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Interface  Accessible</H2>
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<DT><B>All Known Implementing Classes:</B> <DD><A HREF="../../javax/swing/text/JTextComponent.html">JTextComponent</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JSlider.html">JSlider</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JTree.html">JTree</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JTree.AccessibleJTree.AccessibleJTreeNode.html">JTree.AccessibleJTree.AccessibleJTreeNode</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JLabel.html">JLabel</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JInternalFrame.html">JInternalFrame</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JInternalFrame.JDesktopIcon.html">JInternalFrame.JDesktopIcon</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JToolTip.html">JToolTip</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JLayeredPane.html">JLayeredPane</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JDesktopPane.html">JDesktopPane</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JApplet.html">JApplet</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JColorChooser.html">JColorChooser</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JToolBar.html">JToolBar</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JSeparator.html">JSeparator</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JSplitPane.html">JSplitPane</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JMenuItem.html">JMenuItem</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JRadioButtonMenuItem.html">JRadioButtonMenuItem</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JToggleButton.html">JToggleButton</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JCheckBox.html">JCheckBox</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JScrollBar.html">JScrollBar</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JProgressBar.html">JProgressBar</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JViewport.html">JViewport</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JCheckBoxMenuItem.html">JCheckBoxMenuItem</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JMenuBar.html">JMenuBar</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JFileChooser.html">JFileChooser</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JScrollPane.html">JScrollPane</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JPopupMenu.html">JPopupMenu</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JRadioButton.html">JRadioButton</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JWindow.html">JWindow</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JOptionPane.html">JOptionPane</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JRootPane.html">JRootPane</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/Box.html">Box</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/Box.Filler.html">Box.Filler</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JButton.html">JButton</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JComboBox.html">JComboBox</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JTabbedPane.html">JTabbedPane</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JDialog.html">JDialog</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JMenu.html">JMenu</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/CellRendererPane.html">CellRendererPane</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JTable.html">JTable</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JTable.AccessibleJTable.AccessibleJTableCell.html">JTable.AccessibleJTable.AccessibleJTableCell</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JFrame.html">JFrame</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JList.html">JList</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JList.AccessibleJList.AccessibleJListChild.html">JList.AccessibleJList.AccessibleJListChild</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/JPanel.html">JPanel</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/table/JTableHeader.html">JTableHeader</A>, <A HREF="../../javax/swing/table/JTableHeader.AccessibleJTableHeader.AccessibleJTableHeaderEntry.html">JTableHeader.AccessibleJTableHeader.AccessibleJTableHeaderEntry</A></DD>
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<DT>public abstract interface <B>Accessible</B></DL>

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Interface Accessible is the main interface for the accessibility package. 
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns the AccessibleContext associated with this object.</TD>
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getAccessibleContext</H3>
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public <A HREF="../../javax/accessibility/AccessibleContext.html">AccessibleContext</A> <B>getAccessibleContext</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Returns the AccessibleContext associated with this object.  In most
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