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/**
* A <code>MidiFileWriter</code> supplies MIDI file-writing services. Classes
* that implement this interface can write one or more types of MIDI file from
* a <code>{@link Sequence}</code> object.
*
* @author Kara Kytle
* @since 1.3
*/
public abstract class MidiFileWriter {
/**
* Obtains the set of MIDI file types for which file writing support is
* provided by this file writer.
* @return array of file types. If no file types are supported,
* an array of length 0 is returned.
*/
public abstract int[] getMidiFileTypes();
/**
* Obtains the file types that this file writer can write from the
* sequence specified.
* @param sequence the sequence for which MIDI file type support
* is queried
* @return array of file types. If no file types are supported,
* returns an array of length 0.
*/
/**
* Indicates whether file writing support for the specified MIDI file type
* is provided by this file writer.
* @param fileType the file type for which write capabilities are queried
* @return <code>true</code> if the file type is supported,
* otherwise <code>false</code>
*/
int types[] = getMidiFileTypes();
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
/**
* Indicates whether a MIDI file of the file type specified can be written
* from the sequence indicated.
* @param fileType the file type for which write capabilities are queried
* @param sequence the sequence for which file writing support is queried
* @return <code>true</code> if the file type is supported for this sequence,
* otherwise <code>false</code>
*/
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
/**
* Writes a stream of bytes representing a MIDI file of the file type
* indicated to the output stream provided.
* @param in sequence containing MIDI data to be written to the file
* @param fileType type of the file to be written to the output stream
* @param out stream to which the file data should be written
* @return the number of bytes written to the output stream
* @throws IOException if an I/O exception occurs
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the file type is not supported by
* this file writer
* @see #isFileTypeSupported(int, Sequence)
* @see #getMidiFileTypes(Sequence)
*/
/**
* Writes a stream of bytes representing a MIDI file of the file type
* indicated to the external file provided.
* @param in sequence containing MIDI data to be written to the external file
* @param fileType type of the file to be written to the external file
* @param out external file to which the file data should be written
* @return the number of bytes written to the file
* @throws IOException if an I/O exception occurs
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the file type is not supported by
* this file writer
* @see #isFileTypeSupported(int, Sequence)
* @see #getMidiFileTypes(Sequence)
*/
}