In order to get a clip, source data line or target data line, one has to write code which is not very intuitive. Example for getting a Clip instance:

DataLine.Info info = new DataLine.Info(
  Clip.class, // the class type of requested DataLine
  format);    // requested format of the DataLine
Clip clip = (Clip) AudioSystem.getLine(info);

Easier would be to have specialized high-level methods to get Java Sound's most important objects:

AudioSystem.getClip(AudioFormat)
AudioSystem.getClip(AudioFormat, Mixer.Info)
AudioSystem.getSourceDataLine(AudioFormat)
AudioSystem.getSourceDataLine(AudioFormat, Mixer.Info)
AudioSystem.getTargetDataLine(AudioFormat)
AudioSystem.getTargetDataLine(AudioFormat, Mixer.Info)

So the example above would be reduced to 
Clip clip = AudioSystem.getClip(format);

This will ease development in Java Sound and reduce its real and perceived complexity.


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Working group and CCC agreed that this is useful.
  xxxxx@xxxxx   2003-08-08