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package java.awt.datatransfer;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* A two-way Map between "natives" (Strings), which correspond to platform-
* specfic data formats, and "flavors" (DataFlavors), which corerspond to
* platform-independent MIME types. FlavorMaps need not be symmetric, but
* typically are.
*
*
* @since 1.2
*/
public interface FlavorMap {
/**
* Returns a <code>Map</code> of the specified <code>DataFlavor</code>s to
* their corresponding <code>String</code> native. The returned
* <code>Map</code> is a modifiable copy of this <code>FlavorMap</code>'s
* internal data. Client code is free to modify the <code>Map</code>
* without affecting this object.
*
* @param flavors an array of <code>DataFlavor</code>s which will be the
* key set of the returned <code>Map</code>. If <code>null</code> is
* specified, a mapping of all <code>DataFlavor</code>s currently
* known to this <code>FlavorMap</code> to their corresponding
* <code>String</code> natives will be returned.
* @return a <code>java.util.Map</code> of <code>DataFlavor</code>s to
* <code>String</code> natives
*/
Map<DataFlavor,String> getNativesForFlavors(DataFlavor[] flavors);
/**
* Returns a <code>Map</code> of the specified <code>String</code> natives
* to their corresponding <code>DataFlavor</code>. The returned
* <code>Map</code> is a modifiable copy of this <code>FlavorMap</code>'s
* internal data. Client code is free to modify the <code>Map</code>
* without affecting this object.
*
* @param natives an array of <code>String</code>s which will be the
* key set of the returned <code>Map</code>. If <code>null</code> is
* specified, a mapping of all <code>String</code> natives currently
* known to this <code>FlavorMap</code> to their corresponding
* <code>DataFlavor</code>s will be returned.
* @return a <code>java.util.Map</code> of <code>String</code> natives to
* <code>DataFlavor</code>s
*/
Map<String,DataFlavor> getFlavorsForNatives(String[] natives);
}