java.awt.print
Interface Pageable

All Known Implementing Classes:

Book

public abstract interface Pageable

The Pageable implementation represents a set of pages to be printed. The Pageable object returns the total number of pages in the set as well as the PageFormat and Printable for a specified page.

See Also:

PageFormat, Printable

Field Summary

static int

UNKNOWN_NUMBER_OF_PAGES This constant is returned from the getNumberOfPages method if a Pageable implementation does not know the number of pages in its set

Method Summary

int	getNumberOfPages() Returns the number of pages in the set.
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.

Field Detail

UNKNOWN_NUMBER_OF_PAGES

public static final int UNKNOWN_NUMBER_OF_PAGES

This constant is returned from the getNumberOfPages method if a Pageable implementation does not know the number of pages in its set

Method Detail

getNumberOfPages

public int getNumberOfPages()

Returns the number of pages in the set. To enable advanced printing features, it is recommended that Pageable implementations return the true number of pages rather than the UNKNOWN_NUMBER_OF_PAGES constant.

Returns:

the number of pages in this Pageable.

getPageFormat

public PageFormat getPageFormat(int pageIndex)
                         throws IndexOutOfBoundsException

Returns the PageFormat of the page specified by pageIndex.

Parameters:

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

Returns:

the PageFormat describing the size and orientation.

Throws:

IndexOutOfBoundsException - 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.

Parameters:

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

Returns:

the Printable that renders the page.

Throws:

IndexOutOfBoundsException - the Pageable does not contain the requested page.