/* PrintJob.java -- A print job class Copyright (C) 1999 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 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. */ package java.awt; /** * This abstract class represents a print job. * * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com) */ public abstract class PrintJob { /* * Constructors */ /** * This method initializes a new instance of <code>PrintJob</code>. */ public PrintJob() { } /*************************************************************************/ /* * Instance Methods */ /** * Returns a graphics context suitable for rendering the next page. * * @return A graphics context for printing the next page. */ public abstract Graphics getGraphics(); /*************************************************************************/ /** * Returns the dimension of the page in pixels. The resolution will be * chosen to be similar to the on screen image. * * @return The page dimensions. */ public abstract Dimension getPageDimension(); /*************************************************************************/ /** * Returns the resolution of the page in pixels per inch. * * @return The resolution of the page in pixels per inch. */ public abstract int getPageResolution(); /*************************************************************************/ /** * Tests whether or not the last page will be printed first. * * @return <code>true</code> if the last page prints first, <code>false</code> * otherwise. */ public abstract boolean lastPageFirst(); /*************************************************************************/ /** * Informs the print job that printing is complete. */ public abstract void end(); /*************************************************************************/ /** * This method explicitly ends the print job in the event the job * becomes un-referenced without the application having done so. */ public void finalize() { end(); } } // class PrintJob