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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 2014, 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
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+ *
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+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
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+ */
+
+package javax.sound.midi.spi;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+
+import javax.sound.midi.Sequence;
+
+/**
+ * A {@code MidiFileWriter} supplies MIDI file-writing services. Classes that
+ * implement this interface can write one or more types of MIDI file from a
+ * {@link Sequence} object.
+ *
+ * @author Kara Kytle
+ * @since 1.3
+ */
+public abstract class MidiFileWriter {
+
+    /**
+     * Obtains the set of MIDI file types for which file writing support is
+     * provided by this file writer.
+     *
+     * @return array of file types. If no file types are supported, an array of
+     *         length 0 is returned.
+     */
+    public abstract int[] getMidiFileTypes();
+
+    /**
+     * Obtains the file types that this file writer can write from the sequence
+     * specified.
+     *
+     * @param  sequence the sequence for which MIDI file type support is
+     *         queried
+     * @return array of file types. If no file types are supported, returns an
+     *         array of length 0.
+     */
+    public abstract int[] getMidiFileTypes(Sequence sequence);
+
+    /**
+     * Indicates whether file writing support for the specified MIDI file type
+     * is provided by this file writer.
+     *
+     * @param  fileType the file type for which write capabilities are queried
+     * @return {@code true} if the file type is supported, otherwise
+     *         {@code false}
+     */
+    public boolean isFileTypeSupported(int fileType) {
+
+        int types[] = getMidiFileTypes();
+        for(int i=0; i<types.length; i++) {
+            if( fileType == types[i] ) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Indicates whether a MIDI file of the file type specified can be written
+     * from the sequence indicated.
+     *
+     * @param  fileType the file type for which write capabilities are queried
+     * @param  sequence the sequence for which file writing support is queried
+     * @return {@code true} if the file type is supported for this sequence,
+     *         otherwise {@code false}
+     */
+    public boolean isFileTypeSupported(int fileType, Sequence sequence) {
+
+        int types[] = getMidiFileTypes( sequence );
+        for(int i=0; i<types.length; i++) {
+            if( fileType == types[i] ) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Writes a stream of bytes representing a MIDI file of the file type
+     * indicated to the output stream provided.
+     *
+     * @param  in sequence containing MIDI data to be written to the file
+     * @param  fileType type of the file to be written to the output stream
+     * @param  out stream to which the file data should be written
+     * @return the number of bytes written to the output stream
+     * @throws IOException if an I/O exception occurs
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the file type is not supported by
+     *         this file writer
+     * @see #isFileTypeSupported(int, Sequence)
+     * @see #getMidiFileTypes(Sequence)
+     */
+    public abstract int write(Sequence in, int fileType, OutputStream out)
+            throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * Writes a stream of bytes representing a MIDI file of the file type
+     * indicated to the external file provided.
+     *
+     * @param  in sequence containing MIDI data to be written to the external
+     *         file
+     * @param  fileType type of the file to be written to the external file
+     * @param  out external file to which the file data should be written
+     * @return the number of bytes written to the file
+     * @throws IOException if an I/O exception occurs
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the file type is not supported by
+     *         this file writer
+     * @see #isFileTypeSupported(int, Sequence)
+     * @see #getMidiFileTypes(Sequence)
+     */
+    public abstract int write(Sequence in, int fileType, File out)
+            throws IOException;
+}