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package javax.print.attribute.standard;
import java.util.Date;
import javax.print.attribute.Attribute;
import javax.print.attribute.DateTimeSyntax;
import javax.print.attribute.PrintJobAttribute;
/**
* Class DateTimeAtCreation is a printing attribute class, a date-time
* attribute, that indicates the date and time at which the Print Job was
* created.
* <P>
* To construct a DateTimeAtCreation attribute from separate values of the year,
* month, day, hour, minute, and so on, use a {@link java.util.Calendar
* Calendar} object to construct a {@link java.util.Date Date} object, then use
* the {@link java.util.Date Date} object to construct the DateTimeAtCreation
* attribute. To convert a DateTimeAtCreation attribute to separate values of
* the year, month, day, hour, minute, and so on, create a {@link
* java.util.Calendar Calendar} object and set it to the {@link java.util.Date
* Date} from the DateTimeAtCreation attribute.
* <P>
* <B>IPP Compatibility:</B> The information needed to construct an IPP
* "date-time-at-creation" attribute can be obtained as described above. The
* category name returned by <CODE>getName()</CODE> gives the IPP attribute
* name.
* <P>
*
* @author Alan Kaminsky
*/
public final class DateTimeAtCreation extends DateTimeSyntax
implements PrintJobAttribute {
private static final long serialVersionUID = -2923732231056647903L;
/**
* Construct a new date-time at creation attribute with the given {@link
* java.util.Date Date} value.
*
* @param dateTime {@link java.util.Date Date} value.
*
* @exception NullPointerException
* (unchecked exception) Thrown if <CODE>dateTime</CODE> is null.
*/
public DateTimeAtCreation(Date dateTime) {
super (dateTime);
}
/**
* Returns whether this date-time at creation attribute is equivalent to
* the passed in object. To be equivalent, all of the following conditions
* must be true:
* <OL TYPE=1>
* <LI>
* <CODE>object</CODE> is not null.
* <LI>
* <CODE>object</CODE> is an instance of class DateTimeAtCreation.
* <LI>
* This date-time at creation attribute's {@link java.util.Date Date} value
* and <CODE>object</CODE>'s {@link java.util.Date Date} value are equal.
* </OL>
*
* @param object Object to compare to.
*
* @return True if <CODE>object</CODE> is equivalent to this date-time
* at creation attribute, false otherwise.
*/
public boolean equals(Object object) {
return(super.equals (object) &&
object instanceof DateTimeAtCreation);
}
/**
* Get the printing attribute class which is to be used as the "category"
* for this printing attribute value.
* <P>
* For class DateTimeAtCreation, the category is class
* DateTimeAtCreation itself.
*
* @return Printing attribute class (category), an instance of class
* {@link java.lang.Class java.lang.Class}.
*/
public final Class<? extends Attribute> getCategory() {
return DateTimeAtCreation.class;
}
/**
* Get the name of the category of which this attribute value is an
* instance.
* <P>
* For class DateTimeAtCreation, the category name is
* <CODE>"date-time-at-creation"</CODE>.
*
* @return Attribute category name.
*/
public final String getName() {
return "date-time-at-creation";
}
}