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APPENDIX G
Java Print Service Glossary
- attribute
-
- a description of: a capability of a print service, a
charactaristic of a doc, an instruction
for processing a doc or an entire print job, or the
state of a print job or printer.
- attribute category
-
- the name of the attribute without
its range of values. The Java Print Service represents the
attribute category with a class, such as the OrientationRequested
class. An instance of an attribute class, such as an
OrientationRequested object, is an attribute
value.
- attribute set
-
- an attribute collection
that usually is restricted to contain only a certain kind of
attribute. The Java Print Service defines a superinterface for all
attribute sets called AttributeSet and an interface for each kind
of attribute set. The kinds of attribute sets are: doc attribute set,
print request
attribute set, print job attribute
set, and print service attribute
set.
- attribute value
-
- one of the range of values that an attribute supports.
The Java Print Service represents each supported attribute with one
of the attribute classes, such as the OrientationRequested class.
The class itself is the attribute category.
An instance of the class, such as an OrientationRequested object,
is the attribute value. The term attribute often refers to the
attribute value because the value of an attribute implies the
attribute itself.
- doc
-
- a piece of print data. the Java Print Service uses the Doc
interface to represent a piece of print data.
- doc attribute
-
- an attribute that
specifies a characteristic of an individual document and the
print job
settings to be applied to an individual document.
- doc attribute set
-
- a collection of attributes that is restricted to only contain
doc
attributes.
- doc flavor
-
- a document type. The Java Print Service uses the DocFlavor
class to represent a document type. A DocFlavor object encapsulates
a String representing a MIME type, which indicates the format of
the document, and a String representing a Java class, such as
"java.io.InputStream", that indicates how the document is sent to
the printer.
- hash attribute set
-
- an attribute
set that can contain different kinds of attributes. The Java
Print Service represents this attribute set with the
HashAttributeSet class, which implements AttributeSet.
- print job
-
- a submitted print
request, which includes one or more pieces of print data
and a set of processing instructions. The Java Print Service
represents a print job with the DocPrintJob object, which is
obtained from a print
service.
- print job attribute
-
- an attribute that
reports the status of a print job. A client
usually does not specify these attributes since these attributes
describe the print job after the client has submitted it. To
specify settings for a whole print job, the client instead uses the
print request
attributes.
- print job attribute set
-
- a collection of attributes that is
restricted to only contain print job
attributes.
- print request
-
- an unsubmitted print job.
- print request attribute
-
- an attribute that
specifies a setting applied to a whole print job and to all
the documents in the print job.
- print request attribute set
-
- a collection of attributes that is
restricted to only contain print request
attributes.
- print service
-
- an interface that represents a particular printer and is a
factory for print
jobs.
- print service attribute
-
- an attribute that
describes a printer. An example of such an attribute is one that
describes the printer's location.
- print service attribute set
-
- a collection of attributes that is
restricted to only contain print service
attributes.
- print-service lookup
-
- the action of attempting to locate a set of print services
representing printers that can print a given set of print data
according to a given set of processing instructions. A client uses
the PrintServiceLookup class to perform this action.
- stream print service
-
- a print
service that prints data to a client-provided output
stream.
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