001/* PrintJob.java -- A print job class 002 Copyright (C) 1999, 2002, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 003 004This file is part of GNU Classpath. 005 006GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 007it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by 008the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) 009any later version. 010 011GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 012WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 013MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 014General Public License for more details. 015 016You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 017along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the 018Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 01902110-1301 USA. 020 021Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is 022making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and 023conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole 024combination. 025 026As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you 027permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an 028executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent 029modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under 030terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked 031independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that 032module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from 033or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend 034this exception to your version of the library, but you are not 035obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this 036exception statement from your version. */ 037 038 039package java.awt; 040 041import 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 */ 051public 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