Java TV(tm) API 1.0

Package javax.tv.carousel

Provides access to broadcast file and directory data through APIs that work with the java.io package.

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Interface Summary
CarouselFileListener The CarouselFileListener interface is implemented by application classes which require notification of changes to CarouselFile data.
 

Class Summary
CarouselFile The CarouselFile class represents file or directory data obtained from broadcast file systems.
CarouselFileChangeEvent The CarouselFileChangeEvent provides notification of a change to CarouselFile data.
 

Package javax.tv.carousel Description

Provides access to broadcast file and directory data through APIs that work with the java.io package. Such filesystem data is typically transmitted in a "carousel" wherein the contents of a remote file system are cyclically transmitted to permit reconstruction on the receiver. The Java TV API models broadcast carousels as conventional read-only disk file systems with high access latencies. Most interactions with the specific carousel protocols are handled by the Java TV API implementation rather than the application.

The class java.io.File represents generic file and directory data. The Java TV API class javax.tv.carousel.CarouselFile subclasses java.io.File to handle broadcast filesystem access, adding the ability to:

Applications use the conventional file input classes of the java.io package (i.e., java.io.FileInputStream, java.io.FileReader, and java.io.RandomAccessFile) to read from a CarouselFile object.


Java TV(tm) API 1.0

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