java.awt.print
Class Book

java.lang.Object
  java.awt.print.Book

All Implemented Interfaces:

Pageable

public class Book

extends Object

implements Pageable

The Book class provides a representation of a document in which pages may have different page formats and page painters. This class uses the Pageable interface to interact with a PrinterJob.

See Also:

Pageable, PrinterJob

Nested Class Summary

private class

Book.BookPage The BookPage inner class describes an individual page in a Book through a PageFormat-Printable pair.

Field Summary

private Vector

mPages The set of pages that make up the Book.

Fields inherited from interface java.awt.print.Pageable

UNKNOWN_NUMBER_OF_PAGES

Constructor Summary

Book()
Creates a new, empty Book.

Method Summary

void	append(Printable painter, PageFormat page) Appends a single page to the end of this Book.
void	append(Printable painter, PageFormat page, int numPages) Appends numPages pages to the end of this Book.
int	getNumberOfPages() Returns the number of pages in this Book.
private Book.BookPage	getPage(int pageIndex) Return the BookPage for the page specified by 'pageIndex'.
PageFormat	getPageFormat(int pageIndex) Returns the PageFormat of the page specified by pageIndex.
Printable	getPrintable(int pageIndex) Returns the Printable instance responsible for rendering the page specified by pageIndex.
void	setPage(int pageIndex, Printable painter, PageFormat page) Sets the PageFormat and the Painter for a specified page number.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

mPages

private Vector mPages

The set of pages that make up the Book.

Constructor Detail

Book

public Book()

Creates a new, empty Book.

Method Detail

getNumberOfPages

public int getNumberOfPages()

Returns the number of pages in this Book.

Specified by:

getNumberOfPages in interface Pageable

Returns:

the number of pages this Book contains.

getPageFormat

public PageFormat getPageFormat(int pageIndex)
                         throws IndexOutOfBoundsException

Returns the PageFormat of the page specified by pageIndex.

Specified by:

getPageFormat in interface Pageable

Parameters:

pageIndex - the zero based index of the page whose PageFormat is being requested

Returns:

the PageFormat describing the size and orientation of the page.

Throws:

IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the Pageable does not contain the requested page

getPrintable

public Printable getPrintable(int pageIndex)
                       throws IndexOutOfBoundsException

Returns the Printable instance responsible for rendering the page specified by pageIndex.

Specified by:

getPrintable in interface Pageable

Parameters:

pageIndex - the zero based index of the page whose Printable is being requested

Returns:

the Printable that renders the page.

Throws:

IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the Pageable does not contain the requested page

setPage

public void setPage(int pageIndex,
                    Printable painter,
                    PageFormat page)
             throws IndexOutOfBoundsException

Sets the PageFormat and the Painter for a specified page number.

Parameters:

pageIndex - the zero based index of the page whose painter and format is altered

painter - the Printable instance that renders the page

page - the size and orientation of the page

Throws:

IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the specified page is not already in this Book

NullPointerException - if the painter or page argument is null

append

public void append(Printable painter,
                   PageFormat page)

Appends a single page to the end of this Book.

Parameters:

painter - the Printable instance that renders the page

page - the size and orientation of the page

Throws:

NullPointerException - If the painter or page argument is null

append

public void append(Printable painter,
                   PageFormat page,
                   int numPages)

Appends numPages pages to the end of this Book. Each of the pages is associated with page.

Parameters:

painter - the Printable instance that renders the page

page - the size and orientation of the page

numPages - the number of pages to be added to the this Book.

Throws:

NullPointerException - If the painter or page argument is null

getPage

private Book.BookPage getPage(int pageIndex)
                       throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException

Return the BookPage for the page specified by 'pageIndex'.

Throws:

ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException