AudioFormat.Encoding (Java Platform SE 6)

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javax.sound.sampled
class AudioFormat.Encoding

java.lang.Object
  javax.sound.sampled.AudioFormat.Encoding

Enclosing class:: AudioFormat

public static class AudioFormat.Encoding
extends Object

The Encoding class names the specific type of data representation used for an audio stream. The encoding includes aspects of the sound format other than the number of channels, sample rate, sample size, frame rate, frame size, and byte order.

One ubiquitous type of audio encoding is pulse-code modulation (PCM), which is simply a linear (proportional) representation of the sound waveform. With PCM, the number stored in each sample is proportional to the instantaneous amplitude of the sound pressure at that point in time. The numbers are frequently signed or unsigned integers. Besides PCM, other encodings include mu-law and a-law, which are nonlinear mappings of the sound amplitude that are often used for recording speech.

You can use a predefined encoding by referring to one of the static objects created by this class, such as PCM_SIGNED or PCM_UNSIGNED. Service providers can create new encodings, such as compressed audio formats or floating-point PCM samples, and make these available through the {@link AudioSystem} class.

The Encoding class is static, so that all AudioFormat objects that have the same encoding will refer to the same object (rather than different instances of the same class). This allows matches to be made by checking that two format's encodings are equal.

Field Summary
`static AudioFormat.Encoding`	`ALAW` Specifies a-law encoded data.
`static AudioFormat.Encoding`	`PCM_SIGNED` Specifies signed, linear PCM data.
`static AudioFormat.Encoding`	`PCM_UNSIGNED` Specifies unsigned, linear PCM data.
`static AudioFormat.Encoding`	`ULAW` Specifies u-law encoded data.

Constructor Summary
`AudioFormat.Encoding(String name)` Constructs a new encoding.

Method Summary
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)` Finalizes the equals method
`int`	`hashCode()` Finalizes the hashCode method
`String`	`toString()` Provides the `String` representation of the encoding.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

ALAW

public static final AudioFormat.Encoding ALAW

Specifies a-law encoded data.

PCM_SIGNED

public static final AudioFormat.Encoding PCM_SIGNED

Specifies signed, linear PCM data.

PCM_UNSIGNED

public static final AudioFormat.Encoding PCM_UNSIGNED

Specifies unsigned, linear PCM data.

ULAW

public static final AudioFormat.Encoding ULAW

Specifies u-law encoded data.

Constructor Detail

AudioFormat.Encoding

public AudioFormat.Encoding(String name)

Constructs a new encoding.

Parameters:: name - the name of the new type of encoding

Method Detail

equals

public final boolean equals(Object obj)

Finalizes the equals method

Overrides:: equals in class Object
Parameters:: obj

hashCode

public final int hashCode()

Finalizes the hashCode method

Overrides:: hashCode in class Object

toString

public final String toString()

Provides the String representation of the encoding. This String is the same name that was passed to the constructor. For the predefined encodings, the name is similar to the encoding's variable (field) name. For example, PCM_SIGNED.toString() returns the name "pcm_signed".