1 /* PrintJob.java -- A print job class 2 Copyright (C) 1999, 2002, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 3 4 This file is part of GNU Classpath. 5 6 GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 7 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by 8 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) 9 any later version. 10 11 GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 12 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 14 General Public License for more details. 15 16 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 17 along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the 18 Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 19 02110-1301 USA. 20 21 Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is 22 making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and 23 conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole 24 combination. 25 26 As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you 27 permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an 28 executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent 29 modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under 30 terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked 31 independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that 32 module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from 33 or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend 34 this exception to your version of the library, but you are not 35 obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this 36 exception statement from your version. */ 37 38 39 package java.awt; 40 41 import java.util.Properties; 42 43 /** 44 * This abstract class represents a print job. 45 * 46 * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com) 47 * @see Toolkit#getPrintJob(Frame, String, Properties) 48 * @since 1.0 49 * @status updated to 1.4 50 */ 51 public abstract class PrintJob 52 { 53 /** 54 * Create a new PrintJob. 55 */ PrintJob()56 public PrintJob() 57 { 58 } 59 60 /** 61 * Returns a graphics context suitable for rendering the next page. The 62 * return must also implement {@link PrintGraphics}. 63 * 64 * @return a graphics context for printing the next page 65 */ getGraphics()66 public abstract Graphics getGraphics(); 67 68 /** 69 * Returns the dimension of the page in pixels. The resolution will be 70 * chosen to be similar to the on screen image. 71 * 72 * @return the page dimensions 73 */ getPageDimension()74 public abstract Dimension getPageDimension(); 75 76 /** 77 * Returns the resolution of the page in pixels per inch. Note that this is 78 * not necessarily the printer's resolution. 79 * 80 * @return the resolution of the page in pixels per inch 81 */ getPageResolution()82 public abstract int getPageResolution(); 83 84 /** 85 * Tests whether or not the last page will be printed first. 86 * 87 * @return true if the last page prints first 88 */ lastPageFirst()89 public abstract boolean lastPageFirst(); 90 91 /** 92 * Informs the print job that printing is complete or should be aborted. 93 */ end()94 public abstract void end(); 95 96 /** 97 * This method explicitly ends the print job in the event the job 98 * becomes un-referenced without the application having done so. 99 */ finalize()100 public void finalize() 101 { 102 end(); 103 } 104 } // class PrintJob 105