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package javax.activation;

/**
 * Registry of command objects available to the system.
 *
 * @author <a href='mailto:dog@gnu.org'>Chris Burdess</a>
 * @version 1.1
 */
public abstract class CommandMap
{

  /* Class scope */

  private static CommandMap defaultCommandMap;

  /**
   * Returns the default command map.
   * This returns a MailcapCommandMap if no value has been set using
   * <code>setDefaultCommandMap</code>.
   */
  public static CommandMap getDefaultCommandMap()
  {
    if (defaultCommandMap == null)
      {
        defaultCommandMap = new MailcapCommandMap();
      }
    return defaultCommandMap;
  }

  /**
   * Sets the default command map.
   * @param commandMap the new default command map
   */
  public static void setDefaultCommandMap(CommandMap commandMap)
  {
    SecurityManager security = System.getSecurityManager();
    if (security != null)
      {
        try
          {
            security.checkSetFactory();
          }
        catch (SecurityException e)
          {
            if (commandMap != null && CommandMap.class.getClassLoader() !=
                commandMap.getClass().getClassLoader())
              {
                throw e;
              }
          }
      }
    defaultCommandMap = commandMap;
  }

  /* Instance scope */

  /**
   * Returns the list of preferred commands for a MIME type.
   * @param mimeType the MIME type
   */
  public abstract CommandInfo[] getPreferredCommands(String mimeType);

  /**
   * Returns the complete list of commands for a MIME type.
   * @param mimeType the MIME type
   */
  public abstract CommandInfo[] getAllCommands(String mimeType);

  /**
   * Returns the command corresponding to the specified MIME type and
   * command name.
   * @param mimeType the MIME type
   * @param cmdName the command name
   */
  public abstract CommandInfo getCommand(String mimeType, String cmdName);

  /**
   * Returns a DataContentHandler corresponding to the MIME type.
   * @param mimeType the MIME type
   */
  public abstract DataContentHandler createDataContentHandler(String mimeType);

  /**
   * Get all the MIME types known to this command map.
   * If the command map doesn't support this operation, null is returned.
   * @return array of MIME types as strings, or null if not supported
   * @since JAF 1.1
   */
  public String[] getMimeTypes()
  {
    return null;
  }

  /**
   * Get the preferred command list from a MIME Type. The actual semantics
   * are determined by the implementation of the CommandMap.
   * <p>
   * The <code>DataSource</code> provides extra information, such as
   * the file name, that a CommandMap implementation may use to further
   * refine the list of commands that are returned.  The implementation
   * in this class simply calls the <code>getPreferredCommands</code>
   * method that ignores this argument.
   * @param mimeType the MIME type
   * @param ds a DataSource for the data
   * @return the CommandInfo classes that represent the command Beans.
   * @since JAF 1.1
   */
  public CommandInfo[] getPreferredCommands(String mimeType,
                                            DataSource ds)
  {
    return getPreferredCommands(mimeType);
  }

  /**
   * Get all the available commands for this type. This method
   * should return all the possible commands for this MIME type.
   * <p>
   * The <code>DataSource</code> provides extra information, such as
   * the file name, that a CommandMap implementation may use to further
   * refine the list of commands that are returned.  The implementation
   * in this class simply calls the <code>getAllCommands</code>
   * method that ignores this argument.
   * @param mimeType the MIME type
   * @param ds a DataSource for the data
   * @return the CommandInfo objects representing all the commands.
   * @since JAF 1.1
   */
  public CommandInfo[] getAllCommands(String mimeType, DataSource ds)
  {
    return getAllCommands(mimeType);
  }

  /**
   * Get the default command corresponding to the MIME type.
   * <p>
   * The <code>DataSource</code> provides extra information, such as
   * the file name, that a CommandMap implementation may use to further
   * refine the command that is chosen.  The implementation
   * in this class simply calls the <code>getCommand</code>
   * method that ignores this argument.
   * @param mimeType the MIME type
   * @param cmdName the command name
   * @param ds a DataSource for the data
   * @return the CommandInfo corresponding to the command.
   * @since JAF 1.1
   */
  public CommandInfo getCommand(String mimeType, String cmdName,
                                DataSource ds)
  {
    return getCommand(mimeType, cmdName);
  }

  /**
   * Locate a DataContentHandler that corresponds to the MIME type.
   * The mechanism and semantics for determining this are determined
   * by the implementation of the particular CommandMap.
   * <p>
   * The <code>DataSource</code> provides extra information, such as
   * the file name, that a CommandMap implementation may use to further
   * refine the choice of DataContentHandler.  The implementation
   * in this class simply calls the <code>createDataContentHandler</code>
   * method that ignores this argument.
   * @param mimeType the MIME type
   * @param ds a DataSource for the data
   * @return the DataContentHandler for the MIME type
   * @since JAF 1.1
   */
  public DataContentHandler createDataContentHandler(String mimeType,
                                                     DataSource ds)
  {
    return createDataContentHandler(mimeType);
  }

}