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25
26 package java.awt.datatransfer;
27
28 import java.util.Map;
29
30
31 /**
32 * A two-way Map between "natives" (Strings), which correspond to platform-
33 * specfic data formats, and "flavors" (DataFlavors), which corerspond to
34 * platform-independent MIME types. FlavorMaps need not be symmetric, but
35 * typically are.
36 *
37 *
38 * @since 1.2
39 */
40 public interface FlavorMap {
41
42 /**
43 * Returns a <code>Map</code> of the specified <code>DataFlavor</code>s to
44 * their corresponding <code>String</code> native. The returned
45 * <code>Map</code> is a modifiable copy of this <code>FlavorMap</code>'s
46 * internal data. Client code is free to modify the <code>Map</code>
47 * without affecting this object.
48 *
49 * @param flavors an array of <code>DataFlavor</code>s which will be the
50 * key set of the returned <code>Map</code>. If <code>null</code> is
51 * specified, a mapping of all <code>DataFlavor</code>s currently
52 * known to this <code>FlavorMap</code> to their corresponding
53 * <code>String</code> natives will be returned.
54 * @return a <code>java.util.Map</code> of <code>DataFlavor</code>s to
55 * <code>String</code> natives
56 */
57 Map<DataFlavor,String> getNativesForFlavors(DataFlavor[] flavors);
58
59 /**
60 * Returns a <code>Map</code> of the specified <code>String</code> natives
61 * to their corresponding <code>DataFlavor</code>. The returned
62 * <code>Map</code> is a modifiable copy of this <code>FlavorMap</code>'s
63 * internal data. Client code is free to modify the <code>Map</code>
64 * without affecting this object.
65 *
66 * @param natives an array of <code>String</code>s which will be the
67 * key set of the returned <code>Map</code>. If <code>null</code> is
68 * specified, a mapping of all <code>String</code> natives currently
69 * known to this <code>FlavorMap</code> to their corresponding
70 * <code>DataFlavor</code>s will be returned.
71 * @return a <code>java.util.Map</code> of <code>String</code> natives to
72 * <code>DataFlavor</code>s
73 */
74 Map<String,DataFlavor> getFlavorsForNatives(String[] natives);
75 }
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