com.bramosystems.oss.player.core.client.playlist

Class PlaylistManager

java.lang.Object

com.bramosystems.oss.player.core.client.playlist.PlaylistManager

All Implemented Interfaces:

PlaylistSupport

public class PlaylistManager
extends Object
implements PlaylistSupport

Provides playlist emulation support for media plugins

Since:

1.2

Author:

Sikiru Braheem

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static interface	PlaylistManager.PlayerCallback Interface defines the methods required by the PlaylistManager to interact with a player widget

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PlaylistManager() Creates the PlaylistManager object.
PlaylistManager(AbstractMediaPlayer player) Creates PlaylistManager for the specified player widget.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addToPlaylist(List<MRL> mediaLocators) Adds the media locators to the players' playlist.
void	addToPlaylist(MRL mediaLocator) Adds the media locator to the players' playlist.
void	addToPlaylist(String... mediaURLs) Adds the media at the specified URLs to the players' playlist.
void	addToPlaylist(String mediaURL) Adds the media at the specified URL to the players' playlist.
void	clearPlaylist() Removes all entries in the players' playlist
protected void	flushMessageCache() Fires debug events with messages that have been cached since the manager is created.
String	getCurrentItem() Returns the URL at the current playlist reference index
int	getPlaylistIndex() Returns the current playlist index
int	getPlaylistSize() Returns the number of entries in the playlist
protected PlaylistManager.PlayerCallback	initCallback() Returns a player callback handler links this manager to its associated player.
boolean	isShuffleEnabled() Checks if this player is in shuffle mode.
void	load(int index) Load the URL at the specified index
void	loadAlternative() Play another alternative URL for the current resource index
void	loadNext() Load the next URL in the playlist
void	play(int index) Play playlist entry at the specified index
void	playNext() Plays the next item in the playlist
void	playNext(boolean force) Plays the next item in the playlist
void	playPrevious() Plays the previous item in the playlist
void	playPrevious(boolean force) Plays the previous item in the playlist
void	removeFromPlaylist(int index) Removes the entry at the specified index from the players' playlist.
void	setShuffleEnabled(boolean enable) Enables or disables players' shuffle mode.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PlaylistManager

public PlaylistManager()

Creates the PlaylistManager object.

PlaylistManager

public PlaylistManager(AbstractMediaPlayer player)

Creates PlaylistManager for the specified player widget.

Parameters:

player - the player widget

Method Detail

initCallback

protected PlaylistManager.PlayerCallback initCallback()

Returns a player callback handler links this manager to its associated player.

This is a convenience method that should be overridden by sub-classes.

Returns:

a PlayerCallback implementation

flushMessageCache

protected void flushMessageCache()

Fires debug events with messages that have been cached since the manager is created.

This method should ONLY be called by subclasses when the attached player is ready.

isShuffleEnabled

public boolean isShuffleEnabled()

Description copied from interface: PlaylistSupport

Checks if this player is in shuffle mode.

Specified by:

isShuffleEnabled in interface PlaylistSupport

Returns:

true if player is in shuffle mode, false otherwise.

setShuffleEnabled

public void setShuffleEnabled(boolean enable)

Description copied from interface: PlaylistSupport

Enables or disables players' shuffle mode.

Specified by:

setShuffleEnabled in interface PlaylistSupport

Parameters:

enable - true to enable shuffle, false otherwise

addToPlaylist

public void addToPlaylist(String mediaURL)

Description copied from interface: PlaylistSupport

Adds the media at the specified URL to the players' playlist.

In respect of the same domain policy of some plugins/browsers, the URL should point to a destination on the same domain where the application is hosted.

Specified by:

addToPlaylist in interface PlaylistSupport

Parameters:

mediaURL - the URL of the media.

addToPlaylist

public void addToPlaylist(String... mediaURLs)

Description copied from interface: PlaylistSupport

Adds the media at the specified URLs to the players' playlist.

The player chooses ONLY ONE of the mediaURLs it supports.

In respect of the same domain policy of some browsers, the URLs should point to a destination on the same domain where the application is hosted.

Specified by:

addToPlaylist in interface PlaylistSupport

Parameters:

mediaURLs - the alternative URLs of the same media (probably in different formats).

addToPlaylist

public void addToPlaylist(List<MRL> mediaLocators)

Description copied from interface: PlaylistSupport

Adds the media locators to the players' playlist.

Specified by:

addToPlaylist in interface PlaylistSupport

Parameters:

mediaLocators - list of alternative URLs of the same media

addToPlaylist

public void addToPlaylist(MRL mediaLocator)

Description copied from interface: PlaylistSupport

Adds the media locator to the players' playlist.

Specified by:

addToPlaylist in interface PlaylistSupport

Parameters:

mediaLocator - specifies alternative URLs of the same media

removeFromPlaylist

public void removeFromPlaylist(int index)

Description copied from interface: PlaylistSupport

Removes the entry at the specified index from the players' playlist.

Specified by:

removeFromPlaylist in interface PlaylistSupport

Parameters:

index - the index of the playlist entry.

clearPlaylist

public void clearPlaylist()

Description copied from interface: PlaylistSupport

Removes all entries in the players' playlist

Specified by:

clearPlaylist in interface PlaylistSupport

playNext

public void playNext()
              throws PlayException

Description copied from interface: PlaylistSupport

Plays the next item in the playlist

Specified by:

playNext in interface PlaylistSupport

Throws:

PlayException - if there are no more entries in the playlist to be played. Especially if we've advanced to the end of the playlist. Note: A player with a negative loop count (i.e. set to play forever!) may not throw this exception

playPrevious

public void playPrevious()
                  throws PlayException

Description copied from interface: PlaylistSupport

Plays the previous item in the playlist

Specified by:

playPrevious in interface PlaylistSupport

Throws:

PlayException - if there are no more entries in the playlist to be played. Especially if we've gotten to the beginning of the playlist. Note: A player with a negative loop count (i.e. set to play forever!) may not throw this exception

playNext

public void playNext(boolean force)
              throws PlayException

Plays the next item in the playlist

Parameters:

force - true if an end-of-playlist should roll over to the beginning, false otherwise.

Throws:

PlayException - if an end-of-playlist is reached. Only thrown if force is false

playPrevious

public void playPrevious(boolean force)
                  throws PlayException

Plays the previous item in the playlist

Parameters:

force - true if a start-of-playlist should roll over to the end, false otherwise.

Throws:

PlayException - if a start-of-playlist is reached. Only thrown if force is false

play

public void play(int index)
          throws IndexOutOfBoundsException

Description copied from interface: PlaylistSupport

Play playlist entry at the specified index

Specified by:

play in interface PlaylistSupport

Parameters:

index - number of the playlist entry

Throws:

IndexOutOfBoundsException - if index is outside the bounds of the playlist

loadAlternative

public void loadAlternative()
                     throws LoadException

Play another alternative URL for the current resource index

Throws:

LoadException - if no alternative URL can be found

load

public void load(int index)

Load the URL at the specified index

Parameters:

index - the index

loadNext

public void loadNext()

Load the next URL in the playlist

getCurrentItem

public String getCurrentItem()

Returns the URL at the current playlist reference index

Returns:

the URL at the current playlist index

getPlaylistSize

public int getPlaylistSize()

Description copied from interface: PlaylistSupport

Returns the number of entries in the playlist

Specified by:

getPlaylistSize in interface PlaylistSupport

Returns:

number of entries in the playlist

getPlaylistIndex

public int getPlaylistIndex()

Returns the current playlist index

Returns:

the current playlist index