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25 
26 package javax.sound.midi;
27 
28 /**
29  * An instrument is a sound-synthesis algorithm with certain parameter settings,
30  * usually designed to emulate a specific real-world musical instrument or to
31  * achieve a specific sort of sound effect. Instruments are typically stored in
32  * collections called soundbanks. Before the instrument can be used to play
33  * notes, it must first be loaded onto a synthesizer, and then it must be
34  * selected for use on one or more channels, via a program-change command. MIDI
35  * notes that are subsequently received on those channels will be played using
36  * the sound of the selected instrument.
37  *
38  * @author Kara Kytle
39  * @see Soundbank
40  * @see Soundbank#getInstruments
41  * @see Patch
42  * @see Synthesizer#loadInstrument(Instrument)
43  * @see MidiChannel#programChange(int, int)
44  */
45 public abstract class Instrument extends SoundbankResource {
46 
47     /**
48      * Instrument patch.
49      */
50     private final Patch patch;
51 
52     /**
53      * Constructs a new MIDI instrument from the specified {@code Patch}. When a
54      * subsequent request is made to load the instrument, the sound bank will
55      * search its contents for this instrument's {@code Patch}, and the
56      * instrument will be loaded into the synthesizer at the bank and program
57      * location indicated by the {@code Patch} object.
58      *
59      * @param  soundbank sound bank containing the instrument
60      * @param  patch the patch of this instrument
61      * @param  name the name of this instrument
62      * @param  dataClass the class used to represent the sample's data
63      * @see Synthesizer#loadInstrument(Instrument)
64      */
Instrument(Soundbank soundbank, Patch patch, String name, Class<?> dataClass)65     protected Instrument(Soundbank soundbank, Patch patch, String name, Class<?> dataClass) {
66 
67         super(soundbank, name, dataClass);
68         this.patch = patch;
69     }
70 
71     /**
72      * Obtains the {@code Patch} object that indicates the bank and program
73      * numbers where this instrument is to be stored in the synthesizer.
74      *
75      * @return this instrument's patch
76      */
getPatch()77     public Patch getPatch() {
78         return patch;
79     }
80 }
81