Interface FlavorMap
- All Known Subinterfaces:
FlavorTable
- All Known Implementing Classes:
SystemFlavorMap
public interface FlavorMap
A two-way Map between "natives" (Strings), which correspond to platform-specific data formats, and "flavors" (DataFlavors), which correspond to platform-independent MIME types. FlavorMaps need not be symmetric, but typically are.
- Since:
- 1.2
Method Summary
Modifier and Type | Method | Description |
---|---|---|
Map<String,DataFlavor> | getFlavorsForNatives(String[] natives) | Returns a |
Map<DataFlavor,String> | getNativesForFlavors(DataFlavor[] flavors) | Returns a |
Method Detail
getNativesForFlavors
Map<DataFlavor,String> getNativesForFlavors(DataFlavor[] flavors)
Returns a Map
of the specified DataFlavor
s to their corresponding String
native. The returned Map
is a modifiable copy of this FlavorMap
's internal data. Client code is free to modify the Map
without affecting this object.
- Parameters:
-
flavors
- an array ofDataFlavor
s which will be the key set of the returnedMap
. Ifnull
is specified, a mapping of allDataFlavor
s currently known to thisFlavorMap
to their correspondingString
natives will be returned. - Returns:
- a
java.util.Map
ofDataFlavor
s toString
natives
getFlavorsForNatives
Map<String,DataFlavor> getFlavorsForNatives(String[] natives)
Returns a Map
of the specified String
natives to their corresponding DataFlavor
. The returned Map
is a modifiable copy of this FlavorMap
's internal data. Client code is free to modify the Map
without affecting this object.
- Parameters:
-
natives
- an array ofString
s which will be the key set of the returnedMap
. Ifnull
is specified, a mapping of allString
natives currently known to thisFlavorMap
to their correspondingDataFlavor
s will be returned. - Returns:
- a
java.util.Map
ofString
natives toDataFlavor
s