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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
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+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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+ */
+
+package javax.activation;
+
+import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor;
+import java.awt.datatransfer.UnsupportedFlavorException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import javax.activation.DataSource;
+
+/**
+ * The DataContentHandler interface is implemented by objects that can
+ * be used to extend the capabilities of the DataHandler's implementation
+ * of the Transferable interface. Through <code>DataContentHandlers</code>
+ * the framework can be extended to convert streams in to objects, and
+ * to write objects to streams. <p>
+ *
+ * Applications don't generally call the methods in DataContentHandlers
+ * directly. Instead, an application calls the equivalent methods in
+ * DataHandler. The DataHandler will attempt to find an appropriate
+ * DataContentHandler that corresponds to its MIME type using the
+ * current DataContentHandlerFactory. The DataHandler then calls
+ * through to the methods in the DataContentHandler.
+ *
+ * @since 1.6
+ */
+
+public interface DataContentHandler {
+    /**
+     * Returns an array of DataFlavor objects indicating the flavors the
+     * data can be provided in. The array should be ordered according to
+     * preference for providing the data (from most richly descriptive to
+     * least descriptive).
+     *
+     * @return The DataFlavors.
+     */
+    public DataFlavor[] getTransferDataFlavors();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns an object which represents the data to be transferred.
+     * The class of the object returned is defined by the representation class
+     * of the flavor.
+     *
+     * @param df The DataFlavor representing the requested type.
+     * @param ds The DataSource representing the data to be converted.
+     * @return The constructed Object.
+     * @exception UnsupportedFlavorException    if the handler doesn't
+     *                                          support the requested flavor
+     * @exception IOException   if the data can't be accessed
+     */
+    public Object getTransferData(DataFlavor df, DataSource ds)
+                                throws UnsupportedFlavorException, IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * Return an object representing the data in its most preferred form.
+     * Generally this will be the form described by the first DataFlavor
+     * returned by the <code>getTransferDataFlavors</code> method.
+     *
+     * @param ds The DataSource representing the data to be converted.
+     * @return The constructed Object.
+     * @exception IOException   if the data can't be accessed
+     */
+    public Object getContent(DataSource ds) throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * Convert the object to a byte stream of the specified MIME type
+     * and write it to the output stream.
+     *
+     * @param obj       The object to be converted.
+     * @param mimeType  The requested MIME type of the resulting byte stream.
+     * @param os        The output stream into which to write the converted
+     *                  byte stream.
+     * @exception IOException   errors writing to the stream
+     */
+    public void writeTo(Object obj, String mimeType, OutputStream os)
+                                                       throws IOException;
+}