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package javax.sound.sampled.spi;
import javax.sound.sampled.Mixer;
/**
* A provider or factory for a particular mixer type.
* This mechanism allows the implementation to determine
* how resources are managed in creation / management of
* a mixer.
*
* @author Kara Kytle
* @since 1.3
*/
public abstract class MixerProvider {
/**
* Indicates whether the mixer provider supports the mixer represented by
* the specified mixer info object.
* <p>
* The full set of mixer info objects that represent the mixers supported
* by this {@code MixerProvider} may be obtained
* through the {@code getMixerInfo} method.
*
* @param info an info object that describes the mixer for which support is queried
* @return {@code true} if the specified mixer is supported,
* otherwise {@code false}
* @see #getMixerInfo()
*/
public boolean isMixerSupported(Mixer.Info info) {
Mixer.Info infos[] = getMixerInfo();
for(int i=0; i<infos.length; i++){
if( info.equals( infos[i] ) ) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
/**
* Obtains the set of info objects representing the mixer
* or mixers provided by this MixerProvider.
* <p>
* The {@code isMixerSupported} method returns {@code true}
* for all the info objects returned by this method.
* The corresponding mixer instances for the info objects
* are returned by the {@code getMixer} method.
*
* @return a set of mixer info objects
* @see #getMixer(javax.sound.sampled.Mixer.Info) getMixer(Mixer.Info)
* @see #isMixerSupported(javax.sound.sampled.Mixer.Info) isMixerSupported(Mixer.Info)
*/
public abstract Mixer.Info[] getMixerInfo();
/**
* Obtains an instance of the mixer represented by the info object.
* <p>
* The full set of the mixer info objects that represent the mixers
* supported by this {@code MixerProvider} may be obtained
* through the {@code getMixerInfo} method.
* Use the {@code isMixerSupported} method to test whether
* this {@code MixerProvider} supports a particular mixer.
*
* @param info an info object that describes the desired mixer
* @return mixer instance
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the info object specified does not
* match the info object for a mixer supported by this MixerProvider.
* @see #getMixerInfo()
* @see #isMixerSupported(javax.sound.sampled.Mixer.Info) isMixerSupported(Mixer.Info)
*/
public abstract Mixer getMixer(Mixer.Info info);
}