JavaTM 2 Platform
Standard Ed. 5.0

javax.print.attribute.standard
Class Copies

java.lang.Object
  extended by javax.print.attribute.IntegerSyntax
      extended by javax.print.attribute.standard.Copies
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, Cloneable, Attribute, PrintJobAttribute, PrintRequestAttribute

public final class Copies
extends IntegerSyntax
implements PrintRequestAttribute, PrintJobAttribute

Class Copies is an integer valued printing attribute class that specifies the number of copies to be printed.

On many devices the supported number of collated copies will be limited by the number of physical output bins on the device, and may be different from the number of uncollated copies which can be supported.

The effect of a Copies attribute with a value of n on a multidoc print job (a job with multiple documents) depends on the (perhaps defaulted) value of the MultipleDocumentHandling attribute:

IPP Compatibility: The integer value gives the IPP integer value. The category name returned by getName() gives the IPP attribute name.

See Also:
Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
Copies(int value)
          Construct a new copies attribute with the given integer value.
 
Method Summary
 boolean equals(Object object)
          Returns whether this copies attribute is equivalent to the passed in object.
 Class<? extends Attribute> getCategory()
          Get the printing attribute class which is to be used as the "category" for this printing attribute value.
 String getName()
          Get the name of the category of which this attribute value is an instance.
 
Methods inherited from class javax.print.attribute.IntegerSyntax
getValue, hashCode, toString
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

Copies

public Copies(int value)
Construct a new copies attribute with the given integer value.

Parameters:
value - Integer value.
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - (Unchecked exception) Thrown if value is less than 1.
Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(Object object)
Returns whether this copies attribute is equivalent to the passed in object. To be equivalent, all of the following conditions must be true:
  1. object is not null.
  2. object is an instance of class Copies.
  3. This copies attribute's value and object's value are equal.

Overrides:
equals in class IntegerSyntax
Parameters:
object - Object to compare to.
Returns:
True if object is equivalent to this copies attribute, false otherwise.
See Also:
Object.hashCode(), Hashtable

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 Copies, the category is class Copies 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 Copies, the category name is "copies".

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

JavaTM 2 Platform
Standard Ed. 5.0

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