Package AccessEngine :: Module AEAccInterfaces

Module AEAccInterfaces

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Defines standard interfaces for inspecting, manipulating, and navigating accessibles and handling their events.

Authors:: Peter Parente, Pete Brunet, Larry Weiss, Brett Clippingdale, Eirikur Hallgrimsson, Scott Haeger, Frank Zenker

Organizations:

IBM Corporation
IT Science Center Ruegen gGmbH, Germany

Copyright:

License:

The BSD License
The BSD License
All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms of the BSD license which accompanies this distribution, and is available at http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php

Classes

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IAccessibleNav
Provides methods for navigating across accessible objects.

IItemNav
Provides methods for navigating items within accessible objects.

IAccessibleInfo
Provides methods for accessing basic information about accessible objects.

IAccessibleAction
Provides methods for manipulating accessible objects.

IEventHandler
Provides methods for handling accessible events.

IPORFactory
Provides methods for building AEPors.

Functions

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boolean

implements(thing, interface)
Checks if the given thing implements the given interface.

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Function Details

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implements(thing, interface)

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Checks if the given thing implements the given interface. The thing may be an instance or class. The thing is checked using issubclass first, followed by isinstance next, and then by brute force method comparison last.

Parameters:

thing (class or object) - Class or object to be tested for an interface
interface (class) - Class representing an interface to be implemented

Returns: boolean

Does the thing implement the given interface?