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1 /*
2  * @(#)Attribute.java 1.5 04/05/05
3  *
4  * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
5  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
6  */
7
8 package javax.print.attribute;
9
10 import java.io.Serializable JavaDoc;
11
12 /**
13  * Interface Attribute is the base interface implemented by any and every
14  * printing attribute class to indicate that the class represents a
15  * printing attribute. All printing attributes are serializable.
16  * <P>
17  *
18  * @author David Mendenhall
19  * @author Alan Kaminsky
20  */
21 public interface Attribute extends Serializable JavaDoc {
22
23   /**
24    * Get the printing attribute class which is to be used as the "category"
25    * for this printing attribute value when it is added to an attribute set.
26    *
27    * @return Printing attribute class (category), an instance of class
28    * {@link java.lang.Class java.lang.Class}.
29    */
30   public Class JavaDoc<? extends Attribute JavaDoc> getCategory();
31
32   /**
33    * Get the name of the category of which this attribute value is an
34    * instance.
35    * <P>
36    * <I>Note:</I> This method is intended to provide a default, nonlocalized
37    * string for the attribute's category. If two attribute objects return the
38    * same category from the <CODE>getCategory()</CODE> method, they should
39    * return the same name from the <CODE>getName()</CODE> method.
40    *
41    * @return Attribute category name.
42    */
43   public String JavaDoc getName();
44
45 }
46
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