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+/*
+ * Copyright 1997-1999 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+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.
+     */
+    public AccessibleContext getAccessibleContext();
+}