1. /*

  2.  * @(#)Accessible.java	1.33 00/02/02

  3.  *

  4.  * Copyright 1997-2000 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  5.  * 

  6.  * This software is the proprietary information of Sun Microsystems, Inc.  

  7.  * Use is subject to license terms.

  8.  * 

  9.  */

  10. 

  11. package javax.accessibility;

  12. 

  13. /**

  14.  * Interface Accessible is the main interface for the accessibility package. 

  15.  * All components that support

  16.  * the accessibility package must implement this interface.  

  17.  * It contains a single method, {@link #getAccessibleContext}, which  

  18.  * returns an instance of the class {@link AccessibleContext}.

  19.  *

  20.  * @version     1.1 11/24/97 20:34:48

  21.  * @author	Peter Korn

  22.  * @author      Hans Muller

  23.  * @author      Willie Walker

  24.  */

  25. public interface Accessible {

  26. 

  27.     /**

  28.      * Returns the AccessibleContext associated with this object.  In most

  29.      * cases, the return value should not be null if the object implements

  30.      * interface Accessible.  If a component developer creates a subclass

  31.      * of an object that implements Accessible, and that subclass

  32.      * is not Accessible, the developer should override the 

  33.      * getAccessibleContext method to return null.

  34.      */

  35.     public AccessibleContext getAccessibleContext();

  36. }