What is the platform independent sound format in java

I am working on a chat application in java. My program need to play sounds at regular interval as the message arrives. What are the sound format should I choose to play on (Windows/Linux/MacOS) platforms, without using external li开发者_高级运维beraries

Sound-formats are all platform independent. The question is: Is there a Codec on the target platform which supports this format.

If you're developing a chat-application i guess you won't use high quality audio things, so Sun Audio-files should work for you. Check out this older post on how to use them.

For some reason .ao seems to be the lowest common denominator for Java, while .wav seems to be used almost everywhere else for notification-sounds (or possibly even .ogg or .mp3).