javax.media.protocol
Interface Seekable

public interface Seekable

A media object will implement this interface if it is capable of seeking to a particular position in the stream. The most common classes that implement Seekable are SourceStreams in DataSources and SourceTransferHandlers in DataSinks.

See Also:

PullSourceStream, SourceTransferHandler, DataSink

Method Summary

boolean	isRandomAccess() Find out if this media object can position anywhere in the stream.
long	seek(long where) Seek to the specified point in the stream.
long	tell() Obtain the current point in the stream.

Method Detail

seek

public long seek(long where)

Seek to the specified point in the stream.

Parameters:

where - The position to seek to.

Returns:

The new stream position.

tell

public long tell()

Obtain the current point in the stream.

isRandomAccess

public boolean isRandomAccess()

Find out if this media object can position anywhere in the stream. If the stream is not random access, it can only be repositioned to the beginning.

Returns:

Returns true if the stream is random access, false if the stream can only be reset to the beginning.