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StreamPrintServiceFactory.javaAPI DocJava SE 5 API7267Fri Aug 26 14:57:42 BST 2005javax.print

StreamPrintServiceFactory.java

/*
 * @(#)StreamPrintServiceFactory.java	1.8 03/12/19
 *
 * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 */

package javax.print;

import java.io.OutputStream;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Iterator;

import javax.print.DocFlavor;

import sun.awt.AppContext;
import sun.misc.Service;

/**
 * A <code>StreamPrintServiceFactory</code> is the factory for 
 * {@link StreamPrintService} instances,
 * which can print to an output stream in a particular
 * document format described as a mime type.
 * A typical output document format may be Postscript(TM). 
 * <p>
 * This class is implemented by a service and located by the
 * implementation using the 
 * <a href="http:/java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.3/docs/guide/jar/jar.html#Service Provider">
 * SPI JAR File specification</a>.
 * <p>
 * Applications locate instances of this class by calling the
 * {@link #lookupStreamPrintServiceFactories(DocFlavor, String)} method.
 * <p>
 * Applications can use a <code>StreamPrintService</code> obtained from a 
 * factory in place of a <code>PrintService</code> which represents a 
 * physical printer device.
 */

public abstract class StreamPrintServiceFactory {

    static class Services {
	private ArrayList listOfFactories = null;
    }

    private static Services getServices() {
	Services services =
	    (Services)AppContext.getAppContext().get(Services.class);
	if (services == null) {
	    services = new Services();
	    AppContext.getAppContext().put(Services.class, services);
	}
	return services;	
    }

    private static ArrayList getListOfFactories() {
	return getServices().listOfFactories;
    }

    private static ArrayList initListOfFactories() {
	ArrayList listOfFactories = new ArrayList();
	getServices().listOfFactories = listOfFactories;
	return listOfFactories;
    }

    /**
     * Locates factories for print services that can be used with
     * a print job to output a stream of data in the
     * format specified by <code>flavor</code>.
     * For example, the doc flavor is the document type that you want to
     * create, not the flavor of the 
     * document before printing.
     * <p>
     * Although null is an acceptable value to use in the lookup of stream
     * printing services, it's typical to search for a particular
     * desired format, such as Postscript(TM).
     * <p>
     * @param flavor of the input document type - null means match all
     * types.
     * @param outputMimeType representing the required output format, used to
     * identify suitable stream printer factories. A value of null means
     * match all formats.
     * @return - matching factories for stream print service instance,
     *           empty if no suitable factories could be located.
     */
     public static StreamPrintServiceFactory[]
         lookupStreamPrintServiceFactories(DocFlavor flavor,
					   String outputMimeType) {
         
         ArrayList list = getFactories(flavor, outputMimeType);
	 return (StreamPrintServiceFactory[])
               (list.toArray(new StreamPrintServiceFactory[list.size()]));
     }

    /** Queries the factory for the document format that is emitted
     * by printers obtained from this factory.
     *
     * @return the output format described as a mime type.
     */
    public abstract String getOutputFormat();

    /**
     * Queries the factory for the document flavors that can be accepted
     * by printers obtained from this factory.
     * @return array of supported doc flavors.
     */
    public abstract DocFlavor[] getSupportedDocFlavors();
   
    /** 
     * Returns a <code>StreamPrintService</code> that can print to
     * the specified output stream.
     * The output stream is created and managed by the application.
     * It is the application's responsibility to close the stream and
     * to ensure that this Printer is not reused.
     * The application should not close this stream until any print job
     * created from the printer is complete. Doing so earlier may generate
     * a <code>PrinterException</code> and an event indicating that the
     * job failed.
     * <p>
     * Whereas a <code>PrintService</code> connected to a physical printer 
     * can be reused,
     * a <code>StreamPrintService</code> connected to a stream cannot.
     * The underlying <code>StreamPrintService</code> may be disposed by
     * the print system with
     * the {@link StreamPrintService#dispose() dispose} method 
     * before returning from the
     * {@link DocPrintJob#print(Doc, javax.print.attribute.PrintRequestAttributeSet) print} 
     * method of <code>DocPrintJob</code> so that the print system knows 
     * this printer is no longer usable.
     * This is equivalent to a physical printer going offline - permanently.
     * Applications may supply a null print stream to create a queryable
     * service. It is not valid to create a PrintJob for such a stream.
     * Implementations which allocate resources on construction should examine
     * the stream and may wish to only allocate resources if the stream is
     * non-null.
     * <p>
     * @param out destination stream for generated output.
     * @return a PrintService which will generate the format specified by the
     * DocFlavor supported by this Factory.
     */
    public abstract StreamPrintService getPrintService(OutputStream out);
    

    private static ArrayList getAllFactories() {
	synchronized (StreamPrintServiceFactory.class) {

	  ArrayList listOfFactories = getListOfFactories(); 
	    if (listOfFactories != null) {
		return listOfFactories;
	    } else {
		listOfFactories = initListOfFactories();
	    }

	    try {
		java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(
		     new java.security.PrivilegedExceptionAction() {
                        public Object run() {
			    Iterator iterator =
				Service.providers(
				    StreamPrintServiceFactory.class);
			    ArrayList lof = getListOfFactories();
			    while (iterator.hasNext()) {
				try {
				    StreamPrintServiceFactory factory =
				 	(StreamPrintServiceFactory)
					           iterator.next();
				    lof.add(factory);
				}  catch (Exception e) {
				}
			    }
			    return null;
			}
		});
	    } catch (java.security.PrivilegedActionException e) {
	    }
	    return listOfFactories;
	}
    }
   
    private static boolean isMember(DocFlavor flavor, DocFlavor[] flavors) {
	for (int f=0; f<flavors.length; f++ ) {
	    if (flavor.equals(flavors[f])) {
		return true;
	    }
	}
	return false;
    }

    private static ArrayList getFactories(DocFlavor flavor, String outType) {
	
        if (flavor == null && outType == null) {
            return getAllFactories();
        }

        ArrayList list = new ArrayList();
        Iterator iterator = getAllFactories().iterator();
        while (iterator.hasNext()) {
            StreamPrintServiceFactory factory =
                (StreamPrintServiceFactory)iterator.next();
	    if ((outType == null || 
		 outType.equalsIgnoreCase(factory.getOutputFormat())) &&
		(flavor == null || 
		 isMember(flavor, factory.getSupportedDocFlavors()))) {
                list.add(factory);
            }
        }

        return list;
    }

}