/* Soundbank.java -- Container of Instruments to be loaded into a Synthesizer Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of GNU Classpath. GNU Classpath 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, or (at your option) any later version. GNU Classpath 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 GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole combination. As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend this exception to your version of the library, but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your version. */ package javax.sound.midi; /** * A Soundbank is a container for instruments which may be loaded into * a Synthesizer. * * @author Anthony Green (green@redhat.com) * @since 1.3 * */ public interface Soundbank { /** * Get the sound bank name. * * @return the sound bank name */ String getName(); /** * Get the sound bank version. * * @return the sound bank version */ String getVersion(); /** * Get the sound bank vendor. * * @return the sound bank vendor */ String getVendor(); /** * Get the sound bank description. * * @return the sound bank description */ String getDescription(); /** * Get an array of non-Instrument resources in this sound bank. * * @return an array of non-instrument resources in this sound bank */ SoundbankResource[] getResources(); /** * Get an array of Instruments in this sound bank. * * @return an array of instruments in this sound bank */ Instrument[] getInstruments(); /** * Get the Instrument for the given Patch. * * @param patch the Patch to search for * @return the Instrument corresponding to patch */ Instrument getInstrument(Patch patch); }