Hi,
this apparent contradiction results from the way java's graphics classes
are structured. the Java jfc (swing) is built over the layer of awt.
there, in one way, the swing is a better version and is an extention of the
java.awt packages. However, the programmers did not support for the
accessibility packages in the awt. the reason for this may be that they
plan to phase out the use of Awt packages, perhaps waiting until a point
when the inherent betterness of the swing packages over awt in graphics will
force most of the older applets to be converted to swing.
But, the statement is correct that the accessibility interface is not
supported by awt. and, in order to develop accessible applications,
programmers must use swing or go through an elaborate process of
implementing the javax.accessible package.
Pratik Patel
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