RFR: 8356049: Need a simple way to play back a sound clip [v6]

[Phil Race]

On Tue, 20 May 2025 22:25:12 GMT, Sergey Bylokhov <serb at openjdk.org> wrote:

> btw why not mark this as an incubator/preview feature and look at the reviews?

I don't think that necessary for this case.

> I wonder about the limitation to `java.io.File` as source for sound clips. Allowing playback from an `InputStream` allows developers to use their own packaging, compression, bundling, or use dynamically generated sound clips, and to work around missing file access permissions. How about this additional factory method:
> 
> ```
>  public static SoundClip createSoundClip(InputStream file) throws IOException;
> ```
> 
> The implementation is simple, because it boils down to an InputStream internally anyway, and testing is equally simple.

InputStreams can be from anywhere - including a network. This isn't intended for that so it deliberately makes you supply a file.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24991#issuecomment-2895981120