public class

MediaSize

extends Size2DSyntax
implements Attribute
java.lang.Object
   ↳ javax.print.attribute.Size2DSyntax
     ↳ javax.print.attribute.standard.MediaSize

Class Overview

Class MediaSize is a two-dimensional size valued printing attribute class that indicates the dimensions of the medium in a portrait orientation, with the X dimension running along the bottom edge and the Y dimension running along the left edge. Thus, the Y dimension must be greater than or equal to the X dimension. Class MediaSize declares many standard media size values, organized into nested classes for ISO, JIS, North American, engineering, and other media.

MediaSize is not yet used to specify media. Its current role is as a mapping for named media (see MediaSizeName). Clients can use the mapping method MediaSize.getMediaSizeForName(MediaSizeName) to find the physical dimensions of the MediaSizeName instances enumerated in this API. This is useful for clients which need this information to format & paginate printing.

Summary

Nested Classes
class MediaSize.Engineering Class MediaSize.Engineering includes MediaSize values for engineering media. 
class MediaSize.ISO Class MediaSize.ISO includes MediaSize values for ISO media. 
class MediaSize.JIS Class MediaSize.JIS includes MediaSize values for JIS (Japanese) media. 
class MediaSize.NA Class MediaSize.NA includes MediaSize values for North American media. 
class MediaSize.Other Class MediaSize.Other includes MediaSize values for miscellaneous media. 
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Inherited Constants
From class javax.print.attribute.Size2DSyntax
Public Constructors
MediaSize(float x, float y, int units)
Construct a new media size attribute from the given floating-point values.
MediaSize(int x, int y, int units)
Construct a new media size attribute from the given integer values.
MediaSize(float x, float y, int units, MediaSizeName media)
Construct a new media size attribute from the given floating-point values.
MediaSize(int x, int y, int units, MediaSizeName media)
Construct a new media size attribute from the given integer values.
Public Methods
boolean equals(Object object)
Returns whether this media size attribute is equivalent to the passed in object.
static MediaSizeName findMedia(float x, float y, int units)
The specified dimensions are used to locate a matching MediaSize instance from amongst all the standard MediaSize instances.
final Class<? extends Attribute> getCategory()
Get the printing attribute class which is to be used as the "category" for this printing attribute value.
static MediaSize getMediaSizeForName(MediaSizeName media)
Get the MediaSize for the specified named media.
MediaSizeName getMediaSizeName()
Get the media name, if any, for this size.
final String getName()
Get the name of the category of which this attribute value is an instance.
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Inherited Methods
From class javax.print.attribute.Size2DSyntax
From class java.lang.Object
From interface javax.print.attribute.Attribute

Public Constructors

public MediaSize (float x, float y, int units)

Construct a new media size attribute from the given floating-point values.

Parameters
x X dimension.
y Y dimension.
units Unit conversion factor, e.g. Size2DSyntax.INCH or Size2DSyntax.MM.
Throws
IllegalArgumentException (Unchecked exception) Thrown if x < 0 or y < 0 or units < 1 or x > y.

public MediaSize (int x, int y, int units)

Construct a new media size attribute from the given integer values.

Parameters
x X dimension.
y Y dimension.
units Unit conversion factor, e.g. Size2DSyntax.INCH or Size2DSyntax.MM.
Throws
IllegalArgumentException (Unchecked exception) Thrown if x < 0 or y < 0 or units < 1 or x > y.

public MediaSize (float x, float y, int units, MediaSizeName media)

Construct a new media size attribute from the given floating-point values.

Parameters
x X dimension.
y Y dimension.
units Unit conversion factor, e.g. Size2DSyntax.INCH or Size2DSyntax.MM.
media a media name to associate with this MediaSize
Throws
IllegalArgumentException (Unchecked exception) Thrown if x < 0 or y < 0 or units < 1 or x > y.

public MediaSize (int x, int y, int units, MediaSizeName media)

Construct a new media size attribute from the given integer values.

Parameters
x X dimension.
y Y dimension.
units Unit conversion factor, e.g. Size2DSyntax.INCH or Size2DSyntax.MM.
media a media name to associate with this MediaSize
Throws
IllegalArgumentException (Unchecked exception) Thrown if x < 0 or y < 0 or units < 1 or x > y.

Public Methods

public boolean equals (Object object)

Returns whether this media size attribute is equivalent to the passed in object. To be equivalent, all of the following conditions must be true:

  1. object is not null.
  2. object is an instance of class MediaSize.
  3. This media size attribute's X dimension is equal to object's X dimension.
  4. This media size attribute's Y dimension is equal to object's Y dimension.

Parameters
object Object to compare to.
Returns
  • True if object is equivalent to this media size attribute, false otherwise.

public static MediaSizeName findMedia (float x, float y, int units)

The specified dimensions are used to locate a matching MediaSize instance from amongst all the standard MediaSize instances. If there is no exact match, the closest match is used.

The MediaSize is in turn used to locate the MediaSizeName object. This method may return null if the closest matching MediaSize has no corresponding Media instance.

This method is useful for clients which have only dimensions and want to find a Media which corresponds to the dimensions.

Parameters
x - X dimension
y - Y dimension.
units Unit conversion factor, e.g. Size2DSyntax.INCH or Size2DSyntax.MM
Returns
  • MediaSizeName matching these dimensions, or null.
Throws
IllegalArgumentException if x <= 0, y <= 0, or units < 1

public final Class<? extends Attribute> getCategory ()

Get the printing attribute class which is to be used as the "category" for this printing attribute value.

For class MediaSize and any vendor-defined subclasses, the category is class MediaSize itself.

Returns
  • Printing attribute class (category), an instance of class java.lang.Class.

public static MediaSize getMediaSizeForName (MediaSizeName media)

Get the MediaSize for the specified named media.

Parameters
media - the name of the media for which the size is sought
Returns
  • size of the media, or null if this media is not associated with any size.

public MediaSizeName getMediaSizeName ()

Get the media name, if any, for this size.

Returns
  • the name for this media size, or null if no name was associated with this size (an anonymous size).

public final String getName ()

Get the name of the category of which this attribute value is an instance.

For class MediaSize and any vendor-defined subclasses, the category name is "media-size".

Returns
  • Attribute category name.