Class Media

java.lang.Object

javax.print.attribute.EnumSyntax

javax.print.attribute.standard.Media

All Implemented Interfaces:: Serializable, Cloneable, Attribute, DocAttribute, PrintJobAttribute, PrintRequestAttribute

Direct Known Subclasses:: MediaName, MediaSizeName, MediaTray

public abstract class Media extends EnumSyntax implements DocAttribute, PrintRequestAttribute, PrintJobAttribute

Class Media is a printing attribute class that specifies the medium on which to print.

Media may be specified in different ways.

it may be specified by paper source - eg paper tray
it may be specified by a standard size - eg "A4"
it may be specified by a name - eg "letterhead"

Each of these corresponds to the IPP "media" attribute. The current API does not support describing media by characteristics (eg colour, opacity). This may be supported in a later revision of the specification.

A Media object is constructed with a value which represents one of the ways in which the Media attribute can be specified.

IPP Compatibility: The category name returned by getName() is the IPP attribute name. The enumeration's integer value is the IPP enum value. The toString() method returns the IPP string representation of the attribute value.

See Also:

Constructor Summary

Media(int value)

Modifier	Constructor	Description
`protected`	Constructs a new media attribute specified by name.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`equals(Object object)`	Returns whether this media attribute is equivalent to the passed in object.
`final Class<? extends Attribute>`	`getCategory()`	Get the printing attribute class which is to be used as the "category" for this printing attribute value.
`final String`	`getName()`	Get the name of the category of which this attribute value is an instance.

Methods declared in class EnumSyntax

clone, getEnumValueTable, getOffset, getStringTable, getValue, hashCode, readResolve, toString

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Object`	`clone()`	Returns a clone of this enumeration value, which to preserve the semantics of enumeration values is the same object as this enumeration value.
`protected EnumSyntax[]`	`getEnumValueTable()`	Returns the enumeration value table for this enumeration value's enumeration class.
`protected int`	`getOffset()`	Returns the lowest integer value used by this enumeration value's enumeration class.
`protected String[]`	`getStringTable()`	Returns the string table for this enumeration value's enumeration class.
`int`	`getValue()`	Returns this enumeration value's integer value.
`int`	`hashCode()`	Returns a hash code value for this enumeration value.
`protected Object`	`readResolve()`	During object input, convert this deserialized enumeration instance to the proper enumeration value defined in the enumeration attribute class.
`String`	`toString()`	Returns a string value corresponding to this enumeration value.

Methods declared in class Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected void`	`finalize()`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Finalization is deprecated and subject to removal in a future release.
`final Class<?>`	`getClass()`	Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`final void`	`notify()`	Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`notifyAll()`	Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`wait()`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis)`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

Constructor Details

Media

protected Media(int value)

Constructs a new media attribute specified by name.

Parameters:: value - a value

Method Details

equals

public boolean equals(Object object)

Returns whether this media attribute is equivalent to the passed in object. To be equivalent, all of the following conditions must be true:

object is not null.
object is of the same subclass of Media as this object.
The values are equal.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

object - Object to compare to

Returns:

true if object is equivalent to this media attribute, false otherwise

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getCategory

public final Class<? extends Attribute> getCategory()

Get the printing attribute class which is to be used as the "category" for this printing attribute value.

For class Media and any vendor-defined subclasses, the category is class Media itself.

Specified by:: getCategory in interface Attribute
Returns:: printing attribute class (category), an instance of class java.lang.Class

getName

public final String getName()

Get the name of the category of which this attribute value is an instance.

For class Media and any vendor-defined subclasses, the category name is "media".

Specified by:: getName in interface Attribute
Returns:: attribute category name

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