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## javax.print.attribute.standard
Class Destination

    java.lang.Object
      javax.print.attribute.URISyntax
          javax.print.attribute.standard.Destination

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Attribute, Cloneable, PrintJobAttribute, PrintRequestAttribute, Serializable

public final class Destination
extends URISyntax
implements PrintJobAttribute, PrintRequestAttribute

Class Destination is a printing attribute class, a URI, that is used to indicate an alternate destination for the spooled printer formatted data. Many PrintServices will not support the notion of a destination other than the printer device, and so will not support this attribute.

A common use for this attribute will be applications which want to redirect output to a local disk file : eg."file:out.prn". Note that proper construction of "file:" scheme URI instances should be performed using the `toURI()` method of class `File`. See the documentation on that class for more information.

If a destination URI is specified in a PrintRequest and it is not accessible for output by the PrintService, a PrintException will be thrown. The PrintException may implement URIException to provide a more specific cause.

IPP Compatibility: Destination is not an IPP attribute.

See Also:
  Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
`Destination(URI uri)` Constructs a new destination attribute with the specified URI.

Method Summary
`boolean` | `equals(Object object)` Returns whether this destination attribute is equivalent to the passed in object.
`Class` | `getCategory()` Get the printing attribute class which is to be used as the "category" for this printing attribute value.
`String` | `getName()` Get the name of the category of which this attribute value is an instance.

Methods inherited from class javax.print.attribute.URISyntax
`getURI, hashCode, toString`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### Destination

    public Destination(URI uri)

  Constructs a new destination attribute with the specified URI.

Parameters:
  `uri` - URI.
Throws:
  `NullPointerException` - (unchecked exception) Thrown if `uri` is null.

Method Detail

### equals

    public boolean equals(Object object)

  Returns whether this destination attribute is equivalent to the passed in object. To be equivalent, all of the following conditions must be true:
  1. `object` is not null.
  2. `object` is an instance of class Destination.
  3. This destination attribute's URI and `object`'s URI are equal.

  Overrides:
    `equals` in class `URISyntax`
  Parameters:
    `object` - Object to compare to.
  Returns:
    True if `object` is equivalent to this destination attribute, false otherwise.

### getCategory

    public final Class getCategory()

  Get the printing attribute class which is to be used as the "category" for this printing attribute value.

  For class Destination, the category is class Destination itself.

  Specified by:
    `getCategory` in interface `Attribute`
  Returns:
    Printing attribute class (category), an instance of class `java.lang.Class`.

### getName

    public final String getName()

  Get the name of the category of which this attribute value is an instance.

  For class Destination, the category name is `"spool-data-destination"`.

  Specified by:
    `getName` in interface `Attribute`
  Returns:
    Attribute category name.

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