speech.sound
Class SoundManagerAgent

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.rmi.server.RemoteObject
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        +--java.rmi.server.RemoteServer
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              +--java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject
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                    +--metaglue.AgentAgent
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                          +--speech.sound.SoundManagerAgent

public class SoundManagerAgent

extends AgentAgent

implements SoundManager

Agent to play sound files, such as AIFF, AU, WAV (PCM only), and MIDI. This agent makes use of AudioPlayer. To play a sound, just call play(URL). If you are going to play a sound repeatedly, calling play will first load(URL) it into a cache. You can manually call load as well.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Inner classes inherited from class metaglue.AgentAgent

AgentAgent.Attribute

Fields inherited from class java.rmi.server.RemoteObject

ref

Fields inherited from interface metaglue.Agent

ALIVE, DIED, NO_METAGLUE, NOT_RUNNING, STARTING

Constructor Summary

SoundManagerAgent()
Creates a new SoundManagerAgent instance.

Method Summary

void	load(URL mediaURL) Manually loads a sound file into the cache.
void	loadFile(URL mediaURL) Deprecated. Replaced by load(URL)
void	play(URL mediaURL) Plays a sound file.
void	playSync(URL mediaURL) Synchronously plays a sound file.
void	unload(URL mediaURL) Manually unloads a sound file from the cache.
void	unloadFile(URL mediaURL) Deprecated. Replaced by unload(URL)

Methods inherited from class metaglue.AgentAgent

addMonitor, alive, defrost, defrostAll, defrostBoolean, defrostInt, defrostString, fixAttribute, fixAttribute, freeze, freeze, freeze, freezeAll, freezeVar, getAgentID, getAttribute, getCatalog, getCatalogID, getDesignation, getFrozenVariables, getLogLevel, getMetaglueAgent, getMetaglueAgentID, getOccupation, getProperties, getSociety, log, log, log, obtainMetaglueAgent, obtainMetaglueAgent, obtainMetaglueAgentByName, reliesOn, reliesOn, reliesOn, reliesOnSynch, removeFrozen, replaceExceptionHandler, setFreezeName, setLogLevel, setLogName, shutdown, startAgent, startAgentOn, startAgentOn, startup, status, tiedTo, tiedTo, tiedTo, tiedTo, tieToDesignation, whereAreYou

Methods inherited from class java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject

clone, exportObject, exportObject, exportObject, unexportObject

Methods inherited from class java.rmi.server.RemoteServer

getClientHost, getLog, setLog

Methods inherited from class java.rmi.server.RemoteObject

equals, getRef, hashCode, toString, toStub

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SoundManagerAgent

public SoundManagerAgent()
                  throws RemoteException

Creates a new SoundManagerAgent instance. This agent is tied to the value of the host attribute.

Throws:

RemoteException - if an error occurs

Method Detail

load

public void load(URL mediaURL)
          throws RemoteException

Manually loads a sound file into the cache.

Specified by:

load in interface SoundManager

Parameters:

mediaURL - an URL value

Throws:

RemoteException - if an error occurs

loadFile

public void loadFile(URL mediaURL)
              throws RemoteException

Deprecated. Replaced by load(URL)

Specified by:

loadFile in interface SoundManager

Parameters:

mediaURL - an URL value

Throws:

RemoteException - if an error occurs

play

public void play(URL mediaURL)
          throws RemoteException

Plays a sound file. This plays a cached sound if one exists.

Specified by:

play in interface SoundManager

Parameters:

mediaURL - an URL value

Throws:

RemoteException - if an error occurs

playSync

public void playSync(URL mediaURL)
              throws RemoteException

Synchronously plays a sound file. This plays a cached sound if one exists.

Specified by:

playSync in interface SoundManager

Parameters:

mediaURL - an URL value

Throws:

RemoteException - if an error occurs

unload

public void unload(URL mediaURL)
            throws RemoteException

Manually unloads a sound file from the cache.

Specified by:

unload in interface SoundManager

Parameters:

mediaURL - an URL value

Throws:

RemoteException - if an error occurs

unloadFile

public void unloadFile(URL mediaURL)
                throws RemoteException

Deprecated. Replaced by unload(URL)

Specified by:

unloadFile in interface SoundManager

Parameters:

mediaURL - an URL value

Throws:

RemoteException - if an error occurs