The Java Print
Service (JPS) API includes two packages that define attributes:
javax.print.attribute and javax.print.attribute.standard.
The javax.print.attribute package contains the interfaces and classes
that describe the types of attributes and how they are collected
into sets. The javax.print.attribute.standard package enumerates
all of the standard attributes in the API. Most of the attribute
definitions in the JPS API are implementations of the standard and
extensible attributes defined by the Internet Printing Protocol
(IPP) Specification from the IETF.
This chapter
describes the attribute definitions of the JPS API in more
detail. The Attribute
Categories and Values section explains what an attribute
is according to the JPS. The Attribute Roles section
describes the type of attributes. The Attribute Sets section
describes how the attributes are collected into sets. The Standard Attributes
section describes some of the more-commonly used attributes defined
in the javax.attribute.standard package.
