * @param startIndex the starting index in the text
     * @param endIndex the ending index in the text
     * @return the text string between the indices
     */
    public String getTextRange(int startIndex, int endIndex);

    /**
     * Deletes the text between two indices
     *
     * @param startIndex the starting index in the text
     * @param endIndex the ending index in the text
     */
    public void delete(int startIndex, int endIndex);

    /**
     * Cuts the text between two indices into the system clipboard.
     *
     * @param startIndex the starting index in the text
     * @param endIndex the ending index in the text
     */
    public void cut(int startIndex, int endIndex);

    /**
     * Pastes the text from the system clipboard into the text
     * starting at the specified index.
     *
     * @param startIndex the starting index in the text
     */
    public void paste(int startIndex);

    /**
     * Replaces the text between two indices with the specified
     * string.
     *
     * @param startIndex the starting index in the text
     * @param endIndex the ending index in the text
     * @param s the string to replace the text between two indices
     */
    public void replaceText(int startIndex, int endIndex, String s);

    /**
     * Selects the text between two indices.
     *
     * @param startIndex the starting index in the text
     * @param endIndex the ending index in the text
     */
    public void selectText(int startIndex, int endIndex);

    /**
     * Sets attributes for the text between two indices.
     *
     * @param startIndex the starting index in the text
     * @param endIndex the ending index in the text
     * @param as the attribute set
     * @see AttributeSet
     */
    public void setAttributes(int startIndex, int endIndex, AttributeSet as);

}