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/* AppletContext.java -- access the applet's runtime environment

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package java.applet;

import java.awt.Image;

import java.io.IOException;

import java.io.InputStream;

import java.net.URL;

import java.util.Enumeration;

import java.util.Iterator;

/**

 * This interface allows an applet access to the browser to retrieve

 * additional data files and display documents.  It also allows the

 * applet to find out other applets in the same document.

 *

 * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)

 * @since 1.0

 * @status updated to 1.5

 */

public interface AppletContext

{

  /**

   * Returns an audio clip from the specified URL.

   *

   * @param url the URL of the audio clip

   * @return the retrieved audio clip

   * @throws NullPointerException if url is null

   */

  AudioClip getAudioClip(URL url);

  /**

   * Returns an image from the specified URL.  Note that the image is not

   * actually retrieved until the applet attempts to display it, so this

   * method returns immediately.

   *

   * @param url the absolute URL of the image

   * @return the retrieved image

   * @throws NullPointerException if url is null

   */

  Image getImage(URL url);

  /**

   * Returns the applet in the document for this object that has the

   * specified name.

   *

   * @param name the applet name

   * @return the requested applet, or <code>null</code> if not found

   */

  Applet getApplet(String name);

  /**

   * Returns a list of all the applets in the document for this object.

   *

   * @return a list of all the applets

   */

  Enumeration<Applet> getApplets();

  /**

   * Displays the web page pointed to by the specified URL in the window

   * for this object.  This page replaces the document that is currently

   * there.

   *

   * @param url the URL of the web page to load; unspecified on an error

   */

  void showDocument(URL url);

  /**

   * Displays the web page pointed to be the sepcified URL in the window

   * with the specified name.  The standard names "_top", "_blank",

   * "_parent", and "_self" are allowed. An applet viewer may disregard

   * this request.

   *

   * @param url the URL of the web page to load

   * @param target the target window

   */

  void showDocument(URL url, String target);

  /**

   * Displays the specified message in the status window if that window

   * exists.

   *

   * @param message the status message, may be null

   */

  void showStatus(String message);

  /**

   * Associate a stream to a key for this applet context, possibly replacing

   * the old value. Stream associations are local to the applet context, for

   * security purposes.

   *

   * @param key the key to associate with

   * @param stream the stream value to tie to the key, or null to remove

   * @throws IOException if the stream is too large

   * @since 1.4

   */

  void setStream(String key, InputStream stream) throws IOException;

  /**

   * Return the stream associated with a given key in this applet context, or

   * null if nothing is associated. Stream associations are local to the

   * applet context, for security purposes.

   *

   * @param key the key to look up

   * @return the associated stream, or null

   * @since 1.4

   */

  InputStream getStream(String key);

  /**

   * Iterate over all keys that have associated streams. Stream associated

   * are local to the applet context, for security purposes.

   *

   * @return an iterator over the association keys

   * @since 1.4

   */

  Iterator<String> getStreamKeys();

} // interface AppletContext