JavaTM 2 Platform
Std. Ed. v1.4.2

javax.sound.midi
Interface Receiver


public interface Receiver

A Receiver receives MidiEvent objects and typically does something useful in response, such as interpreting them to generate sound or raw MIDI output. Common MIDI receivers include synthesizers and MIDI Out ports.

See Also:
MidiDevice, Synthesizer, Transmitter

Method Summary
 void close()
          Indicates that the application has finished using the receiver, and that limited resources it requires may be released or made available.
 void send(MidiMessage message, long timeStamp)
          Sends a MIDI message and time-stamp to this receiver.
 

Method Detail

send

public void send(MidiMessage message,
                 long timeStamp)
Sends a MIDI message and time-stamp to this receiver. If time-stamping is not supported by this receiver, the time-stamp value should be -1.

Parameters:
message - the MIDI message to send
timeStamp - the time-stamp for the message, in microseconds.
Throws:
IllegalStateException - if the receiver is closed

close

public void close()
Indicates that the application has finished using the receiver, and that limited resources it requires may be released or made available. Invoking methods on a receiver which has been closed may cause an IllegalArgumentException or other exception to be thrown.


JavaTM 2 Platform
Std. Ed. v1.4.2

Submit a bug or feature
For further API reference and developer documentation, see Java 2 SDK SE Developer Documentation. That documentation contains more detailed, developer-targeted descriptions, with conceptual overviews, definitions of terms, workarounds, and working code examples.

Copyright 2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. Use is subject to license terms. Also see the documentation redistribution policy.