Accessible (Java Platform SE 8 )
Keywords: javax.accessibility.Accessible interface
Date: 2026-06-25

javax.accessibility

## Interface Accessible

- All Known Implementing Classes:
    AbstractColorChooserPanel, Applet, BasicArrowButton, BasicComboBoxRenderer, BasicComboBoxRenderer.UIResource, BasicComboPopup, BasicInternalFrameTitlePane.SystemMenuBar, BasicToolBarUI.DragWindow, Box, Box.Filler, Button, Canvas, CellRendererPane, Checkbox, CheckboxMenuItem, Choice, DefaultListCellRenderer, DefaultListCellRenderer.UIResource, DefaultTableCellRenderer, DefaultTableCellRenderer.UIResource, DefaultTreeCellEditor.DefaultTextField, DefaultTreeCellRenderer, Dialog, FileDialog, Frame, HTMLEditorKit, ImageIcon, JApplet, JButton, JCheckBox, JCheckBoxMenuItem, JColorChooser, JComboBox, JDesktopPane, JDialog, JEditorPane, JFileChooser, JFormattedTextField, JFrame, JInternalFrame, JInternalFrame.JDesktopIcon, JLabel, JLayer, JLayeredPane, JList, JList.AccessibleJList.AccessibleJListChild, JMenu, JMenuBar, JMenuItem, JOptionPane, JPanel, JPasswordField, JPopupMenu, JPopupMenu.Separator, JProgressBar, JRadioButton, JRadioButtonMenuItem, JRootPane, JScrollBar, JScrollPane, JScrollPane.ScrollBar, JSeparator, JSlider, JSpinner, JSpinner.DateEditor, JSpinner.DefaultEditor, JSpinner.ListEditor, JSpinner.NumberEditor, JSplitPane, JTabbedPane, JTable, JTable.AccessibleJTable.AccessibleJTableCell, JTableHeader, JTableHeader.AccessibleJTableHeader.AccessibleJTableHeaderEntry, JTextArea, JTextComponent, JTextField, JTextPane, JToggleButton, JToolBar, JToolBar.Separator, JToolTip, JTree, JTree.AccessibleJTree.AccessibleJTreeNode, JViewport, JWindow, Label, List, List.AccessibleAWTList.AccessibleAWTListChild, Menu, MenuBar, MenuItem, MetalComboBoxButton, MetalComboBoxUI.MetalComboPopup, MetalFileChooserUI.FileRenderer, MetalFileChooserUI.FilterComboBoxRenderer, MetalScrollButton, Panel, PopupMenu, ProgressMonitor, Scrollbar, ScrollPane, TextArea, TextComponent, TextField, Window

      public interface Accessible

  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`.

- - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `AccessibleContext` | `getAccessibleContext()` Returns the AccessibleContext associated with this object.

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### getAccessibleContext

          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:
        the AccessibleContext associated with this object

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