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Multimedia playlist parser, supporting a wide range of playlist file formats.
There is a newer version: 4.1.1


The home of the playlist management API.
You should begin here with {@link christophedelory.playlist.SpecificPlaylistFactory}.



You will find below the main steps in order to properly use the API for parsing an existing playlist (exception catching is not performed):


Let's begin with a file in your local file system.
{@link java.io.File} file = new {@link java.io.File}("a_playlist_file");
{@link christophedelory.playlist.SpecificPlaylist} specificPlaylist = SpecificPlaylistFactory.getInstance().{@link christophedelory.playlist.SpecificPlaylistFactory#readFrom(java.net.URL) readFrom}(file);



If the method didn't throw an exception, the playlist format was recognized.
And then, two cases: if the handle is null, the playlist is malformed:
if (specificPlaylist == null)
{
    throw new Exception("Invalid playlist format");
}



Or you have now a valid specific playlist descriptor.
You can work directly with it if you know its type (i.e. class).
You can also switch to a "generic" playlist, which is the preferred way if you intend to be format-agnostic,
or if you want to convert this "specific" playlist to another format.
{@link christophedelory.playlist.Playlist} genericPlaylist = specificPlaylist.{@link christophedelory.playlist.SpecificPlaylist#toPlaylist() toPlaylist}();



Now work with your "normalized" playlist.



The "generic" playlist hierarchy is the following:


Now you want to save your playlist in a given format, let's say "ASX".
First you have to retrieve the associated playlist provider.
Two methods are available for that purpose:

    You know the "internal" identifier of this provider ("asx" in this case, see the diagram below): use the following code:
    {@link christophedelory.playlist.SpecificPlaylistProvider} provider = SpecificPlaylistFactory.getInstance().{@link christophedelory.playlist.SpecificPlaylistFactory#findProviderById(String) findProviderById}("asx");
    
    
    Or use the typical file name extension for this type of playlist:
    {@link christophedelory.playlist.SpecificPlaylistProvider} provider = SpecificPlaylistFactory.getInstance().{@link christophedelory.playlist.SpecificPlaylistFactory#findProviderByExtension(String) findProviderByExtension}(".asx");
    
    

Note: if you prefer to keep the same format as for the source, simply use the input playlist's provider, like this:
{@link christophedelory.playlist.SpecificPlaylistProvider} provider = specificPlaylist.{@link christophedelory.playlist.SpecificPlaylist#getProvider() getProvider}();

The "specific" playlist providers hierarchy is the following:


Now convert your generic playlist description to the chosen format:
{@link christophedelory.playlist.SpecificPlaylist} newSpecificPlaylist = provider.{@link christophedelory.playlist.SpecificPlaylistProvider#toSpecificPlaylist(christophedelory.playlist.Playlist) toSpecificPlaylist}(genericPlaylist);

If everything ran well, you can now flush the result to any output stream:
newSpecificPlaylist.{@link christophedelory.playlist.SpecificPlaylist#writeTo(java.io.OutputStream,String) writeTo}(System.out, null);

Enjoy!