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C# MIDI Toolkit

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A toolkit for creating MIDI applications with C#.
#region License

/* Copyright (c) 2005 Leslie Sanford
 * 
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy 
 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to 
 * deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the 
 * rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or 
 * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is 
 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 * 
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in 
 * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. 
 * 
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR 
 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE 
 * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER 
 * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, 
 * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN 
 * THE SOFTWARE.
 */

#endregion

#region Contact

/*
 * Leslie Sanford
 * Email: jabberdabber@hotmail.com
 */

#endregion

using System;
using System.Text;

namespace Multimedia.Midi
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Provides functionality for building meta text messages.
	/// </summary>
	public class MetaTextBuilder : IMessageBuilder
	{
        #region MetaTextBuilder Members

        #region Fields

        // The text represented by the MetaMessage.
        private string text;

        // The MetaMessage type - must be one of the text based types.
        private MetaType type = MetaType.Text;

        // The built MetaMessage.
        private MetaMessage result = null;

        // Indicates whether or not the text has changed since the message was 
        // last built.
        private bool changed = true;

        #endregion

        #region Construction

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the MetaMessageTextBuilder class.
        /// </summary>
        public MetaTextBuilder()
        {
            text = string.Empty;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the MetaMessageTextBuilder class with the 
        /// specified type.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="type">
        /// The type of MetaMessage.
        /// </param>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">
        /// If the MetaMessage type is not a text based type.
        /// </exception>
        /// <remarks>
        /// The MetaMessage type must be one of the following text based 
        /// types:
        /// <list>
        /// <item>
        /// Copyright
        /// </item>
        /// <item>
        /// Cuepoint
        /// </item>
        /// <item>
        /// DeviceName
        /// </item>
        /// <item>
        /// InstrumentName
        /// </item>
        /// <item>
        /// Lyric
        /// </item>
        /// <item>
        /// Marker
        /// </item>
        /// <item>
        /// ProgramName
        /// </item>
        /// <item>
        /// Text
        /// </item>
        /// <item>
        /// TrackName
        /// </item>
        /// </list>
        /// If the MetaMessage is not a text based type, an exception 
        /// will be thrown.
        /// </remarks>
        public MetaTextBuilder(MetaType type)
        {
            #region Require

            if(!IsTextType(type))
            {
                throw new ArgumentException("Not text based meta message type.",
                    "message");
            }

            #endregion

            this.text = string.Empty;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the MetaMessageTextBuilder class with the 
        /// specified type.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="type">
        /// The type of MetaMessage.
        /// </param>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">
        /// If the MetaMessage type is not a text based type.
        /// </exception>
        /// <remarks>
        /// The MetaMessage type must be one of the following text based 
        /// types:
        /// <list>
        /// <item>
        /// Copyright
        /// </item>
        /// <item>
        /// Cuepoint
        /// </item>
        /// <item>
        /// DeviceName
        /// </item>
        /// <item>
        /// InstrumentName
        /// </item>
        /// <item>
        /// Lyric
        /// </item>
        /// <item>
        /// Marker
        /// </item>
        /// <item>
        /// ProgramName
        /// </item>
        /// <item>
        /// Text
        /// </item>
        /// <item>
        /// TrackName
        /// </item>
        /// </list>
        /// If the MetaMessage is not a text based type, an exception 
        /// will be thrown.
        /// </remarks>
        public MetaTextBuilder(MetaType type, string text)
        {
            #region Require

            if(!IsTextType(type))
            {
                throw new ArgumentException("Not text based meta message type.",
                    "message");
            }

            #endregion

            this.type = type;

            if(text != null)
            {
                this.text = text;
            }
            else
            {
                this.text = string.Empty;
            }
        }

        
        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the MetaMessageTextBuilder class with the
        /// specified MetaMessage.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="message">
        /// The MetaMessage to use for initializing the MetaMessageTextBuilder.
        /// </param>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">
        /// If the MetaMessage is not a text based type.
        /// </exception>
        /// <remarks>
        /// The MetaMessage must be one of the following text based types:
        /// <list>
        /// <item>
        /// Copyright
        /// </item>
        /// <item>
        /// Cuepoint
        /// </item>
        /// <item>
        /// DeviceName
        /// </item>
        /// <item>
        /// InstrumentName
        /// </item>
        /// <item>
        /// Lyric
        /// </item>
        /// <item>
        /// Marker
        /// </item>
        /// <item>
        /// ProgramName
        /// </item>
        /// <item>
        /// Text
        /// </item>
        /// <item>
        /// TrackName
        /// </item>
        /// </list>
        /// If the MetaMessage is not a text based type, an exception will be 
        /// thrown.
        /// </remarks>
		public MetaTextBuilder(MetaMessage message)
        {
            Initialize(message);
		}

        #endregion

        #region Methods

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes the MetaMessageTextBuilder with the specified MetaMessage.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="message">
        /// The MetaMessage to use for initializing the MetaMessageTextBuilder.
        /// </param>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">
        /// If the MetaMessage is not a text based type.
        /// </exception>
        public void Initialize(MetaMessage message)
        {
            #region Require

            if(!IsTextType(message.MetaType))
            {
                throw new ArgumentException("Not text based meta message.",
                    "message");
            }

            #endregion

            ASCIIEncoding encoding = new ASCIIEncoding();

            text = encoding.GetString(message.GetBytes());
            this.type = message.MetaType;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Indicates whether or not the specified MetaType is a text based 
        /// type.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="type">
        /// The MetaType to test.
        /// </param>
        /// <returns>
        /// <b>true</b> if the MetaType is a text based type; 
        /// otherwise, <b>false</b>.
        /// </returns>
        private bool IsTextType(MetaType type)
        {
            bool result;

            if(type == MetaType.Copyright || 
                type == MetaType.CuePoint ||
                type == MetaType.DeviceName ||
                type == MetaType.InstrumentName ||
                type == MetaType.Lyric ||
                type == MetaType.Marker ||
                type == MetaType.ProgramName ||
                type == MetaType.Text ||
                type == MetaType.TrackName)
            {
                result = true;
            }
            else
            {
                result = false;
            }

            return result;
        }

        #endregion

        #region Properties

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the text for the MetaMessage.
        /// </summary>
        public string Text
        {
            get
            {
                return text;
            }
            set
            {
                if(value != null)
                {
                    text = value;
                }
                else
                {
                    text = string.Empty;
                }

                changed = true;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the MetaMessage type.
        /// </summary>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">
        /// If the type is not a text based type.
        /// </exception>
        public MetaType Type
        {
            get
            {
                return type;
            }
            set
            {
                #region Require

                if(!IsTextType(value))
                {
                    throw new ArgumentException("Not text based meta message type.",
                        "message");
                }

                #endregion

                type = value;

                changed = true;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the built MetaMessage.
        /// </summary>
        public MetaMessage Result
        {
            get
            {
                return result;
            }
        }

        #endregion

        #endregion

        #region IMessageBuilder Members

        /// <summary>
        /// Builds the text MetaMessage.
        /// </summary>
        public void Build()
        {
            // If the text has changed since the last time this method was 
            // called.
            if(changed)
            {
                //
                // Build text MetaMessage.
                //

                ASCIIEncoding encoding = new ASCIIEncoding();
                byte[] data = encoding.GetBytes(text);
                result = new MetaMessage(Type, data);
                changed = false;
            }
        }

        #endregion
    }
}

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Aside from dabbling in BASIC on his old Atari 1040ST years ago, Leslie's programming experience didn't really begin until he discovered the Internet in the late 90s. There he found a treasure trove of information about two of his favorite interests: MIDI and sound synthesis.

After spending a good deal of time calculating formulas he found on the Internet for creating new sounds by hand, he decided that an easier way would be to program the computer to do the work for him. This led him to learn C. He discovered that beyond using programming as a tool for synthesizing sound, he loved programming in and of itself.

Eventually he taught himself C++ and C#, and along the way he immersed himself in the ideas of object oriented programming. Like many of us, he gotten bitten by the design patterns bug and a copy of GOF is never far from his hands.

Now his primary interest is in creating a complete MIDI toolkit using the C# language. He hopes to create something that will become an indispensable tool for those wanting to write MIDI applications for the .NET framework.

Besides programming, his other interests are photography and playing his Les Paul guitars.

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