libjava/classpath/javax/activation/DataContentHandler.java

   1 /* DataContentHandler.java -- Converts streams to objects and vice versa.
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  37
  38 package javax.activation;
  39
  40 import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor;
  41 import java.awt.datatransfer.UnsupportedFlavorException;
  42 import java.io.IOException;
  43 import java.io.OutputStream;
  44
  45 /**
  46  * Provider that can convert streams to objects and vice versa.
  47  *
  48  * @author <a href='mailto:dog@gnu.org'>Chris Burdess</a>
  49  * @version 1.1
  50  */
  51 public interface DataContentHandler
  52 {
  53
  54   /**
  55    * Returns a list of the flavors that data can be provided in, ordered
  56    * by preference.
  57    */
  58   DataFlavor[] getTransferDataFlavors();
  59
  60   /**
  61    * Returns an object representing the data to be transferred.
  62    * @param df the flavor representing the requested type
  63    * @param ds the data source of the data to be converted
  64    */
  65   Object getTransferData(DataFlavor df, DataSource ds)
  66     throws UnsupportedFlavorException, IOException;
  67
  68   /**
  69    * Returns an object representing the data in its most preferred form.
  70    * @param ds the data source of the data to be converted
  71    */
  72   Object getContent(DataSource ds)
  73     throws IOException;
  74
  75   /**
  76    * Writes the object as a stream of bytes.
  77    * @param obj the object to convert
  78    * @param mimeType the MIME type of the stream
  79    * @param os the byte stream
  80    */
  81   void writeTo(Object obj, String mimeType, OutputStream os)
  82     throws IOException;
  83
  84 }