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package com.sun.mmedia;

import javax.microedition.lcdui.*;

/**
 * This is a helper interface to communicate between the LCDUI <code>Canvas
 * </code> and
 * the MMAPI video players. It has methods to register and unregister
 * <code>MIDPVideoPainter</code>s with an LCDUI Canvas.
 */
public abstract class MMHelper {
    static private MMHelper mmh = null;

    /**
     * This is the link to the LCDUI canvas implementation for special
     * repaint events. This is called by javax.microedition.lcdui.MMHelperImpl.
     */
    public static void setMMHelper(MMHelper mmhelper) {
        // Safeguard to make sure its called only once
        if (mmh == null)
            mmh = mmhelper;
    }

    /**
     * This method is called by MIDPVideoPainter implementation
     * to get a hold of the MMHelper...
     */
    static MMHelper getMMHelper() {
        return mmh;
    }

    /**
     * Registers a video control (which implements MIDPVideoPainter) with
     * the corresponding Canvas where the video is to show up.
     */
    public abstract void registerPlayer(Canvas c, MIDPVideoPainter vp);

    /**
     * Unregisters a video control so that it doesn't get paint callbacks
     * anymore after the player is closed. This also reduces load on the
     * Canvas repaint mechanism.
     */
    public abstract void unregisterPlayer(Canvas c, MIDPVideoPainter vp);


    /**
     * Get Display being used for Item painting. Platform-dependent.
     */
    public abstract Display getItemDisplay(Item item);

};