public String getAlternativeText() {
		String text = getComponentModel().alternativeText;
		if (text != null) {
			return text;
		}
		Image image = getImage();
		if (image != null) {
			return image.getDescription();
		}
		return null;
	}
public String getAlternativeText ( ) { String text = getComponentModel ( ) . alternativeText ; if ( text != null ) { return text ; } Image image = getImage ( ) ; if ( image != null ) { return image . getDescription ( ) ; } return null ; }
Retrieve the alternative text for the image.
<p>
Returns the alternative text set via {@link #setAlternativeText(String)}. If this has not been set and an image
resource is providing the image then the description of the image resource is returned. Otherwise return null.
</p>

@return the alternative text for the image.