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package javax.accessibility;

/**
 * Objects which present hyperlinks in a document should implement this
 * interface.  Accessibility software can use the implementations of this
 * interface to aid the user in navigating the links.
 *
 * <p>The <code>AccessibleContext.getAccessibleText()</code> method
 * should return an instance of this interface only when it is supported.
 *
 * @author Eric Blake <ebb9@email.byu.edu>
 * @see Accessible
 * @see AccessibleContext
 * @see AccessibleText
 * @see AccessibleContext#getAccessibleText()
 * @since 1.2
 * @status updated to 1.4
 */
public interface AccessibleHypertext extends AccessibleText
{
  /**
   * Returns the number of links in the document, if any exist.
   *
   * @return the number of links, or -1
   */
  int getLinkCount();

  /**
   * Returns link object denoted by the number <code>i</code> in this
   * document, or null if i is out of bounds.
   *
   * @param i the ith hyperlink of the document
   * @return link object denoted by <code>i</code>
   */
  AccessibleHyperlink getLink(int i);

  /**
   * Returns the link index for this character index if it resides within
   * one of the hyperlinks of the document. If no association exists at that
   * character, or c is out of bounds, returns -1.
   *
   * @param c the character index
   * @return the link index, or -1
   */
  int getLinkIndex(int c);
} // interface AccessibleHypertext