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java.awt.print

Interface Printable

public interface Printable
This interface provides a mechanism for the actual printing of pages to the printer. The object implementing this interface performs the page rendering.

Field Summary

static int
NO_SUCH_PAGE
This value is returned by the print() method to indicate that the requested page number does not exist.
static int
PAGE_EXISTS
This value is returned by the print() method to indicate that the requested page exists and has been printed.

Method Summary

int
print(Graphics graphics, PageFormat format, int page_number)
This method prints the specified page to the specified graphics context in the specified format.

Field Details

NO_SUCH_PAGE

public static final int NO_SUCH_PAGE
This value is returned by the print() method to indicate that the requested page number does not exist.
Field Value:
1

PAGE_EXISTS

public static final int PAGE_EXISTS
This value is returned by the print() method to indicate that the requested page exists and has been printed.
Field Value:
0

Method Details

print

public int print(Graphics graphics,
                 PageFormat format,
                 int page_number)
            throws PrinterException
This method prints the specified page to the specified graphics context in the specified format. The pages are numbered starting from zero.
Parameters:
graphics - The graphics context to render the pages on.
format - The format in which to print the page.
page_number - The page number to print, where numbers start at zero.
Returns:
PAGE_EXISTS if the requested page exists and was successfully printed, NO_SUCH_PAGE otherwise.
Throws:
PrinterException - If an error occurs during printing.
Printable.java -- Renders a page to the print device Copyright (C) 1999, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of GNU Classpath. GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole combination. As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend this exception to your version of the library, but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your version.

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