/*
 * @(#)MultipleDocumentHandling.java	1.5 01/12/03
 *
 * Copyright 2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 */
package javax.print.attribute.standard;

import javax.print.attribute.EnumSyntax;
import javax.print.attribute.PrintRequestAttribute;
import javax.print.attribute.PrintJobAttribute;

/**
 * Class MultipleDocumentHandling is a printing attribute class, an enumeration, 
 * that controls finishing operations and the placement of one or more 
 * print-stream pages into impressions and onto media sheets. When the value of 
 * the {@link Copies Copies} attribute exceeds 1, MultipleDocumentHandling also 
 * controls the order in which the copies that result from processing the 
 * documents are produced. This attribute is relevant only for a multidoc print 
 * job consisting of two or more individual docs. 
 * <P>
 * Briefly, MultipleDocumentHandling determines the relationship between the 
 * multiple input (electronic) documents fed into a multidoc print job and the 
 * output (physical) document or documents produced by the multidoc print job. 
 * There are two possibilities: 
 * <UL>
 * <LI>
 * The multiple input documents are combined into a single output document. 
 * Finishing operations ({@link Finishings Finishings}),
 * are performed on this single output 
 * document. The {@link Copies Copies} attribute tells how many copies of this 
 * single output document to produce. The MultipleDocumentHandling values 
 * SINGLE_DOCUMENT and SINGLE_DOCUMENT_NEW_SHEET specify two variations of 
 * this  possibility. 
 * <P>
 * <LI>
 * The multiple input documents remain separate output documents. Finishing 
 * operations ({@link Finishings Finishings}),
 * are performed on each output document 
 * separately. The {@link Copies Copies} attribute tells how many copies of each 
 * separate output document to produce. The MultipleDocumentHandling values 
 * SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_UNCOLLATED_COPIES and SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_COLLATED_COPIES 
 * specify two variations of this possibility. 
 * </UL>
 * <P>
 * In the detailed explanations below, if "<CODE>a</CODE>" represents an 
 * instance of document data, then the result of processing the data in
 * document "<CODE>a</CODE>" is a sequence of media sheets represented by 
 * "<CODE>a(*)</CODE>". 
 * <P>
 * The standard MultipleDocumentHandling values are:
 * <UL>
 * <LI>
 * <A NAME="sdfi">{@link #SINGLE_DOCUMENT 
 * <B><CODE>SINGLE_DOCUMENT</CODE></B>}</A>. If a print job has multiple 
 * documents -- say, the document data is called <CODE>a</CODE> and 
 * <CODE>b</CODE> -- then the result of processing all the document data 
 * (<CODE>a</CODE> and then <CODE>b</CODE>) must be treated as a single sequence 
 * of media sheets for finishing operations; that is, finishing would be 
 * performed on the concatenation of the sequences <CODE>a(*),b(*)</CODE>. The 
 * printer must not force the data in each document instance to be formatted 
 * onto a new print-stream page, nor to start a new impression on a new media 
 * sheet. If more than one copy is made, the ordering of the sets of media 
 * sheets resulting from processing the document data must be 
 * <CODE>a(*),b(*),a(*),b(*),...</CODE>, and the printer object must force 
 * each copy (<CODE>a(*),b(*)</CODE>) to start on a new media sheet. 
 * <P>
 * <LI>
 * <A NAME="sducfi">{@link #SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_UNCOLLATED_COPIES 
 * <B><CODE>SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_UNCOLLATED_COPIES</CODE></B>}</A>. If a print job 
 * has multiple documents -- say, the document data is called <CODE>a</CODE> and 
 * <CODE>b</CODE> -- then the result of processing the data in each document 
 * instance must be treated as a single sequence of media sheets for finishing 
 * operations; that is, the sets <CODE>a(*)</CODE> and <CODE>b(*)</CODE> would 
 * each be finished separately. The printer must force each copy of the result 
 * of processing the data in a single document to start on a new media sheet. 
 * If more than one copy is made, the ordering of the sets of media sheets 
 * resulting from processing the document data must be 
 * <CODE>a(*),a(*),...,b(*),b(*)...</CODE>. 
 * <P>
 * <LI>
 * <A NAME="sdccfi">{@link #SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_COLLATED_COPIES 
 * <B><CODE>SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_COLLATED_COPIES</CODE></B>}</A>. If a print job 
 * has multiple documents -- say, the document data is called <CODE>a</CODE> and 
 * <CODE>b</CODE> -- then the result of processing the data in each document 
 * instance must be treated as a single sequence of media sheets for finishing 
 * operations; that is, the sets <CODE>a(*)</CODE> and <CODE>b(*)</CODE> would 
 * each be finished separately. The printer must force each copy of the result 
 * of processing the data in a single document to start on a new media sheet. 
 * If more than one copy is made, the ordering of the sets of media sheets 
 * resulting from processing the document data must be 
 * <CODE>a(*),b(*),a(*),b(*),...</CODE>. 
 * <P>
 * <LI>
 * <A NAME="sdnsfi">{@link #SINGLE_DOCUMENT_NEW_SHEET 
 * <B><CODE>SINGLE_DOCUMENT_NEW_SHEET</CODE></B>}</A>. Same as SINGLE_DOCUMENT, 
 * except that the printer must ensure that the first impression of each 
 * document instance in the job is placed on a new media sheet. This value 
 * allows multiple documents to be stapled together with a single staple where 
 * each document starts on a new sheet. 
 * </UL>
 * <P>
 * SINGLE_DOCUMENT is the same as SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_COLLATED_COPIES with 
 * respect to ordering of print-stream pages, but not media sheet generation, 
 * since SINGLE_DOCUMENT will put the first page of the next document on the 
 * back side of a sheet if an odd number of pages have been produced so far  
 * for the job, while SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_COLLATED_COPIES always forces the 
 * next document or document copy on to a new sheet.
 * <P>
 * In addition, if a {@link Finishings Finishings} attribute of 
 * {@link Finishings#STAPLE <CODE>STAPLE</CODE>} is specified, then: 
 * <UL>
 * <LI>
 * With SINGLE_DOCUMENT, documents <CODE>a</CODE> and <CODE>b</CODE> are  
 * stapled together as a single document with no regard to new sheets. 
 * <P>
 * <LI>
 * With SINGLE_DOCUMENT_NEW_SHEET, documents <CODE>a</CODE> and <CODE>b</CODE> 
 * are stapled together as a single document, but document <CODE>b</CODE> 
 * starts on a new sheet. 
 * <P>
 * <LI>
 * With SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_UNCOLLATED_COPIES and 
 * SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_COLLATED_COPIES, documents <CODE>a</CODE> and 
 * <CODE>b</CODE> are stapled separately. 
 * </UL>
 * <P>
 * <I>Note:</I> None of these values provide means to produce uncollated 
 * sheets within a document, i.e., where multiple copies of sheet <I>n</I>
 * are produced before sheet <I>n</I>+1 of the same document.
 * To specify that, see the {@link SheetCollate SheetCollate} attribute. 
 * <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>
 *
 * @see  Copies
 * @see  Finishings
 * @see  NumberUp
 * @see  PageRanges
 * @see  SheetCollate
 * @see  Sides
 *
 * @author  David Mendenhall
 * @author  Alan Kaminsky
 */
public class MultipleDocumentHandling extends EnumSyntax
    implements PrintRequestAttribute, PrintJobAttribute	{


    /**
     * Single document -- see above for <A HREF="#sdfi">further 
     * information</A>. 
     */
    public static final MultipleDocumentHandling
	SINGLE_DOCUMENT = new MultipleDocumentHandling (0);

    /**
     * Separate documents uncollated copies -- see above for
     * <A HREF="#sducfi">further information</A>. 
     */
    public static final MultipleDocumentHandling
       SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_UNCOLLATED_COPIES = new MultipleDocumentHandling (1);

    /**
     * Separate documents collated copies -- see above for
     * <A HREF="#sdccfi">further information</A>. 
     */
    public static final MultipleDocumentHandling
	SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_COLLATED_COPIES = new MultipleDocumentHandling (2);

    /**
     * Single document new sheet -- see above for
     * <A HREF="#sdnsfi">further information</A>. 
     */
    public static final MultipleDocumentHandling
	SINGLE_DOCUMENT_NEW_SHEET = new MultipleDocumentHandling (3);


    /**
     * Construct a new multiple document handling enumeration value with the 
     * given integer value. 
     *
     * @param  value  Integer value.
     */
    protected MultipleDocumentHandling(int value) {
	super (value);
    }

    private static final String[] myStringTable = {
	"single-document",
	"separate-documents-uncollated-copies",
	"separate-documents-collated-copies",
	"single-document-new-sheet"
    };

    private static final MultipleDocumentHandling[] myEnumValueTable = {
	SINGLE_DOCUMENT,
	SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_UNCOLLATED_COPIES,
	SEPARATE_DOCUMENTS_COLLATED_COPIES,
	SINGLE_DOCUMENT_NEW_SHEET
    };

    /**
     * Returns the string table for class MultipleDocumentHandling.
     */
    protected String[] getStringTable() {
	return (String[])myStringTable.clone();
    }

    /**
     * Returns the enumeration value table for class MultipleDocumentHandling.
     */
    protected EnumSyntax[] getEnumValueTable() {
	return (EnumSyntax[])myEnumValueTable.clone();
    }

    /**
     * Get the printing attribute class which is to be used as the "category" 
     * for this printing attribute value.
     * <P>
     * For class MultipleDocumentHandling and any vendor-defined subclasses, 
     * the category is class MultipleDocumentHandling itself. 
     *
     * @return  Printing attribute class (category), an instance of class
     *          {@link java.lang.Class java.lang.Class}.
     */
    public final Class getCategory() {
	return MultipleDocumentHandling.class;
    }

    /**
     * Get the name of the category of which this attribute value is an 
     * instance. 
     * <P>
     * For class MultipleDocumentHandling and any vendor-defined subclasses, 
     * the category name is <CODE>"multiple-document-handling"</CODE>.
     *
     * @return  Attribute category name.
     */
    public final String getName() {
	return "multiple-document-handling";
    }
    
}
