001/* Synthesizer.java -- A MIDI audio synthesizer interface 002 Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 003 004This file is part of GNU Classpath. 005 006GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 007it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by 008the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) 009any later version. 010 011GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 012WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 013MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 014General Public License for more details. 015 016You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 017along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. 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If you do not wish to do so, delete this 036exception statement from your version. */ 037 038 039package javax.sound.midi; 040 041/** 042 * Interface for MIDI audio synthesizer devices. 043 * 044 * @author Anthony Green (green@redhat.com) 045 * @since 1.3 046 * 047 */ 048public interface Synthesizer extends MidiDevice 049{ 050 /** 051 * Get the maximum number of notes that the synth can play at once. 052 * 053 * @return the maximum number of notes that the synth can play at once 054 */ 055 public int getMaxPolyphony(); 056 057 /** 058 * The processing latency for this synth in microseconds. 059 * 060 * @return the processing latency for this synth in microseconds 061 */ 062 public long getLatency(); 063 064 /** 065 * Get the set of MIDI channels controlled by this synth. 066 * 067 * @return an array of MIDI channels controlled by this synth 068 */ 069 public MidiChannel[] getChannels(); 070 071 /** 072 * Get the current status for the voices produced by this synth. 073 * 074 * @return an array of VoiceStatus objects, getMaxPolyphony() in length 075 */ 076 public VoiceStatus[] getVoiceStatus(); 077 078 /** 079 * Returns true is this synth is capable of loading soundbank. 080 * 081 * @param soundbank the Soundbank to examine 082 * @return true if soundbank can be loaded, false otherwise 083 */ 084 public boolean isSoundbankSupported(Soundbank soundbank); 085 086 /** 087 * Load an instrument into this synth. The instrument must be part of a 088 * supported soundbank. 089 * 090 * @param instrument the Instrument to load 091 * @return true if the instrument was loaded and false otherwise 092 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this synth doesn't support instrument 093 */ 094 public boolean loadInstrument(Instrument instrument); 095 096 /** 097 * Unload an instrument from this synth. 098 * 099 * @param instrument the Instrument to unload 100 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this synth doesn't support instrument 101 */ 102 public void unloadInstrument(Instrument instrument); 103 104 /** 105 * Move an intrument from one place to another. The instrument at the 106 * target location is unloaded. 107 * 108 * @param from the instrument source 109 * @param to the instrument target 110 * @return if from was remapped 111 * @throws IllegalArgumentException 112 */ 113 public boolean remapInstrument(Instrument from, Instrument to); 114 115 /** 116 * Get the default Soundbank for this synth. Return null if there is no 117 * default. 118 * 119 * @return the default Soundbank for this synth, possibly null. 120 */ 121 public Soundbank getDefaultSoundbank(); 122 123 /** 124 * Get an array containing all instruments in this synthesizer. 125 * 126 * @return an array containing all instruments in this synthesizer 127 */ 128 public Instrument[] getAvailableInstruments(); 129 130 /** 131 * Get an array containing all instruments loaded in this synthesizer. 132 * 133 * @return an array containing all instruments loaded in this synthesizer 134 */ 135 public Instrument[] getLoadedInstruments(); 136 137 /** 138 * Load all soundbank instruments into this synthesizer. 139 * 140 * @param soundbank the Soundbank from which to load instruments 141 * @return true if all instruments were loaded, false othewise 142 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the soundbank isn't supported by this 143 */ 144 public boolean loadAllInstruments(Soundbank soundbank); 145 146 /** 147 * Unload all soundbank instruments from this synthesizer. 148 * 149 * @param soundbank the Soundbank containing the instruments to unload 150 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the soundbank isn't supported by this 151 */ 152 public void unloadAllInstruments(Soundbank soundbank); 153 154 /** 155 * Load a subset of soundbank instruments into this synthesizer. The 156 * subset is defined by an array of Patch objects. 157 * 158 * @param soundbank the Soundbank from which to load instruments 159 * @param patchList the array of patches identifying instruments to load 160 * @return true if instruments were loaded, false otherwise 161 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the soundbank isn't supported by this 162 */ 163 public boolean loadInstruments(Soundbank soundbank, Patch[] patchList); 164 165 /** 166 * Unload a subset of soundbank instruments from this synthesizer. 167 * 168 * @param soundbank the Soundbank containing the instruments to unload 169 * @param patchList the array of patches identifying instruments to unload 170 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the soundbank isn't supported by this 171 */ 172 public void unloadInstruments(Soundbank soundbank, Patch[] patchList); 173}