Class Playback

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Thread
      Playback

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

public class Playback

extends java.lang.Thread

The class Playback extends from Thread and allows for playback of a simple sound. The thread doesn't die until the sound is finished playing, however it is not blocking either. It will simply play the sound in the "background." Copyright Georgia Institute of Technology 2004

Author:

unknown undergrad, Barb Ericson ericson@cc.gatech.edu

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

Playback(SimpleSound sound)
Constructor that takes the simple sound to be played

Method Summary

boolean	getPlaying() Method to return true if this playback thread is playing and false otherwise
void	run() Starts this thread.
void	stopPlaying() Stops this thread by breaking the while loop in the run method.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, countStackFrames, currentThread, destroy, dumpStack, enumerate, getContextClassLoader, getName, getPriority, getThreadGroup, holdsLock, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, join, join, join, resume, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setName, setPriority, sleep, sleep, start, stop, stop, suspend, toString, yield

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Playback

public Playback(SimpleSound sound)

Constructor that takes the simple sound to be played

Parameters:

sound - the simple sound to play

Method Detail

stopPlaying

public void stopPlaying()

Stops this thread by breaking the while loop in the run method. Used, for example, by the "stop" button in the SoundExplorer class.

getPlaying

public boolean getPlaying()

Method to return true if this playback thread is playing and false otherwise

Returns:

true if playing else false

run

public void run()

Starts this thread. Gets an AudioInputStream, and writes is out to a SourceDataLine. If a SoundExplorer exists, upon creation of the SourceDataLine, the soundExplorer is added as the LineListener. When the thread finishes the run method, it removes itself from the list of threads currently playing this sound.

Throws:

JavaSoundException - if there were problems playing the sound.