Class PrinterName

java.lang.Object

javax.print.attribute.TextSyntax

javax.print.attribute.standard.PrinterName

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

public final class PrinterName extends TextSyntax implements PrintServiceAttribute

Class PrinterName is a printing attribute class, a text attribute, that specifies the name of a printer. It is a name that is more end-user friendly than a URI. An administrator determines a printer's name and sets this attribute to that name. This name may be the last part of the printer's URI or it may be unrelated. In non-US-English locales, a name may contain characters that are not allowed in a URI.

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
`PrinterName(String printerName, Locale locale)`	Constructs a new printer name attribute with the given name and locale.

Method Summary

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

PrinterName

public PrinterName(String printerName, Locale locale)

Constructs a new printer name attribute with the given name and locale.

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

Method Details

equals

public boolean equals(Object object)

Returns whether this printer name 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 PrinterName.
This printer name attribute's underlying string and object's underlying string are equal.
This printer name 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 name 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 PrinterName, the category is class PrinterName 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 PrinterName, the category name is "printer-name".

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

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