/*
* Open Source Physics software is free software as described near the bottom of this code file.
*
* For additional information and documentation on Open Source Physics please see:
* <http://www.opensourcephysics.org/>
*/
/*
* The org.opensourcephysics.media.core package defines the Open Source Physics
* media framework for working with video and other media.
*
* Copyright (c) 2014 Douglas Brown and Wolfgang Christian.
*
* This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston MA 02111-1307 USA
* or view the license online at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
*
* For additional information and documentation on Open Source Physics,
* please see <http://www.opensourcephysics.org/>.
*/
package org.opensourcephysics.media.core;
/**
* This defines methods common to all video types.
*
* @author Douglas Brown
* @version 1.0
*/
public interface VideoType {
/**
* Opens a new video with the specified name.
*
* @param name the name of the video
* @return the new video
*/
public Video getVideo(String name);
/**
* Return true if the specified video is this type.
*
* @param video the video
* @return true if the video is this type
*/
public boolean isType(Video video);
/**
* Gets a video recorder. Returns null if canRecord() is false.
*
* @return the video recorder
*/
public VideoRecorder getRecorder();
/**
* Reports whether this type can record videos
*
* @return true if this can record videos
*/
public boolean canRecord();
/**
* Gets the name/description of this type.
*
* @return a description
*/
public String getDescription();
/**
* Gets the default extension for this type.
*
* @return a description
*/
public String getDefaultExtension();
/**
* Gets the file filters for this type.
*
* @return array of file filters
*/
public VideoFileFilter[] getFileFilters();
/**
* Gets the default file filter for this type. May return null.
*
* @return the default file filter
*/
public VideoFileFilter getDefaultFileFilter();
}
/*
* Open Source Physics software is free software; you can redistribute
* it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) as
* published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License,
* or(at your option) any later version.
* Code that uses any portion of the code in the org.opensourcephysics package
* or any subpackage (subdirectory) of this package must must also be be released
* under the GNU GPL license.
*
* This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston MA 02111-1307 USA
* or view the license online at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
*
* Copyright (c) 2007 The Open Source Physics project
* http://www.opensourcephysics.org
*/