/* SoundbankReader.java -- Soundbank file reading services 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.spi; import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; import java.net.URL; import javax.sound.midi.InvalidMidiDataException; import javax.sound.midi.Soundbank; /** * The SoundbankReader abstract class defines the methods to be provided * by a soundbank file reader. * * @author Anthony Green (green@redhat.com) * @since 1.3 * */ public abstract class SoundbankReader { /** * Get a Soundbank from the given URL. * * @param url from which to read the Soundbank * * @return the Soundbank object * * @throws InvalidMidiDataException if the data provided by url cannot be recognized * @throws IOException if the data provided by url cannot be read */ public abstract Soundbank getSoundbank(URL url) throws InvalidMidiDataException, IOException; /** * Get a Soundbank from the given InputStream. * * @param stream from which to read the Soundbank * * @return the Soundbank object * * @throws InvalidMidiDataException if the data provided by InputStream cannot be recognized * @throws IOException if the data provided by InputStream cannot be read */ public abstract Soundbank getSoundbank(InputStream stream) throws InvalidMidiDataException, IOException; /** * Get a Soundbank from the given File. * * @param file from which to read the Soundbank * * @return the Soundbank object * * @throws InvalidMidiDataException if the data provided by File cannot be recognized * @throws IOException if the data provided by File cannot be read */ public abstract Soundbank getSoundbank(File file) throws InvalidMidiDataException, IOException; }