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package javax.print;

import javax.print.attribute.Attribute;
import javax.print.attribute.AttributeSet;
import javax.print.attribute.PrintServiceAttribute;
import javax.print.attribute.PrintServiceAttributeSet;
import javax.print.event.PrintServiceAttributeListener;

/**
 * @author Michael Koch (konqueror@gmx.de)
 */
public interface PrintService
{
  /**
   * Returns a new print job capable to handle all supported document flavors.
   * 
   * @return the new print job
   */
  DocPrintJob createPrintJob();
  
  /**
   * Determines if two services refer to the same underlying service.
   * 
   * @param obj the service to check against
   * 
   * @return <code>true</code> if both services refer to the sam underlying
   * service, <code>false</code> otherwise
   */
  boolean equals(Object obj);
  
  /**
   * Returns the value of a single specified attribute.
   * 
   * @param category the category of a <code>PrintServiceAttribute</code>
   * 
   * @return the value of the attribute
   * 
   * @throws NullPointerException if category is null
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if category is not a class that
   * implements <code>PrintServiceAttribute</code>
   */
  PrintServiceAttribute getAttribute(Class category);
  
  /**
   * Returns all attributes of this printer service
   * 
   * @return all attributes of this print service
   */
  PrintServiceAttributeSet getAttributes();

  /**
   * Returns the service's default value for a given attribute.
   * 
   * @param category the category of the attribute
   * 
   * @return the default value
   * 
   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>category</code> is null
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>category</code> is a class
   * not implementing <code>Attribute</code> 
   */
  Object getDefaultAttributeValue(Class category);
  
  /**
   * Returns the name of this print service.
   * 
   * @return the name
   */
  String getName();
  
  /**
   * Returns a factory for UI components.
   * 
   * @return the factory
   */
  ServiceUIFactory getServiceUIFactory();
  
  /**
   * Returns all supported attribute categories.
   * 
   * @return an array of all supported attribute categories
   */
  Class[] getSupportedAttributeCategories();
  
  /**
   * Returns all supported attribute values a client can use when setting up
   * a print job with this service.
   * 
   * @param category the attribute category to test
   * @param flavor the document flavor to use, or null
   * @param attributes set of printing attributes for a supposed job, or null
   * 
   * @return object indicating supported values for <code>category</code>,
   * or null if this print service doesnt support specifying doc-level or
   * job-level attribute in a print request.
   * 
   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>category</code> is null
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>category</code> is a class not
   * implementing <code>Attribute</code>, or if <code>flavor</code> is not
   * supported
   */
  Object getSupportedAttributeValues(Class category, DocFlavor flavor, AttributeSet attributes);
  
  /**
   * Returns an array of all supproted document flavors.
   * 
   * @return the supported document flavors
   */
  DocFlavor[] getSupportedDocFlavors();
  
  /**
   * Returns all attributes that are unsupported for a print request in the
   * context of a particular document flavor.
   * 
   * @param flavor document flavor to test, or null
   * @param attributes set of printing attributes for a supposed job
   * 
   * @return null if this <code>PrintService</code> supports the print request
   * specification, else the unsupported attributes
   * 
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>flavor</code> is unsupported
   */
  AttributeSet getUnsupportedAttributes(DocFlavor flavor, AttributeSet attributes);
  
  /**
   * Returns a hashcode for this printer service.
   * 
   * @return the hashcode
   */
  int hashCode();
  
  /**
   * Determines a given attribute category is supported or not.
   * 
   * @param category the category to check
   * 
   * @return <code>true</code> if <code>category</code> is supported,
   * <code>false</code> otherwise
   * 
   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>category</code> is null
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>category</code> is a class not
   * implementing <code>Attribute</code>.
   */
  boolean isAttributeCategorySupported(Class category);
  
  /**
   * Determines a given attribute value is supported when creating a print job
   * for this print service.
   * 
   * @param attrval the attribute value to check
   * @param flavor the document flavor to use, or null
   * @param attributes set of printing attributes to use, or null
   * 
   * @return <code>true</code> if the attribute value is supported,
   * <code>false</code> otherwise
   * 
   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>attrval</code> is null
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>flavor</code> is not supported
   * by this print service
   */
  boolean isAttributeValueSupported(Attribute attrval, DocFlavor flavor, AttributeSet attributes);
  
  /**
   * Determines a given document flavor is supported or not.
   * 
   * @param flavor the document flavor to check
   * 
   * @return <code>true</code> if <code>flavor</code> is supported,
   * <code>false</code> otherwise
   * 
   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>flavor</code> is null
   */
  boolean isDocFlavorSupported(DocFlavor flavor);
  
  /**
   * Registers a print service attribute listener to this print service.
   * 
   * @param listener the listener to add
   */
  void addPrintServiceAttributeListener(PrintServiceAttributeListener listener);
  
  /**
   * De-registers a print service attribute listener from this print service.
   * 
   * @param listener the listener to remove
   */
  void removePrintServiceAttributeListener(PrintServiceAttributeListener listener);
}