javax.sound.midi

Interface MidiDevice

Known Subinterfaces:
Sequencer, Synthesizer

public interface MidiDevice

Interface for all MIDI devices.
Since:
1.3

Nested Class Summary

static class
MidiDevice.Info
A MIDI device descriptor object.

Method Summary

void
close()
Close this MIDI device, and release any system resources we're using.
MidiDevice.Info
getDeviceInfo()
Get the Info object describing this device.
int
getMaxReceivers()
The maximum number of MIDI IN connections we can get as Receivers, or -1 if there is no maximum.
int
getMaxTransmitters()
The maximum number of MIDI OUT connections we can get as Transmitters, or -1 if there is no maximum.
long
getMicrosecondPosition()
If this device supports time-stamps, then it will return the number of microseconds since this device has been open, and -1 otherwise.
Receiver
getReceiver()
Get a MIDI IN Receiver for this device.
Transmitter
getTransmitter()
Get a MIDI OUT Transmitter for this device.
boolean
isOpen()
Returns true if this MIDI device is open and false otherwise.
void
open()
Open this MIDI device and allocate any system resource we need.

Method Details

close

public void close()
Close this MIDI device, and release any system resources we're using.

getDeviceInfo

public MidiDevice.Info getDeviceInfo()
Get the Info object describing this device.
Returns:
the Info object describing this device

getMaxReceivers

public int getMaxReceivers()
The maximum number of MIDI IN connections we can get as Receivers, or -1 if there is no maximum.
Returns:
-1 or the maximum number of Receivers we can get

getMaxTransmitters

public int getMaxTransmitters()
The maximum number of MIDI OUT connections we can get as Transmitters, or -1 if there is no maximum.
Returns:
-1 or the maximum number of Transmitters we can get

getMicrosecondPosition

public long getMicrosecondPosition()
If this device supports time-stamps, then it will return the number of microseconds since this device has been open, and -1 otherwise.
Returns:
-1 or the number of microseconds since this was opened

getReceiver

public Receiver getReceiver()
            throws MidiUnavailableException
Get a MIDI IN Receiver for this device.
Returns:
a MIDI IN Receiver for this device
Throws:
MidiUnavailableException - if we can't get a Receiver

getTransmitter

public Transmitter getTransmitter()
            throws MidiUnavailableException
Get a MIDI OUT Transmitter for this device.
Returns:
a MIDI OUT Transmitter for this device
Throws:
MidiUnavailableException - if we can't get a Transmitter

isOpen

public boolean isOpen()
Returns true if this MIDI device is open and false otherwise.
Returns:
true if this is open, false otherwise

open

public void open()
            throws MidiUnavailableException
Open this MIDI device and allocate any system resource we need.
Throws:
MidiUnavailableException - if we're not able to open for some reason

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