javax.media
Interface DataSinkProxy

All Superinterfaces:

MediaHandler, MediaProxy

public interface DataSinkProxy

extends MediaProxy

A DataSinkProxy is a MediaProxy that provides the content type of the DataSink to be created based on its destination MediaLocator. DataSinkProxy is part of the factory mechanism for creating a DataSink.

Since:

JMF 2.0

Method Summary

java.lang.String

getContentType(MediaLocator destination) Gets the content type of the DataSink to be created for the specified destination MediaLocator.

Methods inherited from interface javax.media.MediaProxy

getDataSource

Methods inherited from interface javax.media.MediaHandler

setSource

Method Detail

getContentType

public java.lang.String getContentType(MediaLocator destination)

Gets the content type of the DataSink to be created for the specified destination MediaLocator. A DataSink destination MediaLocator typically contains information such as the file extension, which the DataSinkProxy uses to deduce the content type. The specified MediaLocator can have any format as long as the DataSinkProxy is capable of parsing the locator and returning its type.

Parameters:

destination - The destination MediaLocator for the DataSink to be created.