javax.sound.sampled

Interface SourceDataLine

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, DataLine, Line

public interface SourceDataLine
extends DataLine

A source data line is a data line to which data may be written. It acts as a source to its mixer. An application writes audio bytes to a source data line, which handles the buffering of the bytes and delivers them to the mixer. The mixer may mix the samples with those from other sources and then deliver the mix to a target such as an output port (which may represent an audio output device on a sound card).

Note that the naming convention for this interface reflects the relationship between the line and its mixer. From the perspective of an application, a source data line may act as a target for audio data.

A source data line can be obtained from a mixer by invoking the getLine method of Mixer with an appropriate DataLine.Info object.

The SourceDataLine interface provides a method for writing audio data to the data line's buffer. Applications that play or mix audio should write data to the source data line quickly enough to keep the buffer from underflowing (emptying), which could cause discontinuities in the audio that are perceived as clicks. Applications can use the available method defined in the DataLine interface to determine the amount of data currently queued in the data line's buffer. The amount of data which can be written to the buffer without blocking is the difference between the buffer size and the amount of queued data. If the delivery of audio output stops due to underflow, a STOP event is generated. A START event is generated when the audio output resumes.

Since:

1.3

See Also:

Mixer, DataLine, TargetDataLine

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface javax.sound.sampled.DataLine

DataLine.Info

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	open(AudioFormat format)	Opens the line with the specified format, causing the line to acquire any required system resources and become operational.
void	open(AudioFormat format, int bufferSize)	Opens the line with the specified format and suggested buffer size, causing the line to acquire any required system resources and become operational.
int	write(byte[] b, int off, int len)	Writes audio data to the mixer via this source data line.

Methods inherited from interface javax.sound.sampled.DataLine

available, drain, flush, getBufferSize, getFormat, getFramePosition, getLevel, getLongFramePosition, getMicrosecondPosition, isActive, isRunning, start, stop

Methods inherited from interface javax.sound.sampled.Line

addLineListener, close, getControl, getControls, getLineInfo, isControlSupported, isOpen, open, removeLineListener

Method Detail

open

void open(AudioFormat format,
          int bufferSize)
   throws LineUnavailableException

Opens the line with the specified format and suggested buffer size, causing the line to acquire any required system resources and become operational.

The buffer size is specified in bytes, but must represent an integral number of sample frames. Invoking this method with a requested buffer size that does not meet this requirement may result in an IllegalArgumentException. The actual buffer size for the open line may differ from the requested buffer size. The value actually set may be queried by subsequently calling DataLine.getBufferSize().

If this operation succeeds, the line is marked as open, and an OPEN event is dispatched to the line's listeners.

Invoking this method on a line which is already open is illegal and may result in an IllegalStateException.

Note that some lines, once closed, cannot be reopened. Attempts to reopen such a line will always result in a LineUnavailableException.

Parameters:

format - the desired audio format

bufferSize - the desired buffer size

Throws:

LineUnavailableException - if the line cannot be opened due to resource restrictions

IllegalArgumentException - if the buffer size does not represent an integral number of sample frames, or if format is not fully specified or invalid

IllegalStateException - if the line is already open

SecurityException - if the line cannot be opened due to security restrictions

See Also:

open(AudioFormat), Line.open(), Line.close(), Line.isOpen(), LineEvent

open

void open(AudioFormat format)
   throws LineUnavailableException

Opens the line with the specified format, causing the line to acquire any required system resources and become operational.

The implementation chooses a buffer size, which is measured in bytes but which encompasses an integral number of sample frames. The buffer size that the system has chosen may be queried by subsequently calling DataLine.getBufferSize().

If this operation succeeds, the line is marked as open, and an OPEN event is dispatched to the line's listeners.

Invoking this method on a line which is already open is illegal and may result in an IllegalStateException.

Note that some lines, once closed, cannot be reopened. Attempts to reopen such a line will always result in a LineUnavailableException.

Parameters:

format - the desired audio format

Throws:

LineUnavailableException - if the line cannot be opened due to resource restrictions

IllegalArgumentException - if format is not fully specified or invalid

IllegalStateException - if the line is already open

SecurityException - if the line cannot be opened due to security restrictions

See Also:

open(AudioFormat, int), Line.open(), Line.close(), Line.isOpen(), LineEvent