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package javax.print.attribute.standard;

import javax.print.attribute.Attribute;
import javax.print.attribute.EnumSyntax;
import javax.print.attribute.DocAttribute;
import javax.print.attribute.PrintRequestAttribute;
import javax.print.attribute.PrintJobAttribute;

/**
 * Class SheetCollate is a printing attribute class, an enumeration, that
 * specifies whether or not the media sheets of each copy of each printed
 * document in a job are to be in sequence, when multiple copies of the document
 * are specified by the {@link Copies Copies} attribute. When SheetCollate is
 * COLLATED, each copy of each document is printed with the print-stream sheets
 * in sequence. When SheetCollate is UNCOLLATED, each print-stream sheet is
 * printed a number of times equal to the value of the {@link Copies Copies}
 * attribute in succession. For example, suppose a document produces two media
 * sheets as output, {@link Copies Copies} is 6, and SheetCollate is UNCOLLATED;
 * in this case six copies of the first media sheet are printed followed by
 * six copies of the second media sheet.
 * <P>
 * Whether the effect of sheet collation is achieved by placing copies of a
 * document in multiple output bins or in the same output bin with
 * implementation defined document separation is implementation dependent.
 * Also whether it is achieved by making multiple passes over the job or by
 * using an output sorter is implementation dependent.
 * <P>
 * If a printer does not support the SheetCollate attribute (meaning the client
 * cannot specify any particular sheet collation), the printer must behave as
 * though SheetCollate were always set to COLLATED.
 * <P>
 * The SheetCollate attribute interacts with the {@link MultipleDocumentHandling
 * MultipleDocumentHandling} attribute. The {@link MultipleDocumentHandling
 * MultipleDocumentHandling} attribute describes the collation of entire
 * documents, and the SheetCollate attribute describes the semantics of
 * collating individual pages within a document.
 * <P>
 * The effect of a SheetCollate attribute on a multidoc print job (a job with
 * multiple documents) depends on whether all the docs have the same sheet
 * collation specified or whether different docs have different sheet
 * collations specified, and on the (perhaps defaulted) value of the {@link
 * MultipleDocumentHandling MultipleDocumentHandling} attribute.
 * <UL>
 * <LI>
 * If all the docs have the same sheet collation specified, then the following
 * combinations of SheetCollate and {@link MultipleDocumentHandling
 * MultipleDocumentHandling} are permitted, and the printer reports an error
 * when the job is submitted if any other combination is specified:
 * <UL>
 * <LI>
 * SheetCollate = COLLATED, {@link MultipleDocumentHandling
 * MultipleDocumentHandling} = SINGLE_DOCUMENT -- All the input docs will be
 * combined into one output document. Multiple copies of the output document
 * will be produced with pages in collated order, i.e. pages 1, 2, 3, . . .,
 * 1, 2, 3, . . .
 * <P>
 * <LI>
 * SheetCollate = COLLATED, {@link MultipleDocumentHandling
 * MultipleDocumentHandling} = SINGLE_DOCUMENT_NEW_SHEET -- All the input docs
 * will be combined into one output document, and the first impression of each
 * input doc will always start on a new media sheet. Multiple copies of the
 * output document will be produced with pages in collated order, i.e. pages
 * 1, 2, 3, . . ., 1, 2, 3, . . .
 * <P>
 * <LI>
 * SheetCollate = COLLATED, {@link MultipleDocumentHandling
 * MultipleDocumentHandling} = SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_UNCOLLATED_COPIES -- Each
 * input doc will remain a separate output document. Multiple copies of each
 * output document (call them A, B, . . .) will be produced with each document's
 * pages in collated order, but the documents themselves in uncollated order,
 * i.e. pages A1, A2, A3, . . ., A1, A2, A3, . . ., B1, B2, B3, . . ., B1, B2,
 * B3, . . .
 * <P>
 * <LI>
 * SheetCollate = COLLATED, {@link MultipleDocumentHandling
 * MultipleDocumentHandling} = SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_COLLATED_COPIES -- Each input
 * doc will remain a separate output document. Multiple copies of each output
 * document (call them A, B, . . .) will be produced with each document's pages
 * in collated order, with the documents themselves also in collated order, i.e.
 * pages A1, A2, A3, . . ., B1, B2, B3, . . ., A1, A2, A3, . . ., B1, B2, B3,
 * . . .
 * <P>
 * <LI>
 * SheetCollate = UNCOLLATED, {@link MultipleDocumentHandling
 * MultipleDocumentHandling} = SINGLE_DOCUMENT -- All the input docs will be
 * combined into one output document. Multiple copies of the output document
 * will be produced with pages in uncollated order, i.e. pages 1, 1, . . .,
 * 2, 2, . . ., 3, 3, . . .
 * <P>
 * <LI>
 * SheetCollate = UNCOLLATED, {@link MultipleDocumentHandling
 * MultipleDocumentHandling} = SINGLE_DOCUMENT_NEW_SHEET -- All the input docs
 * will be combined into one output document, and the first impression of each
 * input doc will always start on a new media sheet. Multiple copies of the
 * output document will be produced with pages in uncollated order, i.e. pages
 * 1, 1, . . ., 2, 2, . . ., 3, 3, . . .
 * <P>
 * <LI>
 * SheetCollate = UNCOLLATED, {@link MultipleDocumentHandling
 * MultipleDocumentHandling} = SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_UNCOLLATED_COPIES -- Each
 * input doc will remain a separate output document. Multiple copies of each
 * output document (call them A, B, . . .) will be produced with each document's
 * pages in uncollated order, with the documents themselves also in uncollated
 * order, i.e. pages A1, A1, . . ., A2, A2, . . ., A3, A3, . . ., B1, B1, . . .,
 * B2, B2, . . ., B3, B3, . . .
 * </UL>
 * <P>
 * <LI>
 * If different docs have different sheet collations specified, then only one
 * value of {@link MultipleDocumentHandling MultipleDocumentHandling} is
 * permitted, and the printer reports an error when the job is submitted if any
 * other value is specified:
 * <UL>
 * <LI>
 * {@link MultipleDocumentHandling MultipleDocumentHandling} =
 * SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_UNCOLLATED_COPIES -- Each input doc will remain a separate
 * output document. Multiple copies of each output document (call them A, B,
 * . . .) will be produced with each document's pages in collated or uncollated
 * order as the corresponding input doc's SheetCollate attribute specifies, and
 * with the documents themselves in uncollated order. If document A had
 * SheetCollate = UNCOLLATED and document B had SheetCollate = COLLATED, the
 * following pages would be produced: A1, A1, . . ., A2, A2, . . ., A3, A3,
 * . . ., B1, B2, B3, . . ., B1, B2, B3, . . .
 * </UL>
 * </UL>
 * <P>
 * <B>IPP Compatibility: SheetCollate is not an IPP attribute at present.
 * <P>
 *
 * @see  MultipleDocumentHandling
 *
 * @author  Alan Kaminsky
 */
public final class SheetCollate extends EnumSyntax
    implements DocAttribute, PrintRequestAttribute, PrintJobAttribute {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 7080587914259873003L;

    /**
     * Sheets within a document appear in uncollated order when multiple
     * copies are printed.
     */
    public static final SheetCollate UNCOLLATED = new SheetCollate(0);

    /**
     * Sheets within a document appear in collated order when multiple copies
     * are printed.
     */
    public static final SheetCollate COLLATED = new SheetCollate(1);

    /**
     * Construct a new sheet collate enumeration value with the given integer
     * value.
     *
     * @param  value  Integer value.
     */
    protected SheetCollate(int value) {
        super (value);
    }

    private static final String[] myStringTable = {
        "uncollated",
        "collated"
    };

    private static final SheetCollate[] myEnumValueTable = {
        UNCOLLATED,
        COLLATED
    };

    /**
     * Returns the string table for class SheetCollate.
     */
    protected String[] getStringTable() {
        return myStringTable;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the enumeration value table for class SheetCollate.
     */
    protected EnumSyntax[] getEnumValueTable() {
        return myEnumValueTable;
    }

    /**
     * Get the printing attribute class which is to be used as the "category"
     * for this printing attribute value.
     * <P>
     * For class SheetCollate, the category is class SheetCollate itself.
     *
     * @return  Printing attribute class (category), an instance of class
     *          {@link java.lang.Class java.lang.Class}.
     */
    public final Class<? extends Attribute> getCategory() {
        return SheetCollate.class;
    }

    /**
     * Get the name of the category of which this attribute value is an
     * instance.
     * <P>
     * For class SheetCollate, the category name is <CODE>"sheet-collate".
     *
     * @return  Attribute category name.
     */
    public final String getName() {
        return "sheet-collate";
    }

}