     //
     //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     
+    /**
+     *  @private
+     *  Called by the initialize() method of UIComponent
+     *  to hook in the accessibility code.
+     */
+    override protected function initializeAccessibility():void
+    {
+        if (DropDownListBase.createAccessibilityImplementation != null)
+            DropDownListBase.createAccessibilityImplementation(this);
+    }
     /**
      *  @private
      */ 

 
    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //
    //  Constructor
    //
    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Exclude(name="dropEnabled", kind="property")]
[Exclude(name="selectedIndices", kind="property")]
[Exclude(name="selectedItems", kind="property")]

//--------------------------------------
//  Other metadata
//--------------------------------------

[AccessibilityClass(implementation="spark.accessibility.DropDownListBaseAccImpl")]

/**
 *  The DropDownListBase control contains a drop-down list
