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package javax.sound.midi.spi;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;

import javax.sound.midi.Sequence;

/**
 * MidiFileWriter provides MIDI file writing services. 
 * 
 * There are three types of Standard MIDI File (SMF) formats, 
 * represented by integers 0, 1, and 2.
 * 
 * Type 0 files contain a single track and represents a single song
 * performance.
 * Type 1 may contain multiple tracks for a single song performance.
 * Type 2 may contain multiple tracks, each representing a
 * separate song performance.
 * 
 * See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI#MIDI_file_formats for more
 * information.
 *  
 * @author Anthony Green (green@redhat.com)
 * @since 1.3
 *
 */
public abstract class MidiFileWriter
{
  /**
   * Return the MIDI file types supported by this writer.
   * 
   * @return the MIDI file types, or an empty array
   */
  public abstract int[] getMidiFileTypes();
  
  /**
   * Return the MIDI file types supported by this writer for the
   * given sequence.
   * 
   * @param sequence the sequence we'd like to write
   * @return the MIDI file types, or an empty array
   */
  public abstract int[] getMidiFileTypes(Sequence sequence);
  
  /**
   * Returns true if this writer supports the given file type.
   * 
   * @param fileType the file type we're asking about
   * @return true if this writer supports fileType, false otherwise
   */
  public boolean isFileTypeSupported(int fileType)
  {
    int types[] = getMidiFileTypes();
    for (int i = types.length; i > 0;)
    {
      if (types[--i] == fileType)
        return true;
    }
    return false;
  }

  /**
   * Returns true if this writer supports the given file type for the
   * given sequence.
   * 
   * @param fileType the file type we're asking about
   * @param sequence the sequence we'd like to write
   * @return true if this writer supports fileType, false otherwise
   */
  public boolean isFileTypeSupported(int fileType, Sequence sequence)
  {
    int types[] = getMidiFileTypes(sequence);
    for (int i = types.length; i > 0;)
    {
      if (types[--i] == fileType)
        return true;
    }
    return false;
  }

  /**
   * Write a sequence to a stream using the specified MIDI file type.
   * 
   * @param in the sequence to write
   * @param fileType the MIDI file type to use
   * @param out the output stream to write to
   * @return the number of byte written
   * @throws IOException if an I/O exception happens
   */
  public abstract int write(Sequence in, int fileType, OutputStream out)
    throws IOException;

  /**
   * Write a sequence to a file using the specified MIDI file type.
   * 
   * @param in the sequence to write
   * @param fileType the MIDI file type to use
   * @param out the file to write to
   * @return the number of byte written
   * @throws IOException if an I/O exception happens
   */
  public abstract int write(Sequence in, int fileType, File out)
    throws IOException;
}