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package java.applet;

import java.awt.Image;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Iterator;

/**
 * This interface allows an applet access to the browser to retrieve
 * additional data files and display documents.  It also allows the
 * applet to find out other applets in the same document.
 *
 * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
 * @since 1.0
 * @status updated to 1.4
 */
public interface AppletContext
{
  /**
   * Returns an audio clip from the specified URL.
   *
   * @param url the URL of the audio clip
   * @return the retrieved audio clip
   * @throws NullPointerException if url is null
   */
  AudioClip getAudioClip(URL url);

  /**
   * Returns an image from the specified URL.  Note that the image is not
   * actually retrieved until the applet attempts to display it, so this
   * method returns immediately.
   *
   * @param url the absolute URL of the image
   * @return the retrieved image
   * @throws NullPointerException if url is null
   */
  Image getImage(URL url);

  /**
   * Returns the applet in the document for this object that has the
   * specified name.
   *
   * @param name the applet name
   * @return the requested applet, or <code>null</code> if not found
   */
  Applet getApplet(String name);

  /**
   * Returns a list of all the applets in the document for this object.
   *
   * @return a list of all the applets
   */
  Enumeration getApplets();

  /**
   * Displays the web page pointed to by the specified URL in the window
   * for this object.  This page replaces the document that is currently
   * there.
   *
   * @param url the URL of the web page to load; unspecified on an error
   */
  void showDocument(URL url);

  /**
   * Displays the web page pointed to be the sepcified URL in the window
   * with the specified name.  The standard names "_top", "_blank",
   * "_parent", and "_self" are allowed. An applet viewer may disregard
   * this request.
   *
   * @param url the URL of the web page to load
   * @param target the target window
   */
  void showDocument(URL url, String target);

  /**
   * Displays the specified message in the status window if that window
   * exists.
   *
   * @param message the status message, may be null
   */
  void showStatus(String message);

  /**
   * Associate a stream to a key for this applet context, possibly replacing
   * the old value. Stream associations are local to the applet context, for
   * security purposes.
   *
   * @param key the key to associate with
   * @param stream the stream value to tie to the key, or null to remove
   * @throws IOException if the stream is too large
   * @since 1.4
   */
  void setStream(String key, InputStream stream) throws IOException;

  /**
   * Return the stream associated with a given key in this applet context, or
   * null if nothing is associated. Stream associations are local to the
   * applet context, for security purposes.
   *
   * @param key the key to look up
   * @return the associated stream, or null
   * @since 1.4
   */
  InputStream getStream(String key);

  /**
   * Iterate over all keys that have associated streams. Stream associated
   * are local to the applet context, for security purposes.
   *
   * @return an iterator over the association keys
   * @since 1.4
   */
  Iterator getStreamKeys();
} // interface AppletContext