Class PrinterInfo

java.lang.Object

javax.print.attribute.TextSyntax

javax.print.attribute.standard.PrinterInfo

All Implemented Interfaces:: Serializable, Cloneable, Attribute, PrintServiceAttribute

public final class PrinterInfo extends TextSyntax implements PrintServiceAttribute

Class PrinterInfo is a printing attribute class, a text attribute, that provides descriptive information about a printer. This could include things like:

"This printer can be used for printing color
transparencies for HR presentations"

, or

"Out of courtesy for others,
please print only small (1-5 page) jobs at this printer"

, or even

"This printer is going away on July 1, 1997, please find a new
printer"

IPP Compatibility: The string value gives the IPP name value. The locale gives the IPP natural language. The category name returned by getName() gives the IPP attribute name.

See Also:

Constructor Summary

Constructor	Description
`PrinterInfo(String info, Locale locale)`	Constructs a new printer info attribute with the given information string and locale.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`equals(Object object)`	Returns whether this printer info 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 TextSyntax

getLocale, getValue, hashCode, toString

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Locale`	`getLocale()`	Returns this text attribute's text string's natural language (locale).
`String`	`getValue()`	Returns this text attribute's text string.
`int`	`hashCode()`	Returns a hashcode for this text attribute.
`String`	`toString()`	Returns a `String` identifying this text attribute.

Methods declared in class Object

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

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected Object`	`clone()`	Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`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

PrinterInfo

public PrinterInfo(String info, Locale locale)

Constructs a new printer info attribute with the given information string and locale.

Parameters:: info - printer information string; locale - natural language of the text string. null is interpreted to mean the default locale as returned by Locale.getDefault()
Throws:: NullPointerException - if info is null

Method Details

equals

public boolean equals(Object object)

Returns whether this printer info 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 an instance of class PrinterInfo.
This printer info attribute's underlying string and object's underlying string are equal.
This printer info attribute's locale and object's locale are equal.

Overrides:

equals in class TextSyntax

Parameters:

object - Object to compare to

Returns:

true if object is equivalent to this printer info attribute, false otherwise

See Also:

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 PrinterInfo, the category is class PrinterInfo 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 PrinterInfo, the category name is "printer-info".

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

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