JMF 2.0 - API Changes

 
 

JMF 2.0 Documentation


API Changes since JMF 2.0 Beta

DataSink:

  • FileWriterControl, FileWriterListener, FileWriterEvent, EndOfFileEvent, FileSizeLimitReachedEvent, and FileWritingErrorEvent have been removed from the API.
  • StreamWriterControl has been added, and essentially takes the place of FileWriterControl. It's less file-centric and can be implemented by either Multiplexers or DataSinks that output data.
  • DataSinkListener and DataSinkEvent have been added. This enables any DataSink to post events, not just a DataSink that writes data to a file.
  • EndOfStreamEvent has been added, and essentially takes the place of EndOfFileEvent.
  • DataSinkErrorEvent has been added, and essentially takes the place of FileWritingErrorEvent.
  • There's no longer a specific event indicating that the stream size limit has been reached.

AudioFormat:

  • Added a computeDuration method that returns the duration based on the length of an audio chunk.

rtp.SessionManager:

  • Added a new verison of the startSession method which takes a new parameter called "localSenderAddress" to provide control over the sending port if needed.

New interface/objects:

  • Added the javax.media.renderer.VisualContainer interface to indicate that a visual component contains multiple visual components inside.
  • Added javax.media.protocol.FileTypeDescriptor, a subclass of ContentDescriptor, to indicate that the descriptor is a file format.
  • Added the javax.media.Drainable interface for renderers.

API Changes from JMF 2.0 EA to JMF 2.0 Beta

  • Merged Formatted, Formattable to form javax.media.control.FormatControl.
  • Removed FormatChangeException, FormatChangeListener, UnsupportedFormatEvent.
  • Moved Format from javax.media.format to javax.media.
  • Moved javax.media.format.audio.* & javax.media.format.video.* to javax.media.format.*
  • Changed TrackControl to extend FormatControl.
  • Changed SizeChangeEvent to extend from FormatChangeEvent.
  • Removed javax.media.control.CaptureDeviceControl
  • Added javax.media.protocol.CaptureDevice interface.  Capture data sources implemented this.
  • Added javax.media.control.PortControl for setting both input and output ports.
  • set/getOutputContentDescriptor changed to set/getContentDescriptor.
  • Added getSupportedInputFormats, setNumTracks, setInputFormat.
  • Removed javax.media.renderer.audio.AudioRenderer.
  • Moved javax.media.video.renderer.* javax.media.renderer.*.
  • Removed javax.media.util.CloneableDataSource & MergingDataSource
  • Added Manager.createCloneableDataSource and Manager.createMergingDataSource.
  • Added the javax.media.protocol.SourceCloneable interface.
  • Added setHint and getHint.
  • Changed contructors, getTrackCount etc.
  • Removed readKeyFrame, willReadFrameBlock.
  • Removed setPreProcessingEffect & setPostProcessingEffect.
  • Changed setCodec to setCodecChain
  • Methods redefined.
  • Added replaceURL, showDocument().
  • Added replaceURL(), showDocument().
  • ImageConverter is broken down into:
    • BufferToImage: converting a JMF buffer into a JDK image.
    • ImageToBuffer: the other way round.
  • Repackaging:
    • javax.media.rtp - contains most of the classes previously from javax.media.rtp.session.
    • javax.media.rtp.event - contains all the RTP event classes.
    • javax.media.rtp.rtcp - contains classes related to RTCP.
  • Name changes:
    • Most RTP prefixes have been removed from class names.  Only generic class names like RTPHeader, RTPSocket and RTPEvent still carry the RTP prefix.
    • The abbreviated spelling "Recv" has been changed to "Receive".
    • RTPIODataSource is renamed to RTPPushDataSource.
    • PushDestStream is renamed to OutputDataStream.
  • RTPMediaLocator is removed and replaced by the standard javax.media.MediaLocator.
  • MalformedRTPMRLException is removed and replaced by the standard java.net.MalformedURLException.