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  25 
  26 package javax.sound.midi;
  27 
  28 import java.net.URL;
  29 
  30 
  31 
  32 /**
  33  * An instrument is a sound-synthesis algorithm with certain parameter
  34  * settings, usually designed to emulate a specific real-world
  35  * musical instrument or to achieve a specific sort of sound effect.
  36  * Instruments are typically stored in collections called soundbanks.
  37  * Before the instrument can be used to play notes, it must first be loaded
  38  * onto a synthesizer, and then it must be selected for use on
  39  * one or more channels, via a program-change command.  MIDI notes
  40  * that are subsequently received on those channels will be played using
  41  * the sound of the selected instrument.
  42  *
  43  * @see Soundbank
  44  * @see Soundbank#getInstruments
  45  * @see Patch
  46  * @see Synthesizer#loadInstrument(Instrument)
  47  * @see MidiChannel#programChange(int, int)
  48  * @author Kara Kytle
  49  */
  50 
  51 public abstract class Instrument extends SoundbankResource {
  52 
  53 
  54     /**
  55      * Instrument patch
  56      */
  57     private final Patch patch;
  58 
  59 
  60     /**
  61      * Constructs a new MIDI instrument from the specified <code>Patch</code>.
  62      * When a subsequent request is made to load the
  63      * instrument, the sound bank will search its contents for this instrument's <code>Patch</code>,
  64      * and the instrument will be loaded into the synthesizer at the
  65      * bank and program location indicated by the <code>Patch</code> object.
  66      * @param soundbank sound bank containing the instrument
  67      * @param patch the patch of this instrument
  68      * @param name the name of this instrument
  69      * @param dataClass the class used to represent the sample's data.
  70      *
  71      * @see Synthesizer#loadInstrument(Instrument)
  72      */
  73     protected Instrument(Soundbank soundbank, Patch patch, String name, Class<?> dataClass) {
  74 
  75         super(soundbank, name, dataClass);
  76         this.patch = patch;
  77     }
  78 
  79 
  80     /**
  81      * Obtains the <code>Patch</code> object that indicates the bank and program
  82      * numbers where this instrument is to be stored in the synthesizer.
  83      * @return this instrument's patch
  84      */
  85     public Patch getPatch() {
  86         return patch;
  87     }
  88 }