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package javax.accessibility;

import java.io.InputStream;

import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor;

/**

 *

 * The <code>AccessibleStreamable</code> interface should be implemented

 * by the <code>AccessibleContext</code> of any component that presents the

 * raw stream behind a component on the display screen.  Examples of such

 * components are HTML, bitmap images and MathML.  An object that implements

 * <code>AccessibleStreamable</code> provides two things: a list of MIME

 * types supported by the object and a streaming interface for each MIME type to

 * get the data.

 *

 * @author Lynn Monsanto

 * @author Peter Korn

 *

 * @see javax.accessibility.AccessibleContext

 * @since 1.5

 */

public interface AccessibleStreamable {

    /**

      * Returns an array of DataFlavor objects for the MIME types

      * this object supports.

      *

      * @return an array of DataFlavor objects for the MIME types

      * this object supports.

      */

     DataFlavor[] getMimeTypes();

    /**

      * Returns an InputStream for a DataFlavor

      *

      * @param flavor the DataFlavor

      * @return an ImputStream if an ImputStream for this DataFlavor exists.

      * Otherwise, null is returned.

      */

     InputStream getStream(DataFlavor flavor);

}