javax.accessibility

public Interface Accessible

Known Direct Implementers: javax.swing.Box, javax.swing.Box.Filler, javax.swing.CellRendererPane, javax.swing.ImageIcon, javax.swing.JButton, javax.swing.JCheckBox, javax.swing.JCheckBoxMenuItem, javax.swing.JColorChooser, javax.swing.JComboBox, javax.swing.JComboBox.AccessibleJComboBox.AccessibleEditor, javax.swing.JDesktopPane, javax.swing.JDialog, javax.swing.JFileChooser, javax.swing.JFrame, javax.swing.JInternalFrame, javax.swing.JInternalFrame.JDesktopIcon, javax.swing.JLabel, javax.swing.JLayer, javax.swing.JLayeredPane, javax.swing.JList, javax.swing.JList.AccessibleJList.AccessibleJListChild, javax.swing.JTabbedPane, javax.swing.JTabbedPane.Page, javax.swing.JMenu, javax.swing.JMenuBar, javax.swing.JMenuItem, javax.swing.JOptionPane, javax.swing.JPanel, javax.swing.JPopupMenu, javax.swing.JProgressBar, javax.swing.JRadioButton, javax.swing.JRadioButtonMenuItem, javax.swing.JRootPane, javax.swing.JScrollBar, javax.swing.JScrollPane, javax.swing.JSeparator, javax.swing.JSlider, javax.swing.JSpinner, javax.swing.JSplitPane, javax.swing.JTable, javax.swing.JTable.AccessibleJTable.AccessibleJTableCell, javax.swing.JTable.AccessibleJTable.AccessibleJTableHeaderCell, javax.swing.JToggleButton, javax.swing.JToolBar, javax.swing.JToolTip, javax.swing.JTree, javax.swing.JTree.AccessibleJTree.AccessibleJTreeNode, javax.swing.JViewport, javax.swing.JWindow, javax.swing.ProgressMonitor, javax.swing.table.JTableHeader, javax.swing.table.JTableHeader.AccessibleJTableHeader.AccessibleJTableHeaderEntry, javax.swing.text.JTextComponent, javax.swing.text.html.AccessibleHTML, javax.swing.text.html.AccessibleHTML.HTMLAccessibleContext, javax.swing.text.html.AccessibleHTML.TextElementInfo, javax.swing.text.html.AccessibleHTML.IconElementInfo, javax.swing.text.html.AccessibleHTML.TableElementInfo, javax.swing.text.html.HTMLEditorKit, java.awt.Button, java.awt.Canvas, java.awt.CheckboxMenuItem, java.awt.Choice, java.awt.Label, java.awt.List, java.awt.List.AccessibleAWTList.AccessibleAWTListChild, java.awt.Menu, java.awt.MenuBar, java.awt.MenuItem, java.awt.Checkbox, java.awt.Scrollbar, java.awt.Panel, java.awt.ScrollPane, java.awt.TextComponent, java.awt.Window

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, getAccessibleContext, which returns an instance of the class AccessibleContext.

Authors: Peter Korn, Hans Muller, Willie Walker

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
public AccessibleContext	Returns: the `AccessibleContext` associated with this object getAccessibleContext() Returns the `AccessibleContext` associated with this object.

Method Detail

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public AccessibleContext getAccessibleContext() 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`. Returns:AccessibleContext the `AccessibleContext` associated with this object

public AccessibleContext getAccessibleContext()

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.

Returns:AccessibleContext: the AccessibleContext associated with this object