- java.lang.Object
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- javax.sound.midi.MidiMessage
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- javax.sound.midi.MetaMessage
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Cloneable
public class MetaMessage extends MidiMessage
AMetaMessageis aMidiMessagethat is not meaningful to synthesizers, but that can be stored in a MIDI file and interpreted by a sequencer program. (See the discussion in theMidiMessageclass description.) The Standard MIDI Files specification defines various types of meta-events, such as sequence number, lyric, cue point, and set tempo. There are also meta-events for such information as lyrics, copyrights, tempo indications, time and key signatures, markers, etc. For more information, see the Standard MIDI Files 1.0 specification, which is part of the Complete MIDI 1.0 Detailed Specification published by the MIDI Manufacturer's Association (http://www.midi.org).When data is being transported using MIDI wire protocol, a
ShortMessagewith the status value0xFFrepresents a system reset message. In MIDI files, this same status value denotes aMetaMessage. The types of meta-message are distinguished from each other by the first byte that follows the status byte0xFF. The subsequent bytes are data bytes. As with system exclusive messages, there are an arbitrary number of data bytes, depending on the type ofMetaMessage.- See Also:
MetaEventListener
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Field Summary
Fields Modifier and Type Field Description static intMETAStatus byte forMetaMessage(0xFF, or 255), which is used in MIDI files.-
Fields declared in class javax.sound.midi.MidiMessage
data, length
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Constructor Summary
Constructors Modifier Constructor Description MetaMessage()Constructs a newMetaMessage.protectedMetaMessage(byte[] data)Constructs a newMetaMessage.MetaMessage(int type, byte[] data, int length)Constructs a newMetaMessageand sets the message parameters.
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Method Summary
All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods Modifier and Type Method Description Objectclone()Creates a new object of the same class and with the same contents as this object.byte[]getData()Obtains a copy of the data for the meta message.intgetType()Obtains the type of theMetaMessage.voidsetMessage(int type, byte[] data, int length)Sets the message parameters for aMetaMessage.-
Methods declared in class javax.sound.midi.MidiMessage
getLength, getMessage, getStatus, setMessage
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Field Detail
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META
public static final int META
Status byte forMetaMessage(0xFF, or 255), which is used in MIDI files. It has the same value asShortMessage.SYSTEM_RESET, which is used in the real-time "MIDI wire" protocol.- See Also:
MidiMessage.getStatus(), Constant Field Values
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Constructor Detail
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MetaMessage
public MetaMessage()
Constructs a newMetaMessage. The contents of the message are not set here; usesetMessageto set them subsequently.
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MetaMessage
public MetaMessage(int type, byte[] data, int length) throws InvalidMidiDataExceptionConstructs a newMetaMessageand sets the message parameters. The contents of the message can be changed by using thesetMessagemethod.- Parameters:
type- meta-message type (must be less than 128)data- the data bytes in the MIDI messagelength- an amount of bytes in thedatabyte array; it should be non-negative and less than or equal todata.length- Throws:
InvalidMidiDataException- if the parameter values do not specify a valid MIDI meta message- Since:
- 1.7
- See Also:
setMessage(int, byte[], int),getType(),getData()
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MetaMessage
protected MetaMessage(byte[] data)
Constructs a newMetaMessage.- Parameters:
data- an array of bytes containing the complete message. The message data may be changed using thesetMessagemethod.- See Also:
setMessage(int, byte[], int)
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Method Detail
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setMessage
public void setMessage(int type, byte[] data, int length) throws InvalidMidiDataExceptionSets the message parameters for aMetaMessage. Since only one status byte value,0xFF, is allowed for meta-messages, it does not need to be specified here. Calls togetStatusreturn0xFFfor all meta-messages.The
typeargument should be a valid value for the byte that follows the status byte in theMetaMessage. Thedataargument should contain all the subsequent bytes of theMetaMessage. In other words, the byte that specifies the type ofMetaMessageis not considered a data byte.- Parameters:
type- meta-message type (must be less than 128)data- the data bytes in the MIDI messagelength- the number of bytes in thedatabyte array- Throws:
InvalidMidiDataException- if the parameter values do not specify a valid MIDI meta message
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getType
public int getType()
Obtains the type of theMetaMessage.- Returns:
- an integer representing the
MetaMessagetype
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getData
public byte[] getData()
Obtains a copy of the data for the meta message. The returned array of bytes does not include the status byte or the message length data. The length of the data for the meta message is the length of the array. Note that the length of the entire message includes the status byte and the meta message type byte, and therefore may be longer than the returned array.- Returns:
- array containing the meta message data
- See Also:
MidiMessage.getLength()
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clone
public Object clone()
Creates a new object of the same class and with the same contents as this object.- Specified by:
clonein classMidiMessage- Returns:
- a clone of this instance
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