Source for javax.print.AttributeException

   1: /* AttributeException.java --
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  38: 
  39: package javax.print;
  40: 
  41: import javax.print.attribute.Attribute;
  42: 
  43: /**
  44:  * <code>AttributeException</code> specifies two methods a specific
  45:  * subclass of {@link javax.print.PrintException} may implement to
  46:  * provide further information of printing errors if unsupported
  47:  * attribute classes or values of attributes are involved.
  48:  * <p>
  49:  * There exists no <code>PrintException</code> class implementing this
  50:  * interface. Providing these extensions in <code>PrintException</code>
  51:  * subclasses is left to the concrete print service implementation.
  52:  * </p>
  53:  *
  54:  * @author Michael Koch (konqueror@gmx.de)
  55:  */
  56: public interface AttributeException
  57: {
  58:   /**
  59:    * Returns the unsupported printing attribute classes for a print service
  60:    * that does not support the attribute category at all. The returned
  61:    * class instances are sublcasses of the base interface {@link Attribute}.
  62:    *
  63:    * @return The unsupported attribute classes, or <code>null</code> if there
  64:    * are no such attribute classes.
  65:    */
  66:   Class[] getUnsupportedAttributes();
  67: 
  68:   /**
  69:    * Returns the unsupported attribute values of printing attributes a specific
  70:    * print service does support but not the particular provided value.
  71:    *
  72:    * @return The unsupported attribute values, or <code>null</code> if there
  73:    * are no such attributes values.
  74:    */
  75:   Attribute[] getUnsupportedValues();
  76: }