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Attribute.java API Doc Java SE 5 API 1402 Fri Aug 26 14:57:42 BST 2005 javax.print.attribute

Attribute

public interface Attribute implements Serializable

Interface Attribute is the base interface implemented by any and every printing attribute class to indicate that the class represents a printing attribute. All printing attributes are serializable.

author: David Mendenhall
author: Alan Kaminsky

Fields Summary
Constructors Summary
Methods Summary
public java.lang.Class getCategory()
Get the printing attribute class which is to be used as the "category" for this printing attribute value when it is added to an attribute set.
return
Printing attribute class (category), an instance of class {@link java.lang.Class java.lang.Class}.
public java.lang.String getName()
Get the name of the category of which this attribute value is an instance.
Note: This method is intended to provide a default, nonlocalized string for the attribute's category. If two attribute objects return the same category from the getCategory() method, they should return the same name from the getName() method.
return
Attribute category name.