01 /*
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25
26 package 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 * @version 1.1 11/24/97 20:34:48
36 * @author Peter Korn
37 * @author Hans Muller
38 * @author Willie Walker
39 */
40 public interface Accessible {
41
42 /**
43 * Returns the AccessibleContext associated with this object. In most
44 * cases, the return value should not be null if the object implements
45 * interface Accessible. If a component developer creates a subclass
46 * of an object that implements Accessible, and that subclass
47 * is not Accessible, the developer should override the
48 * getAccessibleContext method to return null.
49 */
50 public AccessibleContext getAccessibleContext();
51 }
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