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package javax.print.attribute.standard;

import javax.print.attribute.Attribute;
import javax.print.attribute.EnumSyntax;


/**
 * The <code>Severity</code> printing attribute specifies the severity
 * for a <code>PrinterStateReason</code> attribute.
 * <p>
 * This attribute does not appear in the attribute set of a print service 
 * itself. Its used inside the <code>PrinterStateReasons</code> 
 * attribute which contains <code>PrinterStateReason</code> objects which 
 * informs about the print service's status.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * <b>IPP Compatibility:</b> Severity is not an IPP attribute on its own
 * but used in the PrinterStateReason attribute to indicate the severity.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author Michael Koch (konqueror@gmx.de)
 * @author Wolfgang Baer (WBaer@gmx.de)
 */
public final class Severity extends EnumSyntax
  implements Attribute
{
  private static final long serialVersionUID = 8781881462717925380L;

  /**
   * Indicates that the reason is a report.
   */
  public static final Severity REPORT = new Severity(0);
  
  /**
   * Indicates that the reason is a warning.
   */
  public static final Severity WARNING = new Severity(1);
  
  /**
   * Indicates that the reason is an error.
   */
  public static final Severity ERROR = new Severity(2);

  private static final String[] stringTable = { "report", "warning", "error" };
  
  private static final Severity[] enumValueTable = { REPORT, WARNING, ERROR };
  
  /**
   * Constructs a <code>Severity</code> object.
   *
   * @param value the enum value.
   */
  protected Severity(int value)
  {
    super(value);
  }

  /**
   * Returns category of this class.
   *
   * @return The class <code>Severity</code> itself.
   */
  public Class getCategory()
  {
    return Severity.class;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the name of this attribute.
   *
   * @return The name "severity".
   */
  public String getName()
  {
    return "severity";
  }
  
  /**
   * Returns a table with the enumeration values represented as strings
   * for this object.
   *
   * @return The enumeration values as strings.
   */
  protected String[] getStringTable()
  {
    return stringTable;
  }

  /**
   * Returns a table with the enumeration values for this object.
   *
   * @return The enumeration values.
   */
  protected EnumSyntax[] getEnumValueTable()
  {
    return enumValueTable;
  }
}