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  25 
  26 package javax.sound.midi;
  27 
  28 /**
  29  * A {@code Receiver} receives {@link MidiEvent} objects and typically does
  30  * something useful in response, such as interpreting them to generate sound or
  31  * raw MIDI output. Common MIDI receivers include synthesizers and MIDI Out
  32  * ports.
  33  *
  34  * @author Kara Kytle
  35  * @see MidiDevice
  36  * @see Synthesizer
  37  * @see Transmitter
  38  */
  39 public interface Receiver extends AutoCloseable {
  40 
  41     //$$fb 2002-04-12: fix for 4662090: Contradiction in Receiver specification
  42 
  43     /**
  44      * Sends a MIDI message and time-stamp to this receiver. If time-stamping is
  45      * not supported by this receiver, the time-stamp value should be -1.
  46      *
  47      * @param  message the MIDI message to send
  48      * @param  timeStamp the time-stamp for the message, in microseconds
  49      * @throws IllegalStateException if the receiver is closed
  50      */
  51     void send(MidiMessage message, long timeStamp);
  52 
  53     /**
  54      * Indicates that the application has finished using the receiver, and that
  55      * limited resources it requires may be released or made available.
  56      * <p>
  57      * If the creation of this {@code Receiver} resulted in implicitly opening
  58      * the underlying device, the device is implicitly closed by this method.
  59      * This is true unless the device is kept open by other {@code Receiver} or
  60      * {@code Transmitter} instances that opened the device implicitly, and
  61      * unless the device has been opened explicitly. If the device this
  62      * {@code Receiver} is retrieved from is closed explicitly by calling
  63      * {@link MidiDevice#close MidiDevice.close}, the {@code Receiver} is
  64      * closed, too. For a detailed description of open/close behaviour see the
  65      * class description of {@link MidiDevice MidiDevice}.
  66      *
  67      * @see javax.sound.midi.MidiSystem#getReceiver
  68      */
  69     void close();
  70 }