src/share/jaf_classes/javax/activation/DataContentHandler.java

Mon, 08 Aug 2016 13:10:38 -0700

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aoqi@0 25
aoqi@0 26 package javax.activation;
aoqi@0 27
aoqi@0 28 import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor;
aoqi@0 29 import java.awt.datatransfer.UnsupportedFlavorException;
aoqi@0 30 import java.io.InputStream;
aoqi@0 31 import java.io.IOException;
aoqi@0 32 import java.io.OutputStream;
aoqi@0 33 import javax.activation.DataSource;
aoqi@0 34
aoqi@0 35 /**
aoqi@0 36 * The DataContentHandler interface is implemented by objects that can
aoqi@0 37 * be used to extend the capabilities of the DataHandler's implementation
aoqi@0 38 * of the Transferable interface. Through <code>DataContentHandlers</code>
aoqi@0 39 * the framework can be extended to convert streams in to objects, and
aoqi@0 40 * to write objects to streams. <p>
aoqi@0 41 *
aoqi@0 42 * Applications don't generally call the methods in DataContentHandlers
aoqi@0 43 * directly. Instead, an application calls the equivalent methods in
aoqi@0 44 * DataHandler. The DataHandler will attempt to find an appropriate
aoqi@0 45 * DataContentHandler that corresponds to its MIME type using the
aoqi@0 46 * current DataContentHandlerFactory. The DataHandler then calls
aoqi@0 47 * through to the methods in the DataContentHandler.
aoqi@0 48 *
aoqi@0 49 * @since 1.6
aoqi@0 50 */
aoqi@0 51
aoqi@0 52 public interface DataContentHandler {
aoqi@0 53 /**
aoqi@0 54 * Returns an array of DataFlavor objects indicating the flavors the
aoqi@0 55 * data can be provided in. The array should be ordered according to
aoqi@0 56 * preference for providing the data (from most richly descriptive to
aoqi@0 57 * least descriptive).
aoqi@0 58 *
aoqi@0 59 * @return The DataFlavors.
aoqi@0 60 */
aoqi@0 61 public DataFlavor[] getTransferDataFlavors();
aoqi@0 62
aoqi@0 63 /**
aoqi@0 64 * Returns an object which represents the data to be transferred.
aoqi@0 65 * The class of the object returned is defined by the representation class
aoqi@0 66 * of the flavor.
aoqi@0 67 *
aoqi@0 68 * @param df The DataFlavor representing the requested type.
aoqi@0 69 * @param ds The DataSource representing the data to be converted.
aoqi@0 70 * @return The constructed Object.
aoqi@0 71 * @exception UnsupportedFlavorException if the handler doesn't
aoqi@0 72 * support the requested flavor
aoqi@0 73 * @exception IOException if the data can't be accessed
aoqi@0 74 */
aoqi@0 75 public Object getTransferData(DataFlavor df, DataSource ds)
aoqi@0 76 throws UnsupportedFlavorException, IOException;
aoqi@0 77
aoqi@0 78 /**
aoqi@0 79 * Return an object representing the data in its most preferred form.
aoqi@0 80 * Generally this will be the form described by the first DataFlavor
aoqi@0 81 * returned by the <code>getTransferDataFlavors</code> method.
aoqi@0 82 *
aoqi@0 83 * @param ds The DataSource representing the data to be converted.
aoqi@0 84 * @return The constructed Object.
aoqi@0 85 * @exception IOException if the data can't be accessed
aoqi@0 86 */
aoqi@0 87 public Object getContent(DataSource ds) throws IOException;
aoqi@0 88
aoqi@0 89 /**
aoqi@0 90 * Convert the object to a byte stream of the specified MIME type
aoqi@0 91 * and write it to the output stream.
aoqi@0 92 *
aoqi@0 93 * @param obj The object to be converted.
aoqi@0 94 * @param mimeType The requested MIME type of the resulting byte stream.
aoqi@0 95 * @param os The output stream into which to write the converted
aoqi@0 96 * byte stream.
aoqi@0 97 * @exception IOException errors writing to the stream
aoqi@0 98 */
aoqi@0 99 public void writeTo(Object obj, String mimeType, OutputStream os)
aoqi@0 100 throws IOException;
aoqi@0 101 }

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