org.bs.mdi
Interface Printer

public interface Printer

An interface for objects providing printing functionality.

Method Summary

int	getNumPages(PageFormat format) Returns the number of pages which would be printed using the specified page format.
boolean	print(Graphics g, PageFormat format, int pageindex) Draws the specified page on the printer's graphics context.

Method Detail

getNumPages

public int getNumPages(PageFormat format)

Returns the number of pages which would be printed using the specified page format.

Parameters:

format - the page format

Returns:

the number of printed pages

print

public boolean print(Graphics g,
                     PageFormat format,
                     int pageindex)

Draws the specified page on the printer's graphics context.

Parameters:

g - the printer's graphics context

format - the page format to be used

pageindex - the page number to be printed

Returns:

true if everything went well, false otherwise. If a non-existing page was requested, false is returned.