Enum MediaPlayer.Status

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<MediaPlayer.Status>

javafx.scene.media.MediaPlayer.Status

All Implemented Interfaces:: Serializable, Comparable<MediaPlayer.Status>, Constable

Enclosing class:: MediaPlayer

public static enum MediaPlayer.Status
extends Enum<MediaPlayer.Status>

Enumeration describing the different status values of a MediaPlayer.

The principal MediaPlayer status transitions are given in the following table:

MediaPlayer Status Transition Table
Current \ Next	READY	PAUSED	PLAYING	STALLED	STOPPED	DISPOSED
UNKNOWN	pre-roll					dispose()
READY			autoplay; play()			dispose()
PAUSED			play()		stop()	dispose()
PLAYING		pause()		buffering data	stop()	dispose()
STALLED		pause()	data buffered		stop()	dispose()
STOPPED		pause()	play()			dispose()
HALTED						dispose()

The table rows represent the current state of the player and the columns the next state of the player. The cell at the intersection of a given row and column lists the events which can cause a transition from the row state to the column state. An empty cell represents an impossible transition. The transitions to UNKNOWN and HALTED and from DISPOSED status are intentionally not tabulated. UNKNOWN is the initial status of the player before the media source is pre-rolled and cannot be entered once exited. DISPOSED is a terminal status entered after dispose() method is invoked and cannot be exited. HALTED status entered when a critical error occurs and may be transitioned into from any other status except DISPOSED.

The principal MediaPlayer status values and transitions are depicted in the following diagram:

MediaPlayer status diagram

Reaching the end of the media (or the stopTime if this is defined) while playing does not cause the status to change from PLAYING. Therefore, for example, if the media is played to its end and then a manual seek to an earlier time within the media is performed, playing will continue from the new media time.

Since:: JavaFX 2.0

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces declared in class java.lang.Enum

Enum.EnumDesc<E extends Enum<E>>

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants
Enum Constant	Description
`DISPOSED`	State of the player after dispose() method is invoked.
`HALTED`	State of the player when a critical error has occurred.
`PAUSED`	State of the player when playback is paused.
`PLAYING`	State of the player when it is currently playing.
`READY`	State of the player once it is prepared to play.
`STALLED`	State of the player when data coming into the buffer has slowed or stopped and the playback buffer does not have enough data to continue playing.
`STOPPED`	State of the player when playback has stopped.
`UNKNOWN`	State of the player immediately after creation.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static MediaPlayer.Status`	`valueOf(String name)`	Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
`static MediaPlayer.Status[]`	`values()`	Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods declared in class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, describeConstable, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Details

UNKNOWN

public static final MediaPlayer.Status UNKNOWN

State of the player immediately after creation. While in this state, property values are not reliable and should not be considered. Additionally, commands sent to the player while in this state will be buffered until the media is fully loaded and ready to play.

READY

public static final MediaPlayer.Status READY

State of the player once it is prepared to play. This state is entered only once when the movie is loaded and pre-rolled.

PAUSED

public static final MediaPlayer.Status PAUSED

State of the player when playback is paused. Requesting the player to play again will cause it to continue where it left off.

PLAYING

public static final MediaPlayer.Status PLAYING

State of the player when it is currently playing.

STOPPED

public static final MediaPlayer.Status STOPPED

State of the player when playback has stopped. Requesting the player to play again will cause it to start playback from the beginning.

STALLED

public static final MediaPlayer.Status STALLED

State of the player when data coming into the buffer has slowed or stopped and the playback buffer does not have enough data to continue playing. Playback will continue automatically when enough data are buffered to resume playback. If paused or stopped in this state, then buffering will continue but playback will not resume automatically when sufficient data are buffered.

HALTED

public static final MediaPlayer.Status HALTED

State of the player when a critical error has occurred. This state indicates playback can never continue again with this player. The player is no longer functional and a new player should be created.

DISPOSED

public static final MediaPlayer.Status DISPOSED

State of the player after dispose() method is invoked. This state indicates player is disposed, all resources are free and player SHOULD NOT be used again. Media and MediaView objects associated with disposed player can be reused.

Since:: JavaFX 8.0

Method Details

values

public static MediaPlayer.Status[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Returns:: an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static MediaPlayer.Status valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:: name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.
Returns:: the enum constant with the specified name
Throws:: IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name; NullPointerException - if the argument is null

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