src/java.desktop/share/classes/javax/accessibility/AccessibleExtendedTable.java

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package javax.accessibility;

/**
 * Class {@code AccessibleExtendedTable} provides extended information about a
 * user-interface component that presents data in a two-dimensional table
 * format. Applications can determine if an object supports the
 * {@code AccessibleExtendedTable} interface by first obtaining its
 * {@code AccessibleContext} and then calling the
 * {@link AccessibleContext#getAccessibleTable} method. If the return value is
 * not {@code null} and the type of the return value is
 * {@code AccessibleExtendedTable}, the object supports this interface.
 *
 * @author Lynn Monsanto
 * @since 1.4
 */
public interface AccessibleExtendedTable extends AccessibleTable {

    /**
     * Returns the row number of an index in the table.
     *
     * @param  index the zero-based index in the table. The index is the table
     *         cell offset from row == 0 and column == 0.
     * @return the zero-based row of the table if one exists; otherwise -1
     */
    public int getAccessibleRow(int index);

    /**
     * Returns the column number of an index in the table.
     *
     * @param  index the zero-based index in the table. The index is the table
     *         cell offset from row == 0 and column == 0.
     * @return the zero-based column of the table if one exists; otherwise -1
     */
    public int getAccessibleColumn(int index);

    /**
     * Returns the index at a row and column in the table.
     *
     * @param  r zero-based row of the table
     * @param  c zero-based column of the table
     * @return the zero-based index in the table if one exists; otherwise -1.
     *         The index is the table cell offset from row == 0 and column == 0.
     */
    public int getAccessibleIndex(int r, int c);
}