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/*
 * @(#)TextComponent.java	1.90 06/07/11
 *
 * Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 */
package java.awt;

import java.awt.peer.TextComponentPeer;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.util.EventListener;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import sun.awt.InputMethodSupport;
import java.text.BreakIterator;
import javax.swing.text.AttributeSet;
import javax.accessibility.*;
import java.awt.im.InputMethodRequests;


/**
 * The <code>TextComponent</code> class is the superclass of 
 * any component that allows the editing of some text. 
 * <p>
 * A text component embodies a string of text.  The 
 * <code>TextComponent</code> class defines a set of methods 
 * that determine whether or not this text is editable. If the
 * component is editable, it defines another set of methods
 * that supports a text insertion caret. 
 * <p>
 * In addition, the class defines methods that are used 
 * to maintain a current <em>selection</em> from the text. 
 * The text selection, a substring of the component's text, 
 * is the target of editing operations. It is also referred
 * to as the <em>selected text</em>.
 *
 * @version	1.90, 07/11/06
 * @author 	Sami Shaio
 * @author 	Arthur van Hoff
 * @since       JDK1.0
 */
public class TextComponent extends Component implements Accessible {

    /**
     * The value of the text.
     * A <code>null</code> value is the same as "".
     *
     * @serial
     * @see #setText(String)
     * @see #getText()
     */
    String text;

    /**
     * A boolean indicating whether or not this 
     * <code>TextComponent</code> is editable.
     * It will be <code>true</code> if the text component
     * is editable and <code>false</code> if not.
     *
     * @serial
     * @see #isEditable()
     */
    boolean editable = true;

    /**
     * The selection refers to the selected text, and the 
     * <code>selectionStart</code> is the start position
     * of the selected text.
     *
     * @serial
     * @see #getSelectionStart()
     * @see #setSelectionStart(int)
     */
    int selectionStart;

    /**
     * The selection refers to the selected text, and the 
     * <code>selectionEnd</code>
     * is the end position of the selected text.
     *
     * @serial
     * @see #getSelectionEnd()
     * @see #setSelectionEnd(int)
     */
    int selectionEnd;

    // A flag used to tell whether the background has been set by
    // developer code (as opposed to AWT code).  Used to determine
    // the background color of non-editable TextComponents.
    boolean backgroundSetByClientCode = false;

    /**
     * True if this <code>TextComponent</code> has access
     * to the System clipboard.
     */
    transient private boolean canAccessClipboard;

    transient protected TextListener textListener;

    /*
     * JDK 1.1 serialVersionUID 
     */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -2214773872412987419L;

    /**
     * Constructs a new text component initialized with the 
     * specified text. Sets the value of the cursor to 
     * <code>Cursor.TEXT_CURSOR</code>.
     * @param      text       the text to be displayed; if
     *             <code>text</code> is <code>null</code>, the empty
     *             string <code>""</code> will be displayed
     * @exception  HeadlessException if
     *		   <code>GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless</code>
     *             returns true
     * @see        java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment#isHeadless
     * @see        java.awt.Cursor
     */
    TextComponent(String text) throws HeadlessException {
        GraphicsEnvironment.checkHeadless();
	this.text = (text != null) ? text : "";
	setCursor(Cursor.getPredefinedCursor(Cursor.TEXT_CURSOR));
	checkSystemClipboardAccess();
    }

    private void enableInputMethodsIfNecessary() {
	if (checkForEnableIM) {
            checkForEnableIM = false;
    	    try {
                Toolkit toolkit = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
                boolean shouldEnable = false;            
                if (toolkit instanceof InputMethodSupport) {
                    shouldEnable = ((InputMethodSupport)toolkit)
                      .enableInputMethodsForTextComponent();
                }
                enableInputMethods(shouldEnable);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                // if something bad happens, just don't enable input methods
	    }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Enables or disables input method support for this text component. If input
     * method support is enabled and the text component also processes key events,
     * incoming events are offered to the current input method and will only be 
     * processed by the component or dispatched to its listeners if the input method 
     * does not consume them. Whether and how input method support for this text 
     * component is enabled or disabled by default is implementation dependent.
     *
     * @param enable true to enable, false to disable
     * @see #processKeyEvent
     * @since 1.2
     */
    public void enableInputMethods(boolean enable) {
        checkForEnableIM = false;
        super.enableInputMethods(enable);
    }

    boolean areInputMethodsEnabled() {
        // moved from the constructor above to here and addNotify below, 
        // this call will initialize the toolkit if not already initialized.
        if (checkForEnableIM) {
            enableInputMethodsIfNecessary(); 
        }

        // TextComponent handles key events without touching the eventMask or
        // having a key listener, so just check whether the flag is set
        return (eventMask & AWTEvent.INPUT_METHODS_ENABLED_MASK) != 0;
    }

    public InputMethodRequests getInputMethodRequests() {
        TextComponentPeer peer = (TextComponentPeer)this.peer;
        if (peer != null) return peer.getInputMethodRequests();
        else return null;
    }



    /**
     * Makes this Component displayable by connecting it to a
     * native screen resource.
     * This method is called internally by the toolkit and should
     * not be called directly by programs.
     * @see       java.awt.TextComponent#removeNotify
     */  
    public void addNotify() {
        super.addNotify();
        enableInputMethodsIfNecessary();
    }

    /**
     * Removes the <code>TextComponent</code>'s peer.
     * The peer allows us to modify the appearance of the 
     * <code>TextComponent</code> without changing its
     * functionality.
     */
    public void removeNotify() {
        synchronized (getTreeLock()) {
	    TextComponentPeer peer = (TextComponentPeer)this.peer;
	    if (peer != null) {
	        text = peer.getText();
		selectionStart = peer.getSelectionStart();
		selectionEnd = peer.getSelectionEnd();
	    }
	    super.removeNotify();
	}
    }

    /**
     * Sets the text that is presented by this 
     * text component to be the specified text. 
     * @param       t   the new text;
     *                  if this parameter is <code>null</code> then
     *                  the text is set to the empty string ""
     * @see         java.awt.TextComponent#getText  
     */
    public synchronized void setText(String t) {
	text = (t != null) ? t : "";
	TextComponentPeer peer = (TextComponentPeer)this.peer;
	if (peer != null) {
	    peer.setText(text);
	}
    }

    /**
     * Returns the text that is presented by this text component.
     * By default, this is an empty string.
     *
     * @return the value of this <code>TextComponent</code>
     * @see     java.awt.TextComponent#setText
     */
    public synchronized String getText() {
	TextComponentPeer peer = (TextComponentPeer)this.peer;
	if (peer != null) {
	    text = peer.getText();
	}
	return text;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the selected text from the text that is
     * presented by this text component.  
     * @return      the selected text of this text component
     * @see         java.awt.TextComponent#select
     */
    public synchronized String getSelectedText() {
	return getText().substring(getSelectionStart(), getSelectionEnd());
    }

    /**
     * Indicates whether or not this text component is editable.
     * @return     <code>true</code> if this text component is
     *                  editable; <code>false</code> otherwise.
     * @see        java.awt.TextComponent#setEditable
     * @since      JDK1.0
     */
    public boolean isEditable() {
	return editable;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the flag that determines whether or not this
     * text component is editable.
     * <p>
     * If the flag is set to <code>true</code>, this text component
     * becomes user editable. If the flag is set to <code>false</code>,
     * the user cannot change the text of this text component.
     * By default, non-editable text components have a background color
     * of SystemColor.control.  This default can be overridden by
     * calling setBackground.
     *
     * @param     b   a flag indicating whether this text component
     *                      is user editable.
     * @see       java.awt.TextComponent#isEditable
     * @since     JDK1.0
     */
    public synchronized void setEditable(boolean b) {
        if (editable == b) {
            return;
        }

	editable = b;
	TextComponentPeer peer = (TextComponentPeer)this.peer;
	if (peer != null) {
	    peer.setEditable(b);
	}
    }

    /**
     * Gets the background color of this text component.
     *
     * By default, non-editable text components have a background color
     * of SystemColor.control.  This default can be overridden by
     * calling setBackground.
     *
     * @return This text component's background color.
     *         If this text component does not have a background color,
     *         the background color of its parent is returned.
     * @see #setBackground(Color)
     * @since JDK1.0
     */
    public Color getBackground() {
        if (!editable && !backgroundSetByClientCode) {
            return SystemColor.control;
        }

        return super.getBackground();
    }

    /**
     * Sets the background color of this text component.
     *
     * @param c The color to become this text component's color.
     *        If this parameter is null then this text component
     *        will inherit the background color of its parent.
     * @see #getBackground()
     * @since JDK1.0
     */
    public void setBackground(Color c) {
        backgroundSetByClientCode = true;
        super.setBackground(c);
    }

    /**
     * Gets the start position of the selected text in 
     * this text component. 
     * @return      the start position of the selected text 
     * @see         java.awt.TextComponent#setSelectionStart
     * @see         java.awt.TextComponent#getSelectionEnd
     */
    public synchronized int getSelectionStart() {
	TextComponentPeer peer = (TextComponentPeer)this.peer;
	if (peer != null) {
	    selectionStart = peer.getSelectionStart();
	}
	return selectionStart;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the selection start for this text component to  
     * the specified position. The new start point is constrained 
     * to be at or before the current selection end. It also
     * cannot be set to less than zero, the beginning of the 
     * component's text.
     * If the caller supplies a value for <code>selectionStart</code>
     * that is out of bounds, the method enforces these constraints
     * silently, and without failure.
     * @param       selectionStart   the start position of the 
     *                        selected text
     * @see         java.awt.TextComponent#getSelectionStart
     * @see         java.awt.TextComponent#setSelectionEnd
     * @since       JDK1.1
     */
    public synchronized void setSelectionStart(int selectionStart) {
	/* Route through select method to enforce consistent policy
    	 * between selectionStart and selectionEnd.
    	 */
	select(selectionStart, getSelectionEnd());
    }

    /**
     * Gets the end position of the selected text in 
     * this text component. 
     * @return      the end position of the selected text
     * @see         java.awt.TextComponent#setSelectionEnd
     * @see         java.awt.TextComponent#getSelectionStart
     */
    public synchronized int getSelectionEnd() {
	TextComponentPeer peer = (TextComponentPeer)this.peer;
	if (peer != null) {
	    selectionEnd = peer.getSelectionEnd();
	}
	return selectionEnd;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the selection end for this text component to  
     * the specified position. The new end point is constrained 
     * to be at or after the current selection start. It also
     * cannot be set beyond the end of the component's text.
     * If the caller supplies a value for <code>selectionEnd</code>
     * that is out of bounds, the method enforces these constraints
     * silently, and without failure.
     * @param       selectionEnd   the end position of the 
     *                        selected text
     * @see         java.awt.TextComponent#getSelectionEnd
     * @see         java.awt.TextComponent#setSelectionStart
     * @since       JDK1.1
     */
    public synchronized void setSelectionEnd(int selectionEnd) {
	/* Route through select method to enforce consistent policy
    	 * between selectionStart and selectionEnd.
    	 */
	select(getSelectionStart(), selectionEnd);
    }
    
    /**
     * Selects the text between the specified start and end positions.
     * <p>
     * This method sets the start and end positions of the 
     * selected text, enforcing the restriction that the start position 
     * must be greater than or equal to zero.  The end position must be 
     * greater than or equal to the start position, and less than or 
     * equal to the length of the text component's text.  The 
     * character positions are indexed starting with zero.  
     * The length of the selection is 
     * <code>endPosition</code> - <code>startPosition</code>, so the 
     * character at <code>endPosition</code> is not selected.  
     * If the start and end positions of the selected text are equal,  
     * all text is deselected.  
     * <p> 
     * If the caller supplies values that are inconsistent or out of 
     * bounds, the method enforces these constraints silently, and 
     * without failure. Specifically, if the start position or end 
     * position is greater than the length of the text, it is reset to 
     * equal the text length. If the start position is less than zero, 
     * it is reset to zero, and if the end position is less than the 
     * start position, it is reset to the start position.
     * 
     * @param        selectionStart the zero-based index of the first 
                       character (<code>char</code> value) to be selected  
     * @param        selectionEnd the zero-based end position of the 
                       text to be selected; the character (<code>char</code> value) at 
                       <code>selectionEnd</code> is not selected 
     * @see          java.awt.TextComponent#setSelectionStart
     * @see          java.awt.TextComponent#setSelectionEnd
     * @see          java.awt.TextComponent#selectAll
     */
    public synchronized void select(int selectionStart, int selectionEnd) {
	String text = getText();
	if (selectionStart < 0) {
	    selectionStart = 0;
	}
	if (selectionStart > text.length()) {
	    selectionStart = text.length();
	}
	if (selectionEnd > text.length()) {
	    selectionEnd = text.length();
	}
	if (selectionEnd < selectionStart) {
	    selectionEnd = selectionStart;
	}

	this.selectionStart = selectionStart;
	this.selectionEnd = selectionEnd;

	TextComponentPeer peer = (TextComponentPeer)this.peer;
	if (peer != null) {
	    peer.select(selectionStart, selectionEnd);
	}
    }

    /**
     * Selects all the text in this text component.
     * @see        java.awt.TextComponent#select
     */
    public synchronized void selectAll() {
	String text = getText();
	this.selectionStart = 0;
	this.selectionEnd = getText().length();

	TextComponentPeer peer = (TextComponentPeer)this.peer;
	if (peer != null) {
	    peer.select(selectionStart, selectionEnd);
	}
    }

    /**
     * Sets the position of the text insertion caret.
     * The caret position is constrained to be between 0
     * and the last character of the text, inclusive.
     * If the passed-in value is greater than this range,
     * the value is set to the last character (or 0 if
     * the <code>TextComponent</code> contains no text)
     * and no error is returned.  If the passed-in value is
     * less than 0, an <code>IllegalArgumentException</code>
     * is thrown.
     * 
     * @param        position the position of the text insertion caret
     * @exception    IllegalArgumentException if <code>position</code>
     *               is less than zero
     * @since        JDK1.1
     */
    public synchronized void setCaretPosition(int position) {
	if (position < 0) {
	    throw new IllegalArgumentException("position less than zero.");
	}

	int maxposition = getText().length();
	if (position > maxposition) {
	    position = maxposition;
	}

	TextComponentPeer peer = (TextComponentPeer)this.peer;
	if (peer != null) {
	    peer.setCaretPosition(position);
	} else {
	    select(position, position);
	}
    }

    /**
     * Returns the position of the text insertion caret.
     * The caret position is constrained to be between 0
     * and the last character of the text, inclusive.
     * If the text or caret have not been set, the default
     * caret position is 0.
     *
     * @return       the position of the text insertion caret
     * @see #setCaretPosition(int)
     * @since        JDK1.1
     */
    public synchronized int getCaretPosition() {
        TextComponentPeer peer = (TextComponentPeer)this.peer;
	int position = 0;

	if (peer != null) {
	    position = peer.getCaretPosition();
	} else {
	    position = selectionStart;
	}
        int maxposition = getText().length();
        if (position > maxposition) {
            position = maxposition;
        }
        return position;
    }

    /**
     * Adds the specified text event listener to receive text events 
     * from this text component.
     * If <code>l</code> is <code>null</code>, no exception is 
     * thrown and no action is performed.
     * <p>Refer to <a href="doc-files/AWTThreadIssues.html#ListenersThreads"
     * >AWT Threading Issues</a> for details on AWT's threading model.
     *
     * @param l the text event listener
     * @see           	#removeTextListener
     * @see           	#getTextListeners
     * @see           	java.awt.event.TextListener
     */ 
    public synchronized void addTextListener(TextListener l) {
	if (l == null) {
	    return;
	}
	textListener = AWTEventMulticaster.add(textListener, l);
        newEventsOnly = true;
    }

    /**
     * Removes the specified text event listener so that it no longer
     * receives text events from this text component
     * If <code>l</code> is <code>null</code>, no exception is 
     * thrown and no action is performed.
     * <p>Refer to <a href="doc-files/AWTThreadIssues.html#ListenersThreads"
     * >AWT Threading Issues</a> for details on AWT's threading model.
     *
     * @param         	l     the text listener
     * @see           	#addTextListener
     * @see           	#getTextListeners
     * @see           	java.awt.event.TextListener
     * @since         	JDK1.1
     */
    public synchronized void removeTextListener(TextListener l) {
	if (l == null) {
	    return;
	}
	textListener = AWTEventMulticaster.remove(textListener, l);
    }

    /**
     * Returns an array of all the text listeners
     * registered on this text component.
     *
     * @return all of this text component's <code>TextListener</code>s
     *         or an empty array if no text
     *         listeners are currently registered
     *
     *
     * @see #addTextListener
     * @see #removeTextListener
     * @since 1.4
     */
    public synchronized TextListener[] getTextListeners() {
        return (TextListener[])(getListeners(TextListener.class));
    }

    /**
     * Returns an array of all the objects currently registered
     * as <code><em>Foo</em>Listener</code>s
     * upon this <code>TextComponent</code>.
     * <code><em>Foo</em>Listener</code>s are registered using the
     * <code>add<em>Foo</em>Listener</code> method.
     *
     * <p>
     * You can specify the <code>listenerType</code> argument
     * with a class literal, such as
     * <code><em>Foo</em>Listener.class</code>.
     * For example, you can query a
     * <code>TextComponent</code> <code>t</code>
     * for its text listeners with the following code:
     *
     * <pre>TextListener[] tls = (TextListener[])(t.getListeners(TextListener.class));</pre>
     *
     * If no such listeners exist, this method returns an empty array.
     *
     * @param listenerType the type of listeners requested; this parameter
     *          should specify an interface that descends from
     *          <code>java.util.EventListener</code>
     * @return an array of all objects registered as
     *          <code><em>Foo</em>Listener</code>s on this text component,
     *          or an empty array if no such
     *          listeners have been added
     * @exception ClassCastException if <code>listenerType</code>
     *          doesn't specify a class or interface that implements
     *          <code>java.util.EventListener</code>
     *
     * @see #getTextListeners
     * @since 1.3
     */
    public <T extends EventListener> T[] getListeners(Class<T> listenerType) {
	EventListener l = null; 
	if  (listenerType == TextListener.class) { 
	    l = textListener;
	} else {
	    return super.getListeners(listenerType);
	}
	return AWTEventMulticaster.getListeners(l, listenerType);
    }

    // REMIND: remove when filtering is done at lower level
    boolean eventEnabled(AWTEvent e) {
        if (e.id == TextEvent.TEXT_VALUE_CHANGED) {
            if ((eventMask & AWTEvent.TEXT_EVENT_MASK) != 0 ||
                textListener != null) {
                return true;
            } 
            return false;
        }
        return super.eventEnabled(e);
    }     

    /**
     * Processes events on this text component. If the event is a
     * <code>TextEvent</code>, it invokes the <code>processTextEvent</code>
     * method else it invokes its superclass's <code>processEvent</code>.
     * <p>Note that if the event parameter is <code>null</code>
     * the behavior is unspecified and may result in an
     * exception.
     *
     * @param e the event
     */
    protected void processEvent(AWTEvent e) {
        if (e instanceof TextEvent) {
            processTextEvent((TextEvent)e);
            return;
        }
	super.processEvent(e);
    }

    /** 
     * Processes text events occurring on this text component by
     * dispatching them to any registered <code>TextListener</code> objects.
     * <p>
     * NOTE: This method will not be called unless text events
     * are enabled for this component. This happens when one of the
     * following occurs:
     * <ul>
     * <li>A <code>TextListener</code> object is registered
     * via <code>addTextListener</code>
     * <li>Text events are enabled via <code>enableEvents</code>
     * </ul>
     * <p>Note that if the event parameter is <code>null</code>
     * the behavior is unspecified and may result in an
     * exception.
     *
     * @param e the text event
     * @see Component#enableEvents
     */ 
    protected void processTextEvent(TextEvent e) {
        TextListener listener = textListener;
        if (listener != null) {
            int id = e.getID();
	    switch (id) {
	    case TextEvent.TEXT_VALUE_CHANGED:
		listener.textValueChanged(e);
		break;
	    }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns a string representing the state of this
     * <code>TextComponent</code>. This 
     * method is intended to be used only for debugging purposes, and the 
     * content and format of the returned string may vary between 
     * implementations. The returned string may be empty but may not be 
     * <code>null</code>.
     *
     * @return      the parameter string of this text component
     */
    protected String paramString() {
	String str = super.paramString() + ",text=" + getText();
	if (editable) {
	    str += ",editable";
	}
	return str + ",selection=" + getSelectionStart() + "-" + getSelectionEnd();
    }

    /**
     * Assigns a valid value to the canAccessClipboard instance variable.
     */
    private void checkSystemClipboardAccess() {
        canAccessClipboard = true;
	SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
	if (sm != null) {
	    try {
	        sm.checkSystemClipboardAccess();
	    }
	    catch (SecurityException e) {
	        canAccessClipboard = false;
	    }
	}
    }

    /*
     * Serialization support.
     */
    /**
     * The textComponent SerializedDataVersion.
     *
     * @serial
     */
    private int textComponentSerializedDataVersion = 1;

    /**
     * Writes default serializable fields to stream.  Writes
     * a list of serializable TextListener(s) as optional data.
     * The non-serializable TextListener(s) are detected and
     * no attempt is made to serialize them.
     *
     * @serialData Null terminated sequence of zero or more pairs.
     *             A pair consists of a String and Object.
     *             The String indicates the type of object and
     *             is one of the following :
     *             textListenerK indicating and TextListener object.
     *
     * @see AWTEventMulticaster#save(ObjectOutputStream, String, EventListener)
     * @see java.awt.Component#textListenerK
     */
    private void writeObject(java.io.ObjectOutputStream s)
      throws IOException 
    {
        // Serialization support.  Since the value of the fields
        // selectionStart, selectionEnd, and text aren't necessarily
        // up to date, we sync them up with the peer before serializing.
        TextComponentPeer peer = (TextComponentPeer)this.peer;
        if (peer != null) {
            text = peer.getText();
            selectionStart = peer.getSelectionStart();
            selectionEnd = peer.getSelectionEnd();
        }

        s.defaultWriteObject();

        AWTEventMulticaster.save(s, textListenerK, textListener);
        s.writeObject(null);
    }

    /**
     * Read the ObjectInputStream, and if it isn't null, 
     * add a listener to receive text events fired by the 
     * TextComponent.  Unrecognized keys or values will be 
     * ignored.
     * 
     * @exception HeadlessException if
     * <code>GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless()</code> returns
     * <code>true</code>
     * @see #removeTextListener
     * @see #addTextListener
     * @see java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment#isHeadless
     */
    private void readObject(ObjectInputStream s)
        throws ClassNotFoundException, IOException, HeadlessException
    {
        GraphicsEnvironment.checkHeadless();
        s.defaultReadObject();

        // Make sure the state we just read in for text, 
        // selectionStart and selectionEnd has legal values
	this.text = (text != null) ? text : "";
        select(selectionStart, selectionEnd);

        Object keyOrNull;
        while(null != (keyOrNull = s.readObject())) {
	    String key = ((String)keyOrNull).intern();

	    if (textListenerK == key) {
	        addTextListener((TextListener)(s.readObject()));
            } else { 
                // skip value for unrecognized key
	        s.readObject();
            }
        }
	enableInputMethodsIfNecessary();
	checkSystemClipboardAccess();
    }


/////////////////
// Accessibility support
////////////////


    /**
     *
     */
    int getIndexAtPoint(Point p) {
	return -1;
/* To be fully implemented in a future release
	if (peer == null) {
	    return -1;
	}
	TextComponentPeer peer = (TextComponentPeer)this.peer;
	return peer.getIndexAtPoint(p.x, p.y);
*/
    }


    /**
     *
     */
    Rectangle getCharacterBounds(int i) {
        return null;
/* To be fully implemented in a future release
	if (peer == null) {
	    return null;
	}
	TextComponentPeer peer = (TextComponentPeer)this.peer;
	return peer.getCharacterBounds(i);
*/
    }


    /**
     * Gets the AccessibleContext associated with this TextComponent. 
     * For text components, the AccessibleContext takes the form of an 
     * AccessibleAWTTextComponent. 
     * A new AccessibleAWTTextComponent instance is created if necessary.
     *
     * @return an AccessibleAWTTextComponent that serves as the 
     *         AccessibleContext of this TextComponent
     * @since 1.3
     */
    public AccessibleContext getAccessibleContext() {
        if (accessibleContext == null) {
            accessibleContext = new AccessibleAWTTextComponent();
        }
        return accessibleContext;
    }

    /**
     * This class implements accessibility support for the 
     * <code>TextComponent</code> class.  It provides an implementation of the 
     * Java Accessibility API appropriate to text component user-interface 
     * elements.
     * @since 1.3
     */
    protected class AccessibleAWTTextComponent extends AccessibleAWTComponent 
        implements AccessibleText, TextListener
    {
        /*
         * JDK 1.3 serialVersionUID
         */
        private static final long serialVersionUID = 3631432373506317811L;

        /**
         * Constructs an AccessibleAWTTextComponent.  Adds a listener to track
         * caret change.
         */
        public AccessibleAWTTextComponent() {
            TextComponent.this.addTextListener(this);
        }

        /**
         * TextListener notification of a text value change.
         */
        public void textValueChanged(TextEvent textEvent)  {
            Integer cpos = Integer.valueOf(TextComponent.this.getCaretPosition());
            firePropertyChange(ACCESSIBLE_TEXT_PROPERTY, null, cpos);
        }

        /**
         * Gets the state set of the TextComponent.
         * The AccessibleStateSet of an object is composed of a set of 
         * unique AccessibleStates.  A change in the AccessibleStateSet 
         * of an object will cause a PropertyChangeEvent to be fired
         * for the AccessibleContext.ACCESSIBLE_STATE_PROPERTY property.
         *
         * @return an instance of AccessibleStateSet containing the
         * current state set of the object
         * @see AccessibleStateSet
         * @see AccessibleState
         * @see #addPropertyChangeListener
         */
        public AccessibleStateSet getAccessibleStateSet() {
            AccessibleStateSet states = super.getAccessibleStateSet();
            if (TextComponent.this.isEditable()) {
                states.add(AccessibleState.EDITABLE);
            }
            return states;
        }


        /**
         * Gets the role of this object.
         *
         * @return an instance of AccessibleRole describing the role of the 
         * object (AccessibleRole.TEXT)
         * @see AccessibleRole
         */
        public AccessibleRole getAccessibleRole() {
            return AccessibleRole.TEXT;
        }

        /**
         * Get the AccessibleText associated with this object.  In the
         * implementation of the Java Accessibility API for this class, 
	 * return this object, which is responsible for implementing the
         * AccessibleText interface on behalf of itself.
	 * 
	 * @return this object 
         */
        public AccessibleText getAccessibleText() {
            return this;
        }


        // --- interface AccessibleText methods ------------------------

        /**
         * Many of these methods are just convenience methods; they
         * just call the equivalent on the parent
         */

        /**
         * Given a point in local coordinates, return the zero-based index
         * of the character under that Point.  If the point is invalid,
         * this method returns -1.
         *
         * @param p the Point in local coordinates
         * @return the zero-based index of the character under Point p.
         */
        public int getIndexAtPoint(Point p) {
	    return TextComponent.this.getIndexAtPoint(p);
        }

        /**
         * Determines the bounding box of the character at the given
         * index into the string.  The bounds are returned in local
         * coordinates.  If the index is invalid a null rectangle
         * is returned.
         *
         * @param i the index into the String >= 0
         * @return the screen coordinates of the character's bounding box
         */
        public Rectangle getCharacterBounds(int i) {
	    return TextComponent.this.getCharacterBounds(i);
        }

        /**
         * Returns the number of characters (valid indicies)
         *
         * @return the number of characters >= 0
         */
        public int getCharCount() {
            return TextComponent.this.getText().length();
        }

        /**
         * Returns the zero-based offset of the caret.
         *
         * Note: The character to the right of the caret will have the
         * same index value as the offset (the caret is between
         * two characters).
         *
         * @return the zero-based offset of the caret.
         */
        public int getCaretPosition() {
            return TextComponent.this.getCaretPosition();
        }

        /**
         * Returns the AttributeSet for a given character (at a given index).
         *
         * @param i the zero-based index into the text
         * @return the AttributeSet of the character
         */
        public AttributeSet getCharacterAttribute(int i) {
            return null; // No attributes in TextComponent
        }

        /**
         * Returns the start offset within the selected text.
         * If there is no selection, but there is
         * a caret, the start and end offsets will be the same.
         * Return 0 if the text is empty, or the caret position
         * if no selection.
         *
         * @return the index into the text of the start of the selection >= 0
         */
        public int getSelectionStart() {
            return TextComponent.this.getSelectionStart();
        }

        /**
         * Returns the end offset within the selected text.
         * If there is no selection, but there is
         * a caret, the start and end offsets will be the same.
         * Return 0 if the text is empty, or the caret position
         * if no selection.
         *
         * @return the index into teh text of the end of the selection >= 0
         */
        public int getSelectionEnd() {
            return TextComponent.this.getSelectionEnd();
        }

        /**
         * Returns the portion of the text that is selected.
         *
         * @return the text, null if no selection
         */
        public String getSelectedText() {
            String selText = TextComponent.this.getSelectedText();
            // Fix for 4256662
            if (selText == null || selText.equals("")) {
                return null;
            }
            return selText;
        }

        /**
         * Returns the String at a given index. 
         *
         * @param part the AccessibleText.CHARACTER, AccessibleText.WORD,
         * or AccessibleText.SENTENCE to retrieve
         * @param index an index within the text >= 0
         * @return the letter, word, or sentence,
         *   null for an invalid index or part
         */
        public String getAtIndex(int part, int index) {
            if (index < 0 || index >= TextComponent.this.getText().length()) {
                return null;
            }
            switch (part) {
            case AccessibleText.CHARACTER:
                return TextComponent.this.getText().substring(index, index+1);
            case AccessibleText.WORD:  {
                    String s = TextComponent.this.getText();
                    BreakIterator words = BreakIterator.getWordInstance();
                    words.setText(s);
                    int end = words.following(index);
                    return s.substring(words.previous(), end);
                }
            case AccessibleText.SENTENCE:  {
                    String s = TextComponent.this.getText();
                    BreakIterator sentence = BreakIterator.getSentenceInstance();
                    sentence.setText(s);
                    int end = sentence.following(index);
                    return s.substring(sentence.previous(), end);
                }
            default:
                return null;
            }
        }

        private static final boolean NEXT = true;
        private static final boolean PREVIOUS = false;

        /**
         * Needed to unify forward and backward searching.
         * The method assumes that s is the text assigned to words.
         */
        private int findWordLimit(int index, BreakIterator words, boolean direction,
                                         String s) {
            // Fix for 4256660 and 4256661.
            // Words iterator is different from character and sentence iterators
            // in that end of one word is not necessarily start of another word.
            // Please see java.text.BreakIterator JavaDoc. The code below is
            // based on nextWordStartAfter example from BreakIterator.java.
            int last = (direction == NEXT) ? words.following(index)
                                           : words.preceding(index);
            int current = (direction == NEXT) ? words.next()
                                              : words.previous();
            while (current != BreakIterator.DONE) {
                for (int p = Math.min(last, current); p < Math.max(last, current); p++) {
                    if (Character.isLetter(s.charAt(p))) {
                        return last;
                    }
                }
                last = current;
                current = (direction == NEXT) ? words.next()
                                              : words.previous();
            }
            return BreakIterator.DONE;
        }

        /**
         * Returns the String after a given index.
         *
         * @param part the AccessibleText.CHARACTER, AccessibleText.WORD,
         * or AccessibleText.SENTENCE to retrieve
         * @param index an index within the text >= 0
         * @return the letter, word, or sentence, null for an invalid
         *  index or part
         */
        public String getAfterIndex(int part, int index) {
            if (index < 0 || index >= TextComponent.this.getText().length()) {
                return null;
            }
            switch (part) {
            case AccessibleText.CHARACTER:
                if (index+1 >= TextComponent.this.getText().length()) {
		   return null;
		}
                return TextComponent.this.getText().substring(index+1, index+2);
            case AccessibleText.WORD:  {
                    String s = TextComponent.this.getText();
                    BreakIterator words = BreakIterator.getWordInstance();
                    words.setText(s);
                    int start = findWordLimit(index, words, NEXT, s);
                    if (start == BreakIterator.DONE || start >= s.length()) {
                        return null;
                    }
                    int end = words.following(start);
                    if (end == BreakIterator.DONE || end >= s.length()) {
                        return null;
                    }
                    return s.substring(start, end);
                }
            case AccessibleText.SENTENCE:  {
                    String s = TextComponent.this.getText();
                    BreakIterator sentence = BreakIterator.getSentenceInstance();
                    sentence.setText(s);
                    int start = sentence.following(index);
                    if (start == BreakIterator.DONE || start >= s.length()) {
                        return null;
                    }
                    int end = sentence.following(start);
                    if (end == BreakIterator.DONE || end >= s.length()) {
                        return null;
                    }
                    return s.substring(start, end);
                }
            default:
                return null;
            }
        }


        /**
         * Returns the String before a given index.
         *
         * @param part the AccessibleText.CHARACTER, AccessibleText.WORD,
         *   or AccessibleText.SENTENCE to retrieve
         * @param index an index within the text >= 0
         * @return the letter, word, or sentence, null for an invalid index
         *  or part
         */
        public String getBeforeIndex(int part, int index) {
            if (index < 0 || index > TextComponent.this.getText().length(__JOT_PIECE_132__) {
                return null;
            }
            switch (part) {
            case AccessibleText.CHARACTER:
		if (index == 0) {
		    return null;
		}
                return TextComponent.this.getText().substring(index-1, index);
            case AccessibleText.WORD:  {
                    String s = TextComponent.this.getText();
                    BreakIterator words = BreakIterator.getWordInstance();
                    words.setText(s);
                    int end = findWordLimit(index, words, PREVIOUS, s);
                    if (end == BreakIterator.DONE) {
                        return null;
                    }
                    int start = words.preceding(end);
                    if (start == BreakIterator.DONE) {
                        return null;
                    }
                    return s.substring(start, end);
                }
            case AccessibleText.SENTENCE:  {
                    String s = TextComponent.this.getText();
                    BreakIterator sentence = BreakIterator.getSentenceInstance();
                    sentence.setText(s);
                    int end = sentence.following(index);
                    end = sentence.previous();
                    int start = sentence.previous();
                    if (start == BreakIterator.DONE) {
                        return null;
                    }
                    return s.substring(start, end);
                }
            default:
                return null;
            }
        }
    }  // end of AccessibleAWTTextComponent

    private boolean checkForEnableIM = true;
}

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