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/*
    Copyright (c) 2008, Interactive Pulp, LLC
    All rights reserved.
    
    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 
    modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

        * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 
          notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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          notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 
          documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
        * Neither the name of Interactive Pulp, LLC nor the names of its 
          contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from 
          this software without specific prior written permission.
    
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    AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 
    IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 
    ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE 
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*/

package pulpcore.platform;


/**
    The Platform interface contains various platform-specific methods used 
    internally by PulpCore. 
    Most applications should not call any of the methods in this class directly. 
*/
public interface Platform {
    
    public AppContext getThisAppContext();
    
    /**
        Returns the current value of the system timer in milliseconds. 
    */
    public long getTimeMillis();
    
    /**
        Returns the current value of the system timer in microseconds. 
    */
    public long getTimeMicros();
    
    /**
        Sleeps until the specified time, in microseconds, occurs.
        This is an absolute version of Thread.sleep().
        @return the current time in microseconds (as near timeMicros as possible).
    */
    public long sleepUntilTimeMicros(long timeMicros);    
    
    /**
        Checks if the platform has access to the native operating system
        clipboard. If not, an application-only clipboard is used.
    */
    public boolean isNativeClipboard();
    
    /**
        Returns the text currently in the clipboard. Returns an empty string
        if there is no text in the clipboard.
    */
    public String getClipboardText();
    
    /**
        Sets the text in the clipboard.
    */
    public void setClipboardText(String text);
    
    public boolean isSoundEngineCreated();
    
    public SoundEngine getSoundEngine();
    
    public void updateSoundEngine(int timeUntilNextUpdate);
    
    /**
        Returns true if this platform is hosted in a browser (Applets)
    */
    public boolean isBrowserHosted();
    
    /**
        Returns the name of the web browser, or null if the browser name could not be determined.
    */
    public String getBrowserName();
    
    /**
        Returns the version of the web browser, or null if the browser name could not be determined.
    */
    public String getBrowserVersion();
}
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