javax.print
Class ServiceUI

java.lang.Object
  extended by javax.print.ServiceUI

public class ServiceUI
extends Object

ServiceUI provides a method to create a graphical print dialog.

The graphical print dialog enables the user to browse the available print services on the system. It provides user interfaces to interact with the most common printing attributes likes specifying the number of copies to print or the page ranges.

The initial appearance of the print dialog as shown to the user may be specified by providing the default selected print service as well as initial values for the printing attributes in the user interface.


Constructor Summary
ServiceUI()
          Default constructor.
 
Method Summary
static PrintService printDialog(GraphicsConfiguration gc, int x, int y, PrintService[] services, PrintService defaultService, DocFlavor flavor, PrintRequestAttributeSet attributes)
          Creates a modal graphical printing dialog at the specified location on the screen.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

ServiceUI

public ServiceUI()
Default constructor.

Method Detail

printDialog

public static PrintService printDialog(GraphicsConfiguration gc,
                                       int x,
                                       int y,
                                       PrintService[] services,
                                       PrintService defaultService,
                                       DocFlavor flavor,
                                       PrintRequestAttributeSet attributes)
                                throws HeadlessException
Creates a modal graphical printing dialog at the specified location on the screen.

The dialog will return the user selected print service and the given attributes set will contain the modified printing attributes. If the user cancels the printing dialog null will be returned and the printing attributes set will be unmodified.

The values of the given attributes set (if not empty) will be displayed initially unless the are unsupported by the print service. If a print service does not support a particular value it is substituted with the default value of the print service.

Parameters:
gc - the screen to use. null is default screen.
x - the coordinate of the upper left edge of the dialog in screen coordinates (not relative to the parent frame).
y - the coordinate of the upper left edge of the dialog in screen coordinates (not relative to the parent frame).
services - the print services to browse (not null).
defaultService - the default service. If null the first of the print services in the services array will be used.
flavor - the flavours to be printed.
attributes - the attributes requested. Will be updated by selections done by the user in the dialog.
Returns:
The selected print service or null if user has cancelled the printer dialog.
Throws:
HeadlessException - if GraphicsEnvironment is headless
IllegalArgumentException - if services is null or an empty array, attributes are null or the given default PrintService is not part of the print service array.