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

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1 /*
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25
26 package javax.activation;
27
28 import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor;
29 import java.awt.datatransfer.UnsupportedFlavorException;
30 import java.io.InputStream;
31 import java.io.IOException;
32 import java.io.OutputStream;
33 import javax.activation.DataSource;
34
35 /**
36 * The DataContentHandler interface is implemented by objects that can
37 * be used to extend the capabilities of the DataHandler's implementation
38 * of the Transferable interface. Through <code>DataContentHandlers</code>
39 * the framework can be extended to convert streams in to objects, and
40 * to write objects to streams. <p>
41 *
42 * Applications don't generally call the methods in DataContentHandlers
43 * directly. Instead, an application calls the equivalent methods in
44 * DataHandler. The DataHandler will attempt to find an appropriate
45 * DataContentHandler that corresponds to its MIME type using the
46 * current DataContentHandlerFactory. The DataHandler then calls
47 * through to the methods in the DataContentHandler.
48 *
49 * @since 1.6
50 */
51
52 public interface DataContentHandler {
53 /**
54 * Returns an array of DataFlavor objects indicating the flavors the
55 * data can be provided in. The array should be ordered according to
56 * preference for providing the data (from most richly descriptive to
57 * least descriptive).
58 *
59 * @return The DataFlavors.
60 */
61 public DataFlavor[] getTransferDataFlavors();
62
63 /**
64 * Returns an object which represents the data to be transferred.
65 * The class of the object returned is defined by the representation class
66 * of the flavor.
67 *
68 * @param df The DataFlavor representing the requested type.
69 * @param ds The DataSource representing the data to be converted.
70 * @return The constructed Object.
71 * @exception UnsupportedFlavorException if the handler doesn't
72 * support the requested flavor
73 * @exception IOException if the data can't be accessed
74 */
75 public Object getTransferData(DataFlavor df, DataSource ds)
76 throws UnsupportedFlavorException, IOException;
77
78 /**
79 * Return an object representing the data in its most preferred form.
80 * Generally this will be the form described by the first DataFlavor
81 * returned by the <code>getTransferDataFlavors</code> method.
82 *
83 * @param ds The DataSource representing the data to be converted.
84 * @return The constructed Object.
85 * @exception IOException if the data can't be accessed
86 */
87 public Object getContent(DataSource ds) throws IOException;
88
89 /**
90 * Convert the object to a byte stream of the specified MIME type
91 * and write it to the output stream.
92 *
93 * @param obj The object to be converted.
94 * @param mimeType The requested MIME type of the resulting byte stream.
95 * @param os The output stream into which to write the converted
96 * byte stream.
97 * @exception IOException errors writing to the stream
98 */
99 public void writeTo(Object obj, String mimeType, OutputStream os)
100 throws IOException;
101 }

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