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| |
| package javax.activation; |
| |
| import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor; |
| import java.awt.datatransfer.UnsupportedFlavorException; |
| import java.io.InputStream; |
| import java.io.IOException; |
| import java.io.OutputStream; |
| import javax.activation.DataSource; |
| |
| /** |
| * The DataContentHandler interface is implemented by objects that can |
| * be used to extend the capabilities of the DataHandler's implementation |
| * of the Transferable interface. Through <code>DataContentHandlers</code> |
| * the framework can be extended to convert streams in to objects, and |
| * to write objects to streams. <p> |
| * |
| * Applications don't generally call the methods in DataContentHandlers |
| * directly. Instead, an application calls the equivalent methods in |
| * DataHandler. The DataHandler will attempt to find an appropriate |
| * DataContentHandler that corresponds to its MIME type using the |
| * current DataContentHandlerFactory. The DataHandler then calls |
| * through to the methods in the DataContentHandler. |
| * |
| * @since 1.6 |
| */ |
| |
| public interface DataContentHandler { |
| /** |
| * Returns an array of DataFlavor objects indicating the flavors the |
| * data can be provided in. The array should be ordered according to |
| * preference for providing the data (from most richly descriptive to |
| * least descriptive). |
| * |
| * @return The DataFlavors. |
| */ |
| public DataFlavor[] getTransferDataFlavors(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns an object which represents the data to be transferred. |
| * The class of the object returned is defined by the representation class |
| * of the flavor. |
| * |
| * @param df The DataFlavor representing the requested type. |
| * @param ds The DataSource representing the data to be converted. |
| * @return The constructed Object. |
| * @exception UnsupportedFlavorException if the handler doesn't |
| * support the requested flavor |
| * @exception IOException if the data can't be accessed |
| */ |
| public Object getTransferData(DataFlavor df, DataSource ds) |
| throws UnsupportedFlavorException, IOException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Return an object representing the data in its most preferred form. |
| * Generally this will be the form described by the first DataFlavor |
| * returned by the <code>getTransferDataFlavors</code> method. |
| * |
| * @param ds The DataSource representing the data to be converted. |
| * @return The constructed Object. |
| * @exception IOException if the data can't be accessed |
| */ |
| public Object getContent(DataSource ds) throws IOException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Convert the object to a byte stream of the specified MIME type |
| * and write it to the output stream. |
| * |
| * @param obj The object to be converted. |
| * @param mimeType The requested MIME type of the resulting byte stream. |
| * @param os The output stream into which to write the converted |
| * byte stream. |
| * @exception IOException errors writing to the stream |
| */ |
| public void writeTo(Object obj, String mimeType, OutputStream os) |
| throws IOException; |
| } |