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## javax.print.attribute.standard
Class Media

    java.lang.Object
      |
      +--javax.print.attribute.EnumSyntax
            |
            +--javax.print.attribute.standard.Media

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

Direct Known Subclasses:
  MediaName, MediaSizeName, MediaTray

public abstract class Media
extends EnumSyntax
implements DocAttribute, PrintRequestAttribute, PrintJobAttribute

Class Media is a printing attribute class that specifies the medium on which to print.

Media may be specified in different ways.

- it may be specified by paper source - eg paper tray
- it may be specified by a standard size - eg "A4"
- it may be specified by a name - eg "letterhead"

Each of these corresponds to the IPP "media" attribute. The current API does not support describing media by characteristics (eg colour, opacity). This may be supported in a later revision of the specification.

A Media object is constructed with a value which represents one of the ways in which the Media attribute can be specified.

IPP Compatibility: The category name returned by `getName()` is the IPP attribute name. The enumeration's integer value is the IPP enum value. The `toString()` method returns the IPP string representation of the attribute value.

See Also:
  Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
`protected` | `Media(int value)` Constructs a new media attribute specified by name.

Method Summary
`boolean` | `equals(Object object)` Returns whether this media 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.EnumSyntax
`clone, getEnumValueTable, getOffset, getStringTable, getValue, hashCode, readResolve, toString`

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

Constructor Detail

### Media

    protected Media(int value)

  Constructs a new media attribute specified by name.

Parameters:
  `value` - a value

Method Detail

### equals

    public boolean equals(Object object)

  Returns whether this media 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 of the same subclass of Media as this object.
  3. The values are equal.

  Overrides:
    `equals` in class `Object`
  Parameters:
    `object` - Object to compare to.
  Returns:
    True if `object` is equivalent to this media attribute, false otherwise.
  See Also:
    `Object.hashCode()`, `Hashtable`

### 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 Media and any vendor-defined subclasses, the category is class Media 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 Media and any vendor-defined subclasses, the category name is `"media"`.

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

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