- All Superinterfaces:
AutoCloseable
- All Known Subinterfaces:
Clip
,DataLine
,Mixer
,Port
,SourceDataLine
,TargetDataLine
Line
interface represents a mono or multi-channel audio feed. A
line is an element of the digital audio "pipeline," such as a mixer, an input
or output port, or a data path into or out of a mixer.
A line can have controls, such as gain, pan, and reverb. The controls
themselves are instances of classes that extend the base Control
class. The Line
interface provides two accessor methods for obtaining
the line's controls: getControls
returns the entire set,
and getControl
returns a single control of specified
type.
Lines exist in various states at different times. When a line opens, it
reserves system resources for itself, and when it closes, these resources are
freed for other objects or applications. The isOpen()
method lets
you discover whether a line is open or closed. An open line need not be
processing data, however. Such processing is typically initiated by
subinterface methods such as
SourceDataLine.write
and
TargetDataLine.read
.
You can register an object to receive notifications whenever the line's state
changes. The object must implement the LineListener
interface, which
consists of the single method update
. This method
will be invoked when a line opens and closes (and, if it's a DataLine
, when it starts and stops).
An object can be registered to listen to multiple lines. The event it
receives in its update
method will specify which line created the
event, what type of event it was (OPEN
, CLOSE
, START
,
or STOP
), and how many sample frames the line had processed at the
time the event occurred.
Certain line operations, such as open and close, can generate security exceptions if invoked by unprivileged code when the line is a shared audio resource.
- Since:
- 1.3
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Nested Class Summary
Modifier and TypeInterfaceDescriptionstatic class
ALine.Info
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionvoid
addLineListener
(LineListener listener) Adds a listener to this line.void
close()
Closes the line, indicating that any system resources in use by the line can be released.getControl
(Control.Type control) Obtains a control of the specified type, if there is any.Control[]
Obtains the set of controls associated with this line.Obtains theLine.Info
object describing this line.boolean
isControlSupported
(Control.Type control) Indicates whether the line supports a control of the specified type.boolean
isOpen()
Indicates whether the line is open, meaning that it has reserved system resources and is operational, although it might not currently be playing or capturing sound.void
open()
Opens the line, indicating that it should acquire any required system resources and become operational.void
removeLineListener
(LineListener listener) Removes the specified listener from this line's list of listeners.
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Method Details
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getLineInfo
Line.Info getLineInfo()Obtains theLine.Info
object describing this line.- Returns:
- description of the line
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open
Opens the line, indicating that it should acquire any required system resources and become operational. If this operation succeeds, the line is marked as open, and anOPEN
event is dispatched to the line's listeners.Note that some lines, once closed, cannot be reopened. Attempts to reopen such a line will always result in an
LineUnavailableException
.Some types of lines have configurable properties that may affect resource allocation. For example, a
DataLine
must be opened with a particular format and buffer size. Such lines should provide a mechanism for configuring these properties, such as an additionalopen
method or methods which allow an application to specify the desired settings.This method takes no arguments, and opens the line with the current settings. For
SourceDataLine
andTargetDataLine
objects, this means that the line is opened with default settings. For aClip
, however, the buffer size is determined when data is loaded. Since this method does not allow the application to specify any data to load, anIllegalArgumentException
is thrown. Therefore, you should instead use one of theopen
methods provided in theClip
interface to load data into theClip
.For
DataLine
's, if theDataLine.Info
object which was used to retrieve the line, specifies at least one fully qualified audio format, the last one will be used as the default format.- Throws:
IllegalArgumentException
- if this method is called on a Clip instanceLineUnavailableException
- if the line cannot be opened due to resource restrictionsSecurityException
- if the line cannot be opened due to security restrictions- See Also:
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close
void close()Closes the line, indicating that any system resources in use by the line can be released. If this operation succeeds, the line is marked closed and aCLOSE
event is dispatched to the line's listeners.- Specified by:
close
in interfaceAutoCloseable
- Throws:
SecurityException
- if the line cannot be closed due to security restrictions- See Also:
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isOpen
boolean isOpen()Indicates whether the line is open, meaning that it has reserved system resources and is operational, although it might not currently be playing or capturing sound.- Returns:
true
if the line is open, otherwisefalse
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getControls
Control[] getControls()Obtains the set of controls associated with this line. Some controls may only be available when the line is open. If there are no controls, this method returns an array of length 0.- Returns:
- the array of controls
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isControlSupported
Indicates whether the line supports a control of the specified type. Some controls may only be available when the line is open.- Parameters:
control
- the type of the control for which support is queried- Returns:
true
if at least one control of the specified type is supported, otherwisefalse
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getControl
Obtains a control of the specified type, if there is any. Some controls may only be available when the line is open.- Parameters:
control
- the type of the requested control- Returns:
- a control of the specified type
- Throws:
IllegalArgumentException
- if a control of the specified type is not supported- See Also:
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addLineListener
Adds a listener to this line. Whenever the line's status changes, the listener'supdate()
method is called with aLineEvent
object that describes the change.- Parameters:
listener
- the object to add as a listener to this line- See Also:
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removeLineListener
Removes the specified listener from this line's list of listeners.- Parameters:
listener
- listener to remove- See Also:
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