1 /* FlavorMap.java -- Maps between flavor names and MIME types. 2 Copyright (C) 1999, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 3 4 This file is part of GNU Classpath. 5 6 GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 7 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by 8 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) 9 any later version. 10 11 GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 12 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 14 General Public License for more details. 15 16 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 17 along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the 18 Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 19 02111-1307 USA. 20 21 Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is 22 making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and 23 conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole 24 combination. 25 26 As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you 27 permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an 28 executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent 29 modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under 30 terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked 31 independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that 32 module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from 33 or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend 34 this exception to your version of the library, but you are not 35 obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this 36 exception statement from your version. */ 37 38 39 package java.awt.datatransfer; 40 41 import java.util.Map; 42 43 /** 44 * This interface maps between native platform type names and DataFlavors. 45 * 46 * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com) 47 */ 48 public interface FlavorMap 49 { 50 /** 51 * Maps the specified <code>DataFlavor</code> objects to the native 52 * data type name. The returned <code>Map</code> has keys that are 53 * the data flavors and values that are strings. The returned map 54 * may be modified. This can be useful for implementing nested mappings. 55 * 56 * @param flavors An array of data flavors to map 57 * or null for all data flavors. 58 * 59 * @return A <code>Map</code> of native data types. 60 */ getNativesForFlavors(DataFlavor[] flavors)61 Map getNativesForFlavors (DataFlavor[] flavors); 62 63 /** 64 * Maps the specified native type names to <code>DataFlavor</code>'s. 65 * The returned <code>Map</code> has keys that are strings and values 66 * that are <code>DataFlavor</code>'s. The returned map may be 67 * modified. This can be useful for implementing nested mappings. 68 * 69 * @param natives An array of native types to map 70 * or null for all native types. 71 * 72 * @return A <code>Map</code> of data flavors. 73 */ getFlavorsForNatives(String[] natives)74 Map getFlavorsForNatives (String[] natives); 75 } 76