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Re: JDK AudioClip completion
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Arthur van Hoff)
Mon Sep 18 17:05:21 1995
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 11:17:39 -0800 (PDT)
From: Arthur van Hoff <Arthur.Vanhoff@Eng.Sun.COM>
Reply-To: Arthur van Hoff <Arthur.Vanhoff@Eng.Sun.COM>
To: bert hobbs <bhobbs@sfhill.sfhill.org>
Cc: java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
Hi Bert,
> I can certainly understand that defining and agreeing on an API
> to support all the above features is a difficult task. Being able
> to tell when an AudioClip finishes playing seems pretty basic and
> I am surprised it could not be included in this cut of AudioClip.
>
> A couple related AudioClip questions. When play is called, can there
> be a delay while audio data is being loaded?
Yes. The data is cached though.
> Can play return before the audio actually starts?
It returns immediatly. You can call stop() to stop the audio.
> What happens when play is called while
> an AudioClip is already playing?
It restarts. If you want to simultaneous clips playing, then you need
to create two AudioClip objects.
Have fun,
Arthur van Hoff
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