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package javax.accessibility;

/**

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

 * All components that support

 * the accessibility package must implement this interface.

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

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

 *

 * @author      Peter Korn

 * @author      Hans Muller

 * @author      Willie Walker

 */

public interface Accessible {

    /**

     * Returns the AccessibleContext associated with this object.  In most

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

     * interface Accessible.  If a component developer creates a subclass

     * of an object that implements Accessible, and that subclass

     * is not Accessible, the developer should override the

     * getAccessibleContext method to return null.

     * @return the AccessibleContext associated with this object

     */

    public AccessibleContext getAccessibleContext();

}