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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 Sides is a printing attribute class, an enumeration, that specifies
 * how print-stream pages are to be imposed upon the sides of an instance of a
 * selected medium, i.e., an impression.
 * <P>
 * The effect of a Sides attribute on a multidoc print job (a job with multiple
 * documents) depends on whether all the docs have the same sides values
 * specified or whether different docs have different sides values specified,
 * and on the (perhaps defaulted) value of the {@link MultipleDocumentHandling
 * MultipleDocumentHandling} attribute.
 * <UL>
 * <LI>
 * If all the docs have the same sides value <I>n</I> specified, then any value
 * of {@link MultipleDocumentHandling MultipleDocumentHandling} makes sense,
 * and the printer's processing depends on the {@link MultipleDocumentHandling
 * MultipleDocumentHandling} value:
 * <UL>
 * <LI>
 * SINGLE_DOCUMENT -- All the input docs will be combined together into one
 * output document. Each media sheet will consist of <I>n</I> impressions from
 * the output document.
 * <P>
 * <LI>
 * SINGLE_DOCUMENT_NEW_SHEET -- All the input docs will be combined together
 * into one output document. Each media sheet will consist of <I>n</I>
 * impressions from the output document. However, the first impression of each
 * input doc will always start on a new media sheet; this means the last media
 * sheet of an input doc may have only one impression on it.
 * <P>
 * <LI>
 * SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_UNCOLLATED_COPIES -- The input docs will remain separate.
 * Each media sheet will consist of <I>n</I> impressions from the input doc.
 * Since the input docs are separate, the first impression of each input doc
 * will always start on a new media sheet; this means the last media sheet of
 * an input doc may have only one impression on it.
 * <P>
 * <LI>
 * SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_COLLATED_COPIES -- The input docs will remain separate.
 * Each media sheet will consist of <I>n</I> impressions from the input doc.
 * Since the input docs are separate, the first impression of each input doc
 * will always start on a new media sheet; this means the last media sheet of
 * an input doc may have only one impression on it.
 * </UL>
 * <P>
 * <UL>
 * <LI>
 * SINGLE_DOCUMENT -- All the input docs will be combined together into one
 * output document. Each media sheet will consist of <I>n<SUB>i</SUB></I>
 * impressions from the output document, where <I>i</I> is the number of the
 * input doc corresponding to that point in the output document. When the next
 * input doc has a different sides value from the previous input doc, the first
 * print-stream page of the next input doc goes at the start of the next media
 * sheet, possibly leaving only one impression on the previous media sheet.
 * <P>
 * <LI>
 * SINGLE_DOCUMENT_NEW_SHEET -- All the input docs will be combined together
 * into one output document. Each media sheet will consist of <I>n</I>
 * impressions from the output document. However, the first impression of each
 * input doc will always start on a new media sheet; this means the last
 * impression of an input doc may have only one impression on it.
 * <P>
 * <LI>
 * SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_UNCOLLATED_COPIES -- The input docs will remain separate.
 * For input doc <I>i,</I> each media sheet will consist of <I>n<SUB>i</SUB></I>
 * impressions from the input doc. Since the input docs are separate, the first
 * impression of each input doc will always start on a new media sheet; this
 * means the last media sheet of an input doc may have only one impression on
 * it.
 * <P>
 * <LI>
 * SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_COLLATED_COPIES -- The input docs will remain separate.
 * For input doc <I>i,</I> each media sheet will consist of <I>n<SUB>i</SUB></I>
 * impressions from the input doc. Since the input docs are separate, the first
 * impression of each input doc will always start on a new media sheet; this
 * means the last media sheet of an input doc may have only one impression on
 * it.
 * </UL>
 * </UL>
 * <P>
 * <B>IPP Compatibility:</B> The category name returned by
 * <CODE>getName()</CODE> is the IPP attribute name.  The enumeration's
 * integer value is the IPP enum value.  The <code>toString()</code> method
 * returns the IPP string representation of the attribute value.
 * <P>
 *
 * @author  Alan Kaminsky
 */
public final class Sides extends EnumSyntax
    implements DocAttribute, PrintRequestAttribute, PrintJobAttribute {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -6890309414893262822L;
    /**
     * Imposes each consecutive print-stream page upon the same side of
     * consecutive media sheets.
     */
    public static final Sides ONE_SIDED = new Sides(0);
    /**
     * Imposes each consecutive pair of print-stream pages upon front and back
     * sides of consecutive media sheets, such that the orientation of each
     * pair of print-stream pages on the medium would be correct for the
     * reader as if for binding on the long edge. This imposition is also
     * known as "duplex" (see {@link #DUPLEX DUPLEX}).
     */
    public static final Sides TWO_SIDED_LONG_EDGE = new Sides(1);
    /**
     * Imposes each consecutive pair of print-stream pages upon front and back
     * sides of consecutive media sheets, such that the orientation of each
     * pair of print-stream pages on the medium would be correct for the
     * reader as if for binding on the short edge. This imposition is also
     * known as "tumble" (see {@link #TUMBLE TUMBLE}).
     */
    public static final Sides TWO_SIDED_SHORT_EDGE = new Sides(2);
    /**
     * An alias for "two sided long edge" (see {@link #TWO_SIDED_LONG_EDGE
     * TWO_SIDED_LONG_EDGE}).
     */
    public static final Sides DUPLEX = TWO_SIDED_LONG_EDGE;
    /**
     * An alias for "two sided short edge" (see {@link #TWO_SIDED_SHORT_EDGE
     * TWO_SIDED_SHORT_EDGE}).
     */
    public static final Sides TUMBLE = TWO_SIDED_SHORT_EDGE;
    /**
     * Construct a new sides enumeration value with the given integer value.
     *
     * @param  value  Integer value.
     */
    protected Sides(int value) {
        super (value);
    }
    private static final String[] myStringTable = {
        "one-sided",
        "two-sided-long-edge",
        "two-sided-short-edge"
    };
    private static final Sides[] myEnumValueTable = {
        ONE_SIDED,
        TWO_SIDED_LONG_EDGE,
        TWO_SIDED_SHORT_EDGE
    };
    /**
     * Returns the string table for class Sides.
     */
    protected String[] getStringTable() {
        return myStringTable;
    }
    /**
     * Returns the enumeration value table for class Sides.
     */
    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 Sides, the category is class Sides itself.
     *
     * @return  Printing attribute class (category), an instance of class
     *          {@link java.lang.Class java.lang.Class}.
     */
    public final Class<? extends Attribute> getCategory() {
        return Sides.class;
    }
    /**
     * Get the name of the category of which this attribute value is an
     * instance.
     * <P>
     * For class Sides, the category name is <CODE>"sides"</CODE>.
     *
     * @return  Attribute category name.
     */
    public final String getName() {
        return "sides";
    }
}
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