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package javax.sound.midi;
/**
* A {@code Receiver} receives {@link MidiEvent} objects and typically does
* something useful in response, such as interpreting them to generate sound or
* raw MIDI output. Common MIDI receivers include synthesizers and MIDI Out
* ports.
*
* @author Kara Kytle
* @see MidiDevice
* @see Synthesizer
* @see Transmitter
*/
public interface Receiver extends AutoCloseable {
//$$fb 2002-04-12: fix for 4662090: Contradiction in Receiver specification
/**
* Sends a MIDI message and time-stamp to this receiver. If time-stamping is
* not supported by this receiver, the time-stamp value should be -1.
*
* @param message the MIDI message to send
* @param timeStamp the time-stamp for the message, in microseconds
* @throws IllegalStateException if the receiver is closed
*/
void send(MidiMessage message, long timeStamp);
/**
* Indicates that the application has finished using the receiver, and that
* limited resources it requires may be released or made available.
* <p>
* If the creation of this {@code Receiver} resulted in implicitly opening
* the underlying device, the device is implicitly closed by this method.
* This is true unless the device is kept open by other {@code Receiver} or
* {@code Transmitter} instances that opened the device implicitly, and
* unless the device has been opened explicitly. If the device this
* {@code Receiver} is retrieved from is closed explicitly by calling
* {@link MidiDevice#close MidiDevice.close}, the {@code Receiver} is
* closed, too. For a detailed description of open/close behaviour see the
* class description of {@link MidiDevice MidiDevice}.
*
* @see MidiSystem#getReceiver
*/
@Override
void close();
}