javax.swing

## Class JEditorPane.AccessibleJEditorPane

- java.lang.Object
- - javax.accessibility.AccessibleContext
  - - java.awt.Component.AccessibleAWTComponent
    - - java.awt.Container.AccessibleAWTContainer
      - - javax.swing.JComponent.AccessibleJComponent
        - - javax.swing.text.JTextComponent.AccessibleJTextComponent
          - - javax.swing.JEditorPane.AccessibleJEditorPane

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    Serializable, EventListener, AccessibleAction, AccessibleComponent, AccessibleEditableText, AccessibleExtendedComponent, AccessibleExtendedText, AccessibleText, CaretListener, DocumentListener
  Direct Known Subclasses:
    JEditorPane.AccessibleJEditorPaneHTML, JEditorPane.JEditorPaneAccessibleHypertextSupport
  Enclosing class:
    JEditorPane

      protected class JEditorPane.AccessibleJEditorPane
      extends JTextComponent.AccessibleJTextComponent

  This class implements accessibility support for the `JEditorPane` class. It provides an implementation of the Java Accessibility API appropriate to editor pane user-interface elements.

  Warning: Serialized objects of this class will not be compatible with future Swing releases. The current serialization support is appropriate for short term storage or RMI between applications running the same version of Swing. As of 1.4, support for long term storage of all JavaBeans™ has been added to the `java.beans` package. Please see `XMLEncoder`.

- - ### Nested Class Summary

    - ### Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class javax.swing.JComponent.AccessibleJComponent

      `JComponent.AccessibleJComponent.AccessibleContainerHandler, JComponent.AccessibleJComponent.AccessibleFocusHandler`

    - ### Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.awt.Component.AccessibleAWTComponent

      `Component.AccessibleAWTComponent.AccessibleAWTComponentHandler, Component.AccessibleAWTComponent.AccessibleAWTFocusHandler`

  - ### Field Summary

    - ### Fields inherited from class javax.swing.JComponent.AccessibleJComponent

      `accessibleFocusHandler`

    - ### Fields inherited from class java.awt.Container.AccessibleAWTContainer

      `accessibleContainerHandler`

    - ### Fields inherited from class java.awt.Component.AccessibleAWTComponent

      `accessibleAWTComponentHandler, accessibleAWTFocusHandler`

    - ### Fields inherited from class javax.accessibility.AccessibleContext

      `ACCESSIBLE_ACTION_PROPERTY, ACCESSIBLE_ACTIVE_DESCENDANT_PROPERTY, ACCESSIBLE_CARET_PROPERTY, ACCESSIBLE_CHILD_PROPERTY, ACCESSIBLE_COMPONENT_BOUNDS_CHANGED, ACCESSIBLE_DESCRIPTION_PROPERTY, ACCESSIBLE_HYPERTEXT_OFFSET, ACCESSIBLE_INVALIDATE_CHILDREN, ACCESSIBLE_NAME_PROPERTY, ACCESSIBLE_SELECTION_PROPERTY, ACCESSIBLE_STATE_PROPERTY, ACCESSIBLE_TABLE_CAPTION_CHANGED, ACCESSIBLE_TABLE_COLUMN_DESCRIPTION_CHANGED, ACCESSIBLE_TABLE_COLUMN_HEADER_CHANGED, ACCESSIBLE_TABLE_MODEL_CHANGED, ACCESSIBLE_TABLE_ROW_DESCRIPTION_CHANGED, ACCESSIBLE_TABLE_ROW_HEADER_CHANGED, ACCESSIBLE_TABLE_SUMMARY_CHANGED, ACCESSIBLE_TEXT_ATTRIBUTES_CHANGED, ACCESSIBLE_TEXT_PROPERTY, ACCESSIBLE_VALUE_PROPERTY, ACCESSIBLE_VISIBLE_DATA_PROPERTY, accessibleDescription, accessibleName, accessibleParent`

    - ### Fields inherited from interface javax.accessibility.AccessibleAction

      `CLICK, DECREMENT, INCREMENT, TOGGLE_EXPAND, TOGGLE_POPUP`

    - ### Fields inherited from interface javax.accessibility.AccessibleText

      `CHARACTER, SENTENCE, WORD`

    - ### Fields inherited from interface javax.accessibility.AccessibleExtendedText

      `ATTRIBUTE_RUN, LINE`

  - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Modifier | Constructor | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `protected` | `AccessibleJEditorPane()` |

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `String` | `getAccessibleDescription()` | Gets the accessibleDescription property of this object.
    `AccessibleStateSet` | `getAccessibleStateSet()` | Gets the state set of this object.

    - ### Methods inherited from class javax.swing.text.JTextComponent.AccessibleJTextComponent

      `caretUpdate, changedUpdate, cut, delete, doAccessibleAction, getAccessibleAction, getAccessibleActionCount, getAccessibleActionDescription, getAccessibleEditableText, getAccessibleRole, getAccessibleText, getAfterIndex, getAtIndex, getBeforeIndex, getCaretPosition, getCharacterAttribute, getCharacterBounds, getCharCount, getIndexAtPoint, getSelectedText, getSelectionEnd, getSelectionStart, getTextBounds, getTextRange, getTextSequenceAfter, getTextSequenceAt, getTextSequenceBefore, insertTextAtIndex, insertUpdate, paste, removeUpdate, replaceText, selectText, setAttributes, setTextContents`

    - ### Methods inherited from class javax.swing.JComponent.AccessibleJComponent

      `addPropertyChangeListener, getAccessibleChild, getAccessibleChildrenCount, getAccessibleKeyBinding, getAccessibleName, getBorderTitle, getTitledBorderText, getToolTipText, removePropertyChangeListener`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.awt.Container.AccessibleAWTContainer

      `getAccessibleAt`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.awt.Component.AccessibleAWTComponent

      `addFocusListener, contains, getAccessibleComponent, getAccessibleIndexInParent, getAccessibleParent, getBackground, getBounds, getCursor, getFont, getFontMetrics, getForeground, getLocale, getLocation, getLocationOnScreen, getSize, isEnabled, isFocusTraversable, isShowing, isVisible, removeFocusListener, requestFocus, setBackground, setBounds, setCursor, setEnabled, setFont, setForeground, setLocation, setSize, setVisible`

    - ### Methods inherited from class javax.accessibility.AccessibleContext

      `firePropertyChange, getAccessibleIcon, getAccessibleRelationSet, getAccessibleSelection, getAccessibleTable, getAccessibleValue, setAccessibleDescription, setAccessibleName, setAccessibleParent`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

    - ### Methods inherited from interface javax.accessibility.AccessibleComponent

      `addFocusListener, contains, getAccessibleAt, getBackground, getBounds, getCursor, getFont, getFontMetrics, getForeground, getLocation, getLocationOnScreen, getSize, isEnabled, isFocusTraversable, isShowing, isVisible, removeFocusListener, requestFocus, setBackground, setBounds, setCursor, setEnabled, setFont, setForeground, setLocation, setSize, setVisible`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### AccessibleJEditorPane

          protected AccessibleJEditorPane()

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### getAccessibleDescription

          public String getAccessibleDescription()

      Gets the accessibleDescription property of this object. If this property isn't set, returns the content type of this `JEditorPane` instead (e.g. "plain/text", "html/text").
      Overrides:
        `getAccessibleDescription` in class `JComponent.AccessibleJComponent`
      Returns:
        the localized description of the object; `null` if this object does not have a description
      See Also:
        `AccessibleContext.setAccessibleName(java.lang.String)`

    - #### getAccessibleStateSet

          public AccessibleStateSet getAccessibleStateSet()

      Gets the state set of this object.
      Overrides:
        `getAccessibleStateSet` in class `JTextComponent.AccessibleJTextComponent`
      Returns:
        an instance of AccessibleStateSet describing the states of the object
      See Also:
        `AccessibleStateSet`

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