javax.sound.midi

Class MidiMessage

public abstract class MidiMessage extends Object implements Cloneable

The base class for all MIDI messages.

Since: 1.3

Field Summary
protected byte[]	data MIDI message data.
protected int	length The total length of the MIDI message.

Constructor Summary
protected	MidiMessage(byte[] data) MidiMessage contructor.

Method Summary
abstract Object	clone()
int	getLength() Get the length of the MIDI message.
byte[]	getMessage() Get the MIDI message data.
int	getStatus() Get the status byte of the MIDI message (as an int)
protected void	setMessage(byte[] data, int length) Set the complete MIDI message.

Field Detail

data

protected byte[] data

MIDI message data.

length

protected int length

The total length of the MIDI message.

Constructor Detail

MidiMessage

protected MidiMessage(byte[] data)

MidiMessage contructor.

Parameters: data a valid MIDI message

Method Detail

clone

public abstract Object clone()

getLength

public int getLength()

Get the length of the MIDI message.

Returns: the length of the MIDI messsage

getMessage

public byte[] getMessage()

Get the MIDI message data.

Returns: an array containing the MIDI message data

getStatus

public int getStatus()

Get the status byte of the MIDI message (as an int)

Returns: the status byte of the MIDI message (as an int), or zero if the message length is zero.

setMessage

protected void setMessage(byte[] data, int length)

Set the complete MIDI message.

Parameters: data The complete MIDI message. length The length of the MIDI message.

Throws: InvalidMidiDataException Thrown when the MIDI message is invalid.