rockbox/songdbj/javazoom/jl/player/AudioDeviceFactory.java
Michiel Van Der Kolk 9fee0ec4ca Songdb java version, source. only 1.5 compatible
git-svn-id: svn://svn.rockbox.org/rockbox/trunk@7101 a1c6a512-1295-4272-9138-f99709370657
2005-07-11 15:42:37 +00:00

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/*
* 11/19/04 1.0 moved to LGPL.
* 29/01/00 Initial version. mdm@techie.com
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package javazoom.jl.player;
import javazoom.jl.decoder.JavaLayerException;
/**
* An <code>AudioDeviceFactory</code> class is responsible for creating
* a specific <code>AudioDevice</code> implementation. A factory implementation
* can be as simple or complex as desired and may support just one implementation
* or may return several implementations depending upon the execution
* environment.
* <p>
* When implementing a factory that provides an AudioDevice that uses
* class that may not be present, the factory should dynamically link to any
* specific implementation classes required to instantiate or test the audio
* implementation. This is so that the application as a whole
* can run without these classes being present. The audio
* device implementation, however, will usually statically link to the classes
* required. (See the JavaSound deivce and factory for an example
* of this.)
*
* @see FactoryRegistry
*
* @since 0.0.8
* @author Mat McGowan
*/
public abstract class AudioDeviceFactory
{
/**
* Creates a new <code>AudioDevice</code>.
*
* @return a new instance of a specific class of <code>AudioDevice</code>.
* @throws JavaLayerException if an instance of AudioDevice could not
* be created.
*/
public abstract AudioDevice createAudioDevice() throws JavaLayerException;
/**
* Creates an instance of an AudioDevice implementation.
* @param loader The <code>ClassLoader</code> to use to
* load the named class, or null to use the
* system class loader.
* @param name The name of the class to load.
* @return A newly-created instance of the audio device class.
*/
protected AudioDevice instantiate(ClassLoader loader, String name)
throws ClassNotFoundException,
IllegalAccessException,
InstantiationException
{
AudioDevice dev = null;
Class cls = null;
if (loader==null)
{
cls = Class.forName(name);
}
else
{
cls = loader.loadClass(name);
}
Object o = cls.newInstance();
dev = (AudioDevice)o;
return dev;
}
}