JavaTM 2 Platform Std. Ed. v1.6.0
javax.print.attribute.standard
Class PageRanges
java.lang.Object
javax.print.attribute.SetOfIntegerSyntax
javax.print.attribute.standard.PageRanges
- All Implemented Interfaces:
- Serializable, Cloneable, Attribute, DocAttribute, PrintJobAttribute, PrintRequestAttribute
public final class PageRanges - extends SetOfIntegerSyntax
- implements DocAttribute, PrintRequestAttribute, PrintJobAttribute
Class PageRanges is a printing attribute class, a set of integers, that
identifies the range(s) of print-stream pages that the Printer object uses
for each copy of each document which are to be printed. Nothing is printed
for any pages identified that do not exist in the document(s). The attribute
is associated with print-stream pages, not application-numbered pages
(for example, the page numbers found in the headers and or footers for
certain word processing applications).
In most cases, the exact pages to be printed will be generated by a device
driver and this attribute would not be required. However, when printing an
archived document which has already been formatted, the end user may elect to
print just a subset of the pages contained in the document. In this case, if
a page range of "n-m" is specified, the first page
to be printed will be page n. All subsequent pages of the document
will be printed through and including page m.
If a PageRanges attribute is not specified for a print job, all pages of
the document will be printed. In other words, the default value for the
PageRanges attribute is always {{1, Integer.MAX_VALUE}} .
The effect of a PageRanges attribute on a multidoc print job (a job with
multiple documents) depends on whether all the docs have the same page ranges
specified or whether different docs have different page ranges specified, and
on the (perhaps defaulted) value of the MultipleDocumentHandling attribute.
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If all the docs have the same page ranges specified, then any value of
MultipleDocumentHandling makes sense, and the
printer's processing depends on the MultipleDocumentHandling value:
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SINGLE_DOCUMENT -- All the input docs will be combined together into one
output document. The specified page ranges of that output document will be
printed.
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SINGLE_DOCUMENT_NEW_SHEET -- All the input docs will be combined together
into one output document, and the first impression of each input doc will
always start on a new media sheet. The specified page ranges of that output
document will be printed.
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SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_UNCOLLATED_COPIES -- For each separate input doc, the
specified page ranges will be printed.
-
SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_COLLATED_COPIES -- For each separate input doc, the
specified page ranges will be printed.
-
SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_UNCOLLATED_COPIES -- For each separate input doc, its own
specified page ranges will be printed..
-
SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_COLLATED_COPIES -- For each separate input doc, its own
specified page ranges will be printed..
IPP Compatibility: The PageRanges attribute's canonical array form
gives the lower and upper bound for each range of pages to be included in
and IPP "page-ranges" attribute. See class SetOfIntegerSyntax for an
explanation of canonical array form. The category name returned by
getName() gives the IPP attribute name.
- See Also:
- Serialized Form
Constructor Summary |
PageRanges(int member)
Construct a new page ranges attribute containing a single integer. |
PageRanges(int[][] members)
Construct a new page ranges attribute with the given members. |
PageRanges(int lowerBound,
int upperBound)
Construct a new page ranges attribute containing a single range of
integers. |
PageRanges(String members)
Construct a new page ranges attribute with the given members in
string form. |
Method Summary |
boolean |
equals(Object object)
Returns whether this page ranges 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. |
PageRanges
public PageRanges(int[][] members)
- Construct a new page ranges attribute with the given members. The
members are specified in "array form;" see class
SetOfIntegerSyntax for an
explanation of array form.
- Parameters:
members - Set members in array form.
- Throws:
NullPointerException - (unchecked exception) Thrown if members is null or
any element of members is null.
IllegalArgumentException - (unchecked exception) Thrown if any element of
members is not a length-one or length-two array. Also
thrown if members is a zero-length array or if any
member of the set is less than 1.
PageRanges
public PageRanges(String members)
- Construct a new page ranges attribute with the given members in
string form.
See class
SetOfIntegerSyntax
for explanation of the syntax.
- Parameters:
members - Set members in string form.
- Throws:
NullPointerException - (unchecked exception) Thrown if members is null or
any element of members is null.
IllegalArgumentException - (Unchecked exception) Thrown if members does not
obey the proper syntax. Also
thrown if the constructed set-of-integer is a
zero-length array or if any
member of the set is less than 1.
PageRanges
public PageRanges(int member)
- Construct a new page ranges attribute containing a single integer. That
is, only the one page is to be printed.
- Parameters:
member - Set member.
- Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - (Unchecked exception) Thrown if member is less than
1.
PageRanges
public PageRanges(int lowerBound,
int upperBound)
- Construct a new page ranges attribute containing a single range of
integers. That is, only those pages in the one range are to be printed.
- Parameters:
lowerBound - Lower bound of the range.upperBound - Upper bound of the range.
- Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - (Unchecked exception) Thrown if a null range is specified or if a
non-null range is specified with lowerBound less than
1.
equals
public boolean equals(Object object)
- Returns whether this page ranges 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 PageRanges.
-
This page ranges attribute's members and
object 's members
are the same.
- Overrides:
equals in class SetOfIntegerSyntax
- Parameters:
object - Object to compare to.
- Returns:
- True if
object is equivalent to this page ranges
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 PageRanges, the category is class PageRanges 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 PageRanges, the category name is "page-ranges" .
- Specified by:
getName in interface Attribute
- Returns:
- Attribute category name.
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