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public interface InputMethodDescriptor
Defines methods that provide sufficient information about an input method to enable selection and loading of that input method. The input method itself is only loaded when it is actually used.
Method Summary | |
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InputMethod |
Creates a new instance of the corresponding input method. |
Locale[] |
Returns the locales supported by the corresponding input method. |
String |
getInputMethodDisplayName(Locale inputLocale, Locale displayLanguage) Returns the user-visible name of the corresponding input method for the given input locale in the language in which the name will be displayed. |
Image |
getInputMethodIcon(Locale inputLocale) Returns an icon for the corresponding input method. |
boolean |
Returns whether the list of available locales can change at runtime. |
Method Detail |
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public InputMethod createInputMethod() throws Exception
Exception
- any exception that may occur while creating the
input method instancepublic Locale[] getAvailableLocales() throws AWTException
Only the input method's primary locales should be returned. For example, if a Japanese input method also has a pass-through mode for Roman characters, typically still only Japanese would be returned. Thus, the list of locales returned is typically a subset of the locales for which the corresponding input method's implementation of {@link java.awt.im.spi.InputMethod#setLocale} returns true.
If {@link #hasDynamicLocaleList} returns true, this method is called each time the information is needed. This gives input methods that depend on network resources the chance to add or remove locales as resources become available or unavailable.
AWTException
- if it can be determined that the input method
is inoperable, for example, because of incomplete installation.public String getInputMethodDisplayName(Locale inputLocale, Locale displayLanguage)
The inputLocale parameter specifies the locale for which text is input. This parameter can only take values obtained from this descriptor's {@link #getAvailableLocales} method or null. If it is null, an input locale independent name for the input method should be returned.
If a name for the desired display language is not available, the method may fall back to some other language.
inputLocale
- the locale for which text input is supported, or nulldisplayLanguage
- the language in which the name will be displayedpublic Image getInputMethodIcon(Locale inputLocale)
The inputLocale parameter specifies the locale for which text is input. This parameter can only take values obtained from this descriptor's {@link #getAvailableLocales} method or null. If it is null, an input locale independent icon for the input method should be returned.
The icon's size should be 16×16 pixels.
inputLocale
- the locale for which text input is supported, or nullpublic boolean hasDynamicLocaleList()
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