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  25 
  26 package javax.print;
  27 
  28 import javax.print.attribute.Attribute;
  29 
  30 /**
  31  * Interface {@code AttributeException} is a mixin interface which a subclass of
  32  * {@link PrintException PrintException} can implement to report an error
  33  * condition involving one or more printing attributes that a particular Print
  34  * Service instance does not support. Either the attribute is not supported at
  35  * all, or the attribute is supported but the particular specified value is not
  36  * supported. The Print Service API does not define any print exception classes
  37  * that implement interface {@code AttributeException}, that being left to the
  38  * Print Service implementor's discretion.
  39  */
  40 public interface AttributeException {
  41 
  42     /**
  43      * Returns the array of printing attribute classes for which the Print
  44      * Service instance does not support the attribute at all, or {@code null}
  45      * if there are no such attributes. The objects in the returned array are
  46      * classes that extend the base interface {@link Attribute Attribute}.
  47      *
  48      * @return unsupported attribute classes
  49      */
  50     public Class<?>[] getUnsupportedAttributes();
  51 
  52     /**
  53      * Returns the array of printing attributes for which the Print Service
  54      * instance supports the attribute but does not support that particular
  55      * value of the attribute, or {@code null} if there are no such attribute
  56      * values.
  57      *
  58      * @return unsupported attribute values
  59      */
  60     public Attribute[] getUnsupportedValues();
  61 }