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  25 
  26 
  27 package javax.print.attribute;
  28 
  29 /**
  30  * Interface DocAttribute is a tagging interface which a printing attribute
  31  * class implements to indicate the attribute denotes a setting for a doc.
  32  * ("Doc" is a short, easy-to-pronounce term that means "a piece of print
  33  * data.") The client may include a DocAttribute in a <code>Doc</code>'s
  34  * attribute set to specify a characteristic of
  35  * that doc. If an attribute implements {@link PrintRequestAttribute
  36  * PrintRequestAttribute} as well as DocAttribute, the client may include the
  37  * attribute in a attribute set which specifies a print job
  38  * to specify a characteristic for all the docs in that job.
  39  *
  40  * @see DocAttributeSet
  41  * @see PrintRequestAttributeSet
  42  *
  43  * @author  Alan Kaminsky
  44  */
  45 public interface DocAttribute extends Attribute {
  46 
  47 }