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J. Duke319a3b92007-12-01 00:00:00 +00001/*
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25
26package javax.accessibility;
27
28/**
29 * Interface Accessible is the main interface for the accessibility package.
30 * All components that support
31 * the accessibility package must implement this interface.
32 * It contains a single method, {@link #getAccessibleContext}, which
33 * returns an instance of the class {@link AccessibleContext}.
34 *
35 * @author Peter Korn
36 * @author Hans Muller
37 * @author Willie Walker
38 */
39public interface Accessible {
40
41 /**
42 * Returns the AccessibleContext associated with this object. In most
43 * cases, the return value should not be null if the object implements
44 * interface Accessible. If a component developer creates a subclass
45 * of an object that implements Accessible, and that subclass
46 * is not Accessible, the developer should override the
47 * getAccessibleContext method to return null.
48 */
49 public AccessibleContext getAccessibleContext();
50}