gecko/accessible/public/nsPIAccessible.idl

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#include "nsISupports.idl"

interface nsIAccessible;
interface nsIAccessibleEvent;
%{C++
   struct nsRoleMapEntry;
%}
[ptr] native nsRoleMapEntryPtr(nsRoleMapEntry);

[uuid(893ee16d-c157-4d5f-b236-60b3b2bef6a5)]
interface nsPIAccessible : nsISupports
{
  /**
   * Set accessible parent.
   */
  void setParent(in nsIAccessible aAccParent);

  /**
   * Set first accessible child.
   */
  void setFirstChild(in nsIAccessible aAccFirstChild);

  /**
   * Set next sibling accessible.
   */
  void setNextSibling(in nsIAccessible aAccNextSibling);

  /**
   * Return parent accessible only if cached.
   */
  void getCachedParent(out nsIAccessible aAccParent);

  /**
   * Return first child accessible only if cached.
   */
  void getCachedFirstChild(out nsIAccessible aAccFirstChild);

  /**
   * Set the child count to -1 (unknown) and null out cached child pointers
   */
  void invalidateChildren();

  /**
   * Fire accessible event.
   *
   * @param aEvent - DOM event
   * @param aTarget - target of DOM event
   *
   * XXX: eventually this method will be removed (see bug 377022)
   */
  void fireToolkitEvent(in unsigned long aEvent, in nsIAccessible aTarget);

  /**
   * Fire accessible event.
   */
  void fireAccessibleEvent(in nsIAccessibleEvent aAccEvent);

  /**
   * Return true if there are accessible children in anonymous content
   */
  readonly attribute boolean allowsAnonChildAccessibles;

  /**
   * Assert if child not in parent's cache.
   */
  void testChildCache(in nsIAccessible aCachedChild);

  /**
   * Returns text of accessible if accessible has text role otherwise empty
   * string.
   */
  void appendTextTo(out AString aString, in unsigned long aStartOffset,
                    in unsigned long aLength);
                    
  /**
   * Set the ARIA role map entry for a new accessible.
   * For a newly created accessible, specify which role map entry should be used.
   * @param aRoleMapEntry The ARIA nsRoleMapEntry* for the accessible, or 
   *                      nsnull if none.
   */
   void setRoleMapEntry(in nsRoleMapEntryPtr aRoleMapEntry);

  /**
   * Maps ARIA state attributes to state of accessible. Note the given state
   * argument should hold states for accessible before you pass it into this
   * method.
   * @param  in/out where to fill the states into.
   */
   void getARIAState(out unsigned long aState);
};