- /*
- * @(#)Transmitter.java 1.22 03/12/19
- *
- * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
- * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
- */
-
- package javax.sound.midi;
-
-
- /**
- * A <code>Transmitter</code> sends <code>{@link MidiEvent}</code> objects to one or more
- * <code>{@link Receiver Receivers}</code>. Common MIDI transmitters include sequencers
- * and MIDI input ports.
- *
- * @see Receiver
- *
- * @version 1.22, 03/12/19
- * @author Kara Kytle
- */
- public interface Transmitter {
-
-
- /**
- * Sets the receiver to which this transmitter will deliver MIDI messages.
- * If a receiver is currently set, it is replaced with this one.
- * @param receiver the desired receiver.
- */
- public void setReceiver(Receiver receiver);
-
-
- /**
- * Obtains the current receiver to which this transmitter will deliver MIDI messages.
- * @return the current receiver. If no receiver is currently set,
- * returns <code>null</code>
- */
- public Receiver getReceiver();
-
-
- /**
- * Indicates that the application has finished using the transmitter, and
- * that limited resources it requires may be released or made available.
- *
- * <p>If the creation of this <code>Transmitter</code> 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</code> or <code>Transmitter</code>
- * instances that opened the device implicitly, and unless the device
- * has been opened explicitly. If the device this
- * <code>Transmitter</code> is retrieved from is closed explicitly
- * by calling {@link MidiDevice#close MidiDevice.close}, the
- * <code>Transmitter</code> is closed, too. For a detailed
- * description of open/close behaviour see the class description
- * of {@link javax.sound.midi.MidiDevice MidiDevice}.
- *
- * @see javax.sound.midi.MidiSystem#getTransmitter
- */
- public void close();
- }