/**
* Sound player interface
*
* @author Alain Pitiot
* @version 2021.2.0
* @copyright (c) 2017-2020 Ilixa Ltd. (http://ilixa.com) (c) 2020-2021 Open Science Tools Ltd. (https://opensciencetools.org)
* @license Distributed under the terms of the MIT License
*/
import {PsychObject} from '../util/PsychObject';
/**
* <p>SoundPlayer is an interface for the sound players, who are responsible for actually playing the sounds, i.e. the tracks or the tones.</p>
*
* @name module:sound.SoundPlayer
* @interface
* @extends PsychObject
* @param {module:core.PsychoJS} psychoJS - the PsychoJS instance
*/
export class SoundPlayer extends PsychObject
{
constructor(psychoJS)
{
super(psychoJS);
}
/**
* Determine whether this player can play the given sound.
*
* @name module:sound.SoundPlayer.accept
* @function
* @static
* @public
* @abstract
* @param {module:sound.Sound} - the sound
* @return {Object|undefined} an instance of the SoundPlayer that can play the sound, or undefined if none could be found
*/
static accept(sound)
{
throw {
origin: 'SoundPlayer.accept',
context: 'when evaluating whether this player can play a given sound',
error: 'this method is abstract and should not be called.'
};
}
/**
* Start playing the sound.
*
* @name module:sound.SoundPlayer#play
* @function
* @public
* @abstract
* @param {number} [loops] - how many times to repeat the sound after it has played once. If loops == -1, the sound will repeat indefinitely until stopped.
*/
play(loops)
{
throw {
origin: 'SoundPlayer.play',
context: 'when starting the playback of a sound',
error: 'this method is abstract and should not be called.'
};
}
/**
* Stop playing the sound immediately.
*
* @name module:sound.SoundPlayer#stop
* @function
* @public
* @abstract
*/
stop()
{
throw {
origin: 'SoundPlayer.stop',
context: 'when stopping the playback of a sound',
error: 'this method is abstract and should not be called.'
};
}
/**
* Get the duration of the sound, in seconds.
*
* @name module:sound.SoundPlayer#getDuration
* @function
* @public
* @abstract
*/
getDuration()
{
throw {
origin: 'SoundPlayer.getDuration',
context: 'when getting the duration of the sound',
error: 'this method is abstract and should not be called.'
};
}
/**
* Set the duration of the sound, in seconds.
*
* @name module:sound.SoundPlayer#setDuration
* @function
* @public
* @abstract
*/
setDuration(duration_s)
{
throw {
origin: 'SoundPlayer.setDuration',
context: 'when setting the duration of the sound',
error: 'this method is abstract and should not be called.'
};
}
/**
* Set the number of loops.
*
* @name module:sound.SoundPlayer#setLoops
* @function
* @public
* @abstract
* @param {number} loops - how many times to repeat the sound after it has played once. If loops == -1, the sound will repeat indefinitely until stopped.
*/
setLoops(loops)
{
throw {
origin: 'SoundPlayer.setLoops',
context: 'when setting the number of loops',
error: 'this method is abstract and should not be called.'
};
}
/**
* Set the volume of the tone.
*
* @name module:sound.SoundPlayer#setVolume
* @function
* @public
* @abstract
* @param {Integer} volume - the volume of the tone
* @param {boolean} [mute= false] - whether or not to mute the tone
*/
setVolume(volume, mute = false)
{
throw {
origin: 'SoundPlayer.setVolume',
context: 'when setting the volume of the sound',
error: 'this method is abstract and should not be called.'
};
}
}