Add Accessible Context for menu item

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import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.JMenu;
import javax.swing.JMenuItem;
import javax.swing.JCheckBoxMenuItem;
import javax.swing.JRadioButtonMenuItem;
import javax.swing.ButtonGroup;
import javax.swing.JMenuBar;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;

import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

/* MenuDemo.java requires images/middle.gif. */

/*/*from ww  w.  j  a va  2 s.  com*/
 * This class is just like MenuLookDemo, except the menu items
 * actually do something, thanks to event listeners.
 */
public class MenuDemo implements ActionListener, ItemListener {
    JTextArea output;
    JScrollPane scrollPane;
    String newline = "\n";

    public JMenuBar createMenuBar() {
        JMenuBar menuBar;
        JMenu menu, submenu;
        JMenuItem menuItem;
        JRadioButtonMenuItem rbMenuItem;
        JCheckBoxMenuItem cbMenuItem;

        //Create the menu bar.
        menuBar = new JMenuBar();

        //Build the first menu.
        menu = new JMenu("A Menu");
        menu.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_A);
        menu.getAccessibleContext().setAccessibleDescription(
                "The only menu in this program that has menu items");
        menuBar.add(menu);

        //a group of JMenuItems
        menuItem = new JMenuItem("A text-only menu item", KeyEvent.VK_T);
        //menuItem.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_T); //used constructor instead
        menuItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_1,
                ActionEvent.ALT_MASK));
        menuItem.getAccessibleContext().setAccessibleDescription(
                "This doesn't really do anything");
        menuItem.addActionListener(this);
        menu.add(menuItem);

        ImageIcon icon = createImageIcon("images/middle.gif");
        menuItem = new JMenuItem("Both text and icon", icon);
        menuItem.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_B);
        menuItem.addActionListener(this);
        menu.add(menuItem);

        menuItem = new JMenuItem(icon);
        menuItem.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_D);
        menuItem.addActionListener(this);
        menu.add(menuItem);

        //a group of radio button menu items
        menu.addSeparator();
        ButtonGroup group = new ButtonGroup();

        rbMenuItem = new JRadioButtonMenuItem("A radio button menu item");
        rbMenuItem.setSelected(true);
        rbMenuItem.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_R);
        group.add(rbMenuItem);
        rbMenuItem.addActionListener(this);
        menu.add(rbMenuItem);

        rbMenuItem = new JRadioButtonMenuItem("Another one");
        rbMenuItem.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_O);
        group.add(rbMenuItem);
        rbMenuItem.addActionListener(this);
        menu.add(rbMenuItem);

        //a group of check box menu items
        menu.addSeparator();
        cbMenuItem = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("A check box menu item");
        cbMenuItem.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_C);
        cbMenuItem.addItemListener(this);
        menu.add(cbMenuItem);

        cbMenuItem = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("Another one");
        cbMenuItem.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_H);
        cbMenuItem.addItemListener(this);
        menu.add(cbMenuItem);

        //a submenu
        menu.addSeparator();
        submenu = new JMenu("A submenu");
        submenu.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_S);

        menuItem = new JMenuItem("An item in the submenu");
        menuItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_2,
                ActionEvent.ALT_MASK));
        menuItem.addActionListener(this);
        submenu.add(menuItem);

        menuItem = new JMenuItem("Another item");
        menuItem.addActionListener(this);
        submenu.add(menuItem);
        menu.add(submenu);

        //Build second menu in the menu bar.
        menu = new JMenu("Another Menu");
        menu.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_N);
        menu.getAccessibleContext().setAccessibleDescription(
                "This menu does nothing");
        menuBar.add(menu);

        return menuBar;
    }

    public Container createContentPane() {
        //Create the content-pane-to-be.
        JPanel contentPane = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
        contentPane.setOpaque(true);

        //Create a scrolled text area.
        output = new JTextArea(5, 30);
        output.setEditable(false);
        scrollPane = new JScrollPane(output);

        //Add the text area to the content pane.
        contentPane.add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);

        return contentPane;
    }

    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        JMenuItem source = (JMenuItem) (e.getSource());
        String s = "Action event detected." + newline
                + "    Event source: " + source.getText()
                + " (an instance of " + getClassName(source) + ")";
        output.append(s + newline);
        output.setCaretPosition(output.getDocument().getLength());
    }

    public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e) {
        JMenuItem source = (JMenuItem) (e.getSource());
        String s = "Item event detected."
                + newline
                + "    Event source: "
                + source.getText()
                + " (an instance of "
                + getClassName(source)
                + ")"
                + newline
                + "    New state: "
                + ((e.getStateChange() == ItemEvent.SELECTED) ? "selected"
                        : "unselected");
        output.append(s + newline);
        output.setCaretPosition(output.getDocument().getLength());
    }

    // Returns just the class name -- no package info.
    protected String getClassName(Object o) {
        String classString = o.getClass().getName();
        int dotIndex = classString.lastIndexOf(".");
        return classString.substring(dotIndex + 1);
    }

    /** Returns an ImageIcon, or null if the path was invalid. */
    protected static ImageIcon createImageIcon(String path) {
        java.net.URL imgURL = MenuDemo.class.getResource(path);
        if (imgURL != null) {
            return new ImageIcon(imgURL);
        } else {
            System.err.println("Couldn't find file: " + path);
            return null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Create the GUI and show it.  For thread safety,
     * this method should be invoked from the
     * event-dispatching thread.
     */
    private static void createAndShowGUI() {
        //Create and set up the window.
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("MenuDemo");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        //Create and set up the content pane.
        MenuDemo demo = new MenuDemo();
        frame.setJMenuBar(demo.createMenuBar());
        frame.setContentPane(demo.createContentPane());

        //Display the window.
        frame.setSize(450, 260);
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        //Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread:
        //creating and showing this application's GUI.
        javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                createAndShowGUI();
            }
        });
    }
}

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Add Accessible Context for menu item - Java Swing

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