libjava/javax/print/Doc.java

   1 /* Doc.java --
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  37
  38
  39 package javax.print;
  40
  41 import java.io.IOException;
  42 import java.io.InputStream;
  43 import java.io.Reader;
  44
  45 import javax.print.attribute.DocAttributeSet;
  46
  47 /**
  48  * @author Michael Koch (konqueror@gmx.de)
  49  */
  50 public interface Doc
  51 {
  52   /**
  53    * Returns a set of attributes applying to this document.
  54    *
  55    * @return the attributes
  56    */
  57   DocAttributeSet getAttributes();
  58
  59   /**
  60    * Returns the flavor in which this document will provide its print data.
  61    *
  62    * @return the document flavor for printing
  63    */
  64   DocFlavor getDocFlavor();
  65
  66   /**
  67    * Returns the print data of this document represented in a format that supports
  68    * the document flavor.
  69    *
  70    * @return the print data
  71    *
  72    * @throws IOException if an error occurs
  73    */
  74   Object getPrintData() throws IOException;
  75
  76   /**
  77    * Returns a <code>Reader</code> object for extracting character print data
  78    * from this document.
  79    *
  80    * @return the <code>Reader</code> object
  81    *
  82    * @throws IOException if an error occurs
  83    */
  84   Reader getReaderForText() throws IOException;
  85
  86   /**
  87    * Returns an <code>InputStream</code> object for extracting byte print data
  88    * from this document.
  89    *
  90    * @return the <code>InputStream</code> object
  91    *
  92    * @throws IOException if an error occurs
  93    */
  94   InputStream getStreamForBytes() throws IOException;
  95 }