001 /* PrintJob.java -- A print job class 002 Copyright (C) 1999, 2002, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 003 004 This file is part of GNU Classpath. 005 006 GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 007 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by 008 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) 009 any later version. 010 011 GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 012 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 013 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 014 General Public License for more details. 015 016 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 017 along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the 018 Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 019 02110-1301 USA. 020 021 Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is 022 making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and 023 conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole 024 combination. 025 026 As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you 027 permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an 028 executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent 029 modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under 030 terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked 031 independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that 032 module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from 033 or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend 034 this exception to your version of the library, but you are not 035 obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this 036 exception statement from your version. */ 037 038 039 package java.awt; 040 041 import java.util.Properties; 042 043 /** 044 * This abstract class represents a print job. 045 * 046 * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com) 047 * @see Toolkit#getPrintJob(Frame, String, Properties) 048 * @since 1.0 049 * @status updated to 1.4 050 */ 051 public abstract class PrintJob 052 { 053 /** 054 * Create a new PrintJob. 055 */ 056 public PrintJob() 057 { 058 } 059 060 /** 061 * Returns a graphics context suitable for rendering the next page. The 062 * return must also implement {@link PrintGraphics}. 063 * 064 * @return a graphics context for printing the next page 065 */ 066 public abstract Graphics getGraphics(); 067 068 /** 069 * Returns the dimension of the page in pixels. The resolution will be 070 * chosen to be similar to the on screen image. 071 * 072 * @return the page dimensions 073 */ 074 public abstract Dimension getPageDimension(); 075 076 /** 077 * Returns the resolution of the page in pixels per inch. Note that this is 078 * not necessarily the printer's resolution. 079 * 080 * @return the resolution of the page in pixels per inch 081 */ 082 public abstract int getPageResolution(); 083 084 /** 085 * Tests whether or not the last page will be printed first. 086 * 087 * @return true if the last page prints first 088 */ 089 public abstract boolean lastPageFirst(); 090 091 /** 092 * Informs the print job that printing is complete or should be aborted. 093 */ 094 public abstract void end(); 095 096 /** 097 * This method explicitly ends the print job in the event the job 098 * becomes un-referenced without the application having done so. 099 */ 100 public void finalize() 101 { 102 end(); 103 } 104 } // class PrintJob