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diff --git a/libjava/classpath/javax/print/attribute/package.html b/libjava/classpath/javax/print/attribute/package.html index 37f24d56b47..0ab01ab1bfe 100644 --- a/libjava/classpath/javax/print/attribute/package.html +++ b/libjava/classpath/javax/print/attribute/package.html @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <!-- package.html - describes classes in javax.print.attribute package. - Copyright (C) 2003, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + Copyright (C) 2003, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of GNU Classpath. @@ -43,6 +43,35 @@ exception statement from your version. --> <p>Provides classes and interfaces describing the roles and syntax of attribute objects in the Java Print Service API.</p> <p> +The package contains the base attribute interface and several subinterfaces +describing the different attribute roles of printing attributes. Furthermore, +abstract classes defining the syntax of attributes are provided. For +collections of attributes based on their roles different set interfaces and +implementing classes are available. +</p><p> +Existing attribute roles are: +<ul> +<li><a href="PrintServiceAttribute.html">PrintServiceAttribute</a>s +describing the state and other informations of a PrintService.</li> +<li><a href="PrintJobAttribute.html">PrintJobAttribute</a>s describing +the state of the print job.</li> +<li><a href="PrintRequestAttribute.html">PrintRequestAttribute</a>s specifying +how a print job should be printed and are applied to a complete print job.</li> +<li><a href="PrintJobAttribute.html">PrintJobAttribute</a> s specifying +how a single document in the print job should be printed.</li> +</ul> +</p><p> +Every attribute is of a certain syntax which defines its type and the +representation of its value. The different syntax types are provided as +abstract syntax classes (e.g. <code>IntegerSyntax</code>). Concrete attribute +implementations are subclasses of these abstract syntax classes. +</p><p> +Attributes may be collected as sets of attributes. Different interfaces for +attribute collections per role and implementations based on a HashMap are +provided (for example <a href="HashPrintJobAttributeSet.html"> +HashPrintJobAttributeSet</a> for the print job attributes). +</p> +<p> <b>Since:</b> 1.4 </p> </body> |
