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

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type Method Description
Map<String,​DataFlavor> getFlavorsForNatives​(String[] natives)

Returns a Map of the specified String natives to their corresponding DataFlavor.

Map<DataFlavor,​String> getNativesForFlavors​(DataFlavor[] flavors)

Returns a Map of the specified DataFlavors to their corresponding String native.

Method Detail

getNativesForFlavors

Map<DataFlavor,​String> getNativesForFlavors​(DataFlavor[] flavors)

Returns a Map of the specified DataFlavors 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 of DataFlavors which will be the key set of the returned Map. If null is specified, a mapping of all DataFlavors currently known to this FlavorMap to their corresponding String natives will be returned.
Returns:
a java.util.Map of DataFlavors to String 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 of Strings which will be the key set of the returned Map. If null is specified, a mapping of all String natives currently known to this FlavorMap to their corresponding DataFlavors will be returned.
Returns:
a java.util.Map of String natives to DataFlavors