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25
26 package javax.print.attribute.standard;
27
28 import java.util.Calendar;
29 import java.util.Date;
30
31 import javax.print.attribute.Attribute;
32 import javax.print.attribute.DateTimeSyntax;
33 import javax.print.attribute.PrintJobAttribute;
34
35 /**
36 * Class {@code DateTimeAtCreation} is a printing attribute class, a date-time
37 * attribute, that indicates the date and time at which the Print Job was
38 * created.
39 * <p>
40 * To construct a {@code DateTimeAtCreation} attribute from separate values of
41 * the year, month, day, hour, minute, and so on, use a
42 * {@link Calendar Calendar} object to construct a {@link Date Date} object,
43 * then use the {@link Date Date} object to construct the DateTimeAtCreation
44 * attribute. To convert a {@code DateTimeAtCreation} attribute to separate
45 * values of the year, month, day, hour, minute, and so on, create a
46 * {@link Calendar Calendar} object and set it to the {@link Date Date} from the
47 * {@code DateTimeAtCreation} attribute.
48 * <p>
49 * <b>IPP Compatibility:</b> The information needed to construct an IPP
50 * "date-time-at-creation" attribute can be obtained as described above. The
51 * category name returned by {@code getName()} gives the IPP attribute name.
52 *
53 * @author Alan Kaminsky
54 */
55 public final class DateTimeAtCreation extends DateTimeSyntax
56 implements PrintJobAttribute {
57
58 /**
59 * Use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.4 for interoperability.
60 */
61 private static final long serialVersionUID = -2923732231056647903L;
62
63 /**
64 * Construct a new date-time at creation attribute with the given
65 * {@link Date Date} value.
66 *
67 * @param dateTime {@link Date Date} value
68 * @throws NullPointerException if {@code dateTime} is {@code null}
69 */
70 public DateTimeAtCreation(Date dateTime) {
71 super (dateTime);
72 }
73
74 /**
75 * Returns whether this date-time at creation attribute is equivalent to the
76 * passed in object. To be equivalent, all of the following conditions must
77 * be true:
78 * <ol type=1>
79 * <li>{@code object} is not {@code null}.
80 * <li>{@code object} is an instance of class {@code DateTimeAtCreation}.
81 * <li>This date-time at creation attribute's {@link Date Date}
82 * value and {@code object}'s {@link Date Date} value are equal.
83 * </ol>
84 *
85 * @param object {@code Object} to compare to
86 * @return {@code true} if {@code object} is equivalent to this date-time at
87 * creation attribute, {@code false} otherwise
88 */
89 public boolean equals(Object object) {
90 return(super.equals (object) &&
91 object instanceof DateTimeAtCreation);
92 }
93
94 /**
95 * Get the printing attribute class which is to be used as the "category"
96 * for this printing attribute value.
97 * <p>
98 * For class {@code DateTimeAtCreation}, the category is class
99 * {@code DateTimeAtCreation} itself.
100 *
101 * @return printing attribute class (category), an instance of class
102 * {@link Class java.lang.Class}
103 */
104 public final Class<? extends Attribute> getCategory() {
105 return DateTimeAtCreation.class;
106 }
107
108 /**
109 * Get the name of the category of which this attribute value is an
110 * instance.
111 * <p>
112 * For class {@code DateTimeAtCreation}, the category name is
113 * {@code "date-time-at-creation"}.
114 *
115 * @return attribute category name
116 */
117 public final String getName() {
118 return "date-time-at-creation";
119 }
120 }