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25 package javax.print.attribute.standard;
26
27 import javax.print.attribute.Attribute;
28 import javax.print.attribute.EnumSyntax;
29 import javax.print.attribute.PrintRequestAttribute;
30 import javax.print.attribute.PrintJobAttribute;
31
32 /**
33 * Class MultipleDocumentHandling is a printing attribute class, an enumeration,
34 * that controls finishing operations and the placement of one or more
35 * print-stream pages into impressions and onto media sheets. When the value of
36 * the {@link Copies Copies} attribute exceeds 1, MultipleDocumentHandling also
37 * controls the order in which the copies that result from processing the
38 * documents are produced. This attribute is relevant only for a multidoc print
39 * job consisting of two or more individual docs.
40 * <P>
41 * Briefly, MultipleDocumentHandling determines the relationship between the
42 * multiple input (electronic) documents fed into a multidoc print job and the
43 * output (physical) document or documents produced by the multidoc print job.
44 * There are two possibilities:
45 * <UL>
46 * <LI>
47 * The multiple input documents are combined into a single output document.
48 * Finishing operations ({@link Finishings Finishings}),
49 * are performed on this single output
50 * document. The {@link Copies Copies} attribute tells how many copies of this
51 * single output document to produce. The MultipleDocumentHandling values
52 * SINGLE_DOCUMENT and SINGLE_DOCUMENT_NEW_SHEET specify two variations of
53 * this possibility.
54 * <P>
55 * <LI>
56 * The multiple input documents remain separate output documents. Finishing
57 * operations ({@link Finishings Finishings}),
58 * are performed on each output document
59 * separately. The {@link Copies Copies} attribute tells how many copies of each
60 * separate output document to produce. The MultipleDocumentHandling values
61 * SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_UNCOLLATED_COPIES and SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_COLLATED_COPIES
62 * specify two variations of this possibility.
63 * </UL>
64 * <P>
65 * In the detailed explanations below, if "<CODE>a</CODE>" represents an
66 * instance of document data, then the result of processing the data in
67 * document "<CODE>a</CODE>" is a sequence of media sheets represented by
68 * "<CODE>a(*)</CODE>".
69 * <P>
70 * The standard MultipleDocumentHandling values are:
71 * <UL>
72 * <LI>
73 * <A NAME="sdfi">{@link #SINGLE_DOCUMENT
74 * <B><CODE>SINGLE_DOCUMENT</CODE></B>}</A>. If a print job has multiple
75 * documents -- say, the document data is called <CODE>a</CODE> and
76 * <CODE>b</CODE> -- then the result of processing all the document data
77 * (<CODE>a</CODE> and then <CODE>b</CODE>) must be treated as a single sequence
78 * of media sheets for finishing operations; that is, finishing would be
79 * performed on the concatenation of the sequences <CODE>a(*),b(*)</CODE>. The
80 * printer must not force the data in each document instance to be formatted
81 * onto a new print-stream page, nor to start a new impression on a new media
82 * sheet. If more than one copy is made, the ordering of the sets of media
83 * sheets resulting from processing the document data must be
84 * <CODE>a(*),b(*),a(*),b(*),...</CODE>, and the printer object must force
85 * each copy (<CODE>a(*),b(*)</CODE>) to start on a new media sheet.
86 * <P>
87 * <LI>
88 * <A NAME="sducfi">{@link #SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_UNCOLLATED_COPIES
89 * <B><CODE>SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_UNCOLLATED_COPIES</CODE></B>}</A>. If a print job
90 * has multiple documents -- say, the document data is called <CODE>a</CODE> and
91 * <CODE>b</CODE> -- then the result of processing the data in each document
92 * instance must be treated as a single sequence of media sheets for finishing
93 * operations; that is, the sets <CODE>a(*)</CODE> and <CODE>b(*)</CODE> would
94 * each be finished separately. The printer must force each copy of the result
95 * of processing the data in a single document to start on a new media sheet.
96 * If more than one copy is made, the ordering of the sets of media sheets
97 * resulting from processing the document data must be
98 * <CODE>a(*),a(*),...,b(*),b(*)...</CODE>.
99 * <P>
100 * <LI>
101 * <A NAME="sdccfi">{@link #SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_COLLATED_COPIES
102 * <B><CODE>SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_COLLATED_COPIES</CODE></B>}</A>. If a print job
103 * has multiple documents -- say, the document data is called <CODE>a</CODE> and
104 * <CODE>b</CODE> -- then the result of processing the data in each document
105 * instance must be treated as a single sequence of media sheets for finishing
106 * operations; that is, the sets <CODE>a(*)</CODE> and <CODE>b(*)</CODE> would
107 * each be finished separately. The printer must force each copy of the result
108 * of processing the data in a single document to start on a new media sheet.
109 * If more than one copy is made, the ordering of the sets of media sheets
110 * resulting from processing the document data must be
111 * <CODE>a(*),b(*),a(*),b(*),...</CODE>.
112 * <P>
113 * <LI>
114 * <A NAME="sdnsfi">{@link #SINGLE_DOCUMENT_NEW_SHEET
115 * <B><CODE>SINGLE_DOCUMENT_NEW_SHEET</CODE></B>}</A>. Same as SINGLE_DOCUMENT,
116 * except that the printer must ensure that the first impression of each
117 * document instance in the job is placed on a new media sheet. This value
118 * allows multiple documents to be stapled together with a single staple where
119 * each document starts on a new sheet.
120 * </UL>
121 * <P>
122 * SINGLE_DOCUMENT is the same as SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_COLLATED_COPIES with
123 * respect to ordering of print-stream pages, but not media sheet generation,
124 * since SINGLE_DOCUMENT will put the first page of the next document on the
125 * back side of a sheet if an odd number of pages have been produced so far
126 * for the job, while SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_COLLATED_COPIES always forces the
127 * next document or document copy on to a new sheet.
128 * <P>
129 * In addition, if a {@link Finishings Finishings} attribute of
130 * {@link Finishings#STAPLE <CODE>STAPLE</CODE>} is specified, then:
131 * <UL>
132 * <LI>
133 * With SINGLE_DOCUMENT, documents <CODE>a</CODE> and <CODE>b</CODE> are
134 * stapled together as a single document with no regard to new sheets.
135 * <P>
136 * <LI>
137 * With SINGLE_DOCUMENT_NEW_SHEET, documents <CODE>a</CODE> and <CODE>b</CODE>
138 * are stapled together as a single document, but document <CODE>b</CODE>
139 * starts on a new sheet.
140 * <P>
141 * <LI>
142 * With SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_UNCOLLATED_COPIES and
143 * SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_COLLATED_COPIES, documents <CODE>a</CODE> and
144 * <CODE>b</CODE> are stapled separately.
145 * </UL>
146 * <P>
147 * <I>Note:</I> None of these values provide means to produce uncollated
148 * sheets within a document, i.e., where multiple copies of sheet <I>n</I>
149 * are produced before sheet <I>n</I>+1 of the same document.
150 * To specify that, see the {@link SheetCollate SheetCollate} attribute.
151 * <P>
152 * <B>IPP Compatibility:</B> The category name returned by
153 * <CODE>getName()</CODE> is the IPP attribute name. The enumeration's
154 * integer value is the IPP enum value. The <code>toString()</code> method
155 * returns the IPP string representation of the attribute value.
156 * <P>
157 *
158 * @see Copies
159 * @see Finishings
160 * @see NumberUp
161 * @see PageRanges
162 * @see SheetCollate
163 * @see Sides
164 *
165 * @author David Mendenhall
166 * @author Alan Kaminsky
167 */
168 public class MultipleDocumentHandling extends EnumSyntax
169 implements PrintRequestAttribute, PrintJobAttribute {
170
171 private static final long serialVersionUID = 8098326460746413466L;
172
173
174 /**
175 * Single document -- see above for <A HREF="#sdfi">further
176 * information</A>.
177 */
178 public static final MultipleDocumentHandling
179 SINGLE_DOCUMENT = new MultipleDocumentHandling (0);
180
181 /**
182 * Separate documents uncollated copies -- see above for
183 * <A HREF="#sducfi">further information</A>.
184 */
185 public static final MultipleDocumentHandling
186 SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_UNCOLLATED_COPIES = new MultipleDocumentHandling (1);
187
188 /**
189 * Separate documents collated copies -- see above for
190 * <A HREF="#sdccfi">further information</A>.
191 */
192 public static final MultipleDocumentHandling
193 SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_COLLATED_COPIES = new MultipleDocumentHandling (2);
194
195 /**
196 * Single document new sheet -- see above for
197 * <A HREF="#sdnsfi">further information</A>.
198 */
199 public static final MultipleDocumentHandling
200 SINGLE_DOCUMENT_NEW_SHEET = new MultipleDocumentHandling (3);
201
202
203 /**
204 * Construct a new multiple document handling enumeration value with the
205 * given integer value.
206 *
207 * @param value Integer value.
208 */
209 protected MultipleDocumentHandling(int value) {
210 super (value);
211 }
212
213 private static final String[] myStringTable = {
214 "single-document",
215 "separate-documents-uncollated-copies",
216 "separate-documents-collated-copies",
217 "single-document-new-sheet"
218 };
219
220 private static final MultipleDocumentHandling[] myEnumValueTable = {
221 SINGLE_DOCUMENT,
222 SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_UNCOLLATED_COPIES,
223 SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_COLLATED_COPIES,
224 SINGLE_DOCUMENT_NEW_SHEET
225 };
226
227 /**
228 * Returns the string table for class MultipleDocumentHandling.
229 */
230 protected String[] getStringTable() {
231 return (String[])myStringTable.clone();
232 }
233
234 /**
235 * Returns the enumeration value table for class MultipleDocumentHandling.
236 */
237 protected EnumSyntax[] getEnumValueTable() {
238 return (EnumSyntax[])myEnumValueTable.clone();
239 }
240
241 /**
242 * Get the printing attribute class which is to be used as the "category"
243 * for this printing attribute value.
244 * <P>
245 * For class MultipleDocumentHandling and any vendor-defined subclasses,
246 * the category is class MultipleDocumentHandling itself.
247 *
248 * @return Printing attribute class (category), an instance of class
249 * {@link java.lang.Class java.lang.Class}.
250 */
251 public final Class<? extends Attribute> getCategory() {
252 return MultipleDocumentHandling.class;
253 }
254
255 /**
256 * Get the name of the category of which this attribute value is an
257 * instance.
258 * <P>
259 * For class MultipleDocumentHandling and any vendor-defined subclasses,
260 * the category name is <CODE>"multiple-document-handling"</CODE>.
261 *
262 * @return Attribute category name.
263 */
264 public final String getName() {
265 return "multiple-document-handling";
266 }
267
268 }
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