org.tentackle.print
Class PrintPanel

java.lang.Object
  java.awt.Component
      java.awt.Container
          javax.swing.JComponent
              javax.swing.JPanel
                  org.tentackle.print.PrintPanel

All Implemented Interfaces:

ImageObserver, MenuContainer, Printable, Serializable, Accessible

public class PrintPanel
extends JPanel
implements Printable

A printing panel.

PrintPanel is a JPanel with some methods overridden to make it printable. Furthermore, a PrintPanel is also a Printable with a minimalistic print-implementation (prints a single page).

Author:

harald

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class javax.swing.JPanel

JPanel.AccessibleJPanel

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class javax.swing.JComponent

JComponent.AccessibleJComponent

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.awt.Container

Container.AccessibleAWTContainer

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.awt.Component

Component.AccessibleAWTComponent, Component.BaselineResizeBehavior, Component.BltBufferStrategy, Component.FlipBufferStrategy

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class javax.swing.JComponent

accessibleContext, listenerList, TOOL_TIP_TEXT_KEY, ui, UNDEFINED_CONDITION, WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT, WHEN_FOCUSED, WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW

Fields inherited from class java.awt.Component

BOTTOM_ALIGNMENT, CENTER_ALIGNMENT, LEFT_ALIGNMENT, RIGHT_ALIGNMENT, TOP_ALIGNMENT

Fields inherited from interface java.awt.print.Printable

NO_SUCH_PAGE, PAGE_EXISTS

Fields inherited from interface java.awt.image.ImageObserver

ABORT, ALLBITS, ERROR, FRAMEBITS, HEIGHT, PROPERTIES, SOMEBITS, WIDTH

Constructor Summary

PrintPanel()
Creates a print panel.

PrintPanel(LayoutManager layout)
Creates a print panel with a Layout-Manager (default is FlowLayout)

Method Summary

void	doLayout() Causes this container to lay out its components.
Dimension	getDynamicSize() Calculates the dynamic size. The dynamic size may vary from the current size as some components (usually PrintTextAreas) may change their size according to their contents.
Dimension	getPreferredSize() Gets the preferred size. If the prefererredSize has already been set (and its witdh and height is not zero) that size will be returned. Otherwise the method calculates the preferred size as the smallest bounding box around all components.
void	pack() Packs the components and this panel.
void	packHeightForWidth(int width) Same as pack(), but pack only vertically and set the width to a fixed size
void	packWidthForHeight(int height) Same as pack(), but pack only horizontally and set the width to a fixed size
void	print(Graphics g) Prints the panel with all its components.
int	print(Graphics graphics, PageFormat pageFormat, int pageIndex) Prints this panel on a single page.
void	repaint() Overridden to do nothing
void	revalidate() Overridden to do nothing

Methods inherited from class javax.swing.JPanel

getAccessibleContext, getUI, getUIClassID, paramString, setUI, updateUI

Methods inherited from class javax.swing.JComponent

addAncestorListener, addNotify, addVetoableChangeListener, computeVisibleRect, contains, createToolTip, disable, enable, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, fireVetoableChange, getActionForKeyStroke, getActionMap, getAlignmentX, getAlignmentY, getAncestorListeners, getAutoscrolls, getBaseline, getBaselineResizeBehavior, getBorder, getBounds, getClientProperty, getComponentGraphics, getComponentPopupMenu, getConditionForKeyStroke, getDebugGraphicsOptions, getDefaultLocale, getFontMetrics, getGraphics, getHeight, getInheritsPopupMenu, getInputMap, getInputMap, getInputVerifier, getInsets, getInsets, getListeners, getLocation, getMaximumSize, getMinimumSize, getNextFocusableComponent, getPopupLocation, getRegisteredKeyStrokes, getRootPane, getSize, getToolTipLocation, getToolTipText, getToolTipText, getTopLevelAncestor, getTransferHandler, getVerifyInputWhenFocusTarget, getVetoableChangeListeners, getVisibleRect, getWidth, getX, getY, grabFocus, isDoubleBuffered, isLightweightComponent, isManagingFocus, isOpaque, isOptimizedDrawingEnabled, isPaintingForPrint, isPaintingTile, isRequestFocusEnabled, isValidateRoot, paint, paintBorder, paintChildren, paintComponent, paintImmediately, paintImmediately, printAll, printBorder, printChildren, printComponent, processComponentKeyEvent, processKeyBinding, processKeyEvent, processMouseEvent, processMouseMotionEvent, putClientProperty, registerKeyboardAction, registerKeyboardAction, removeAncestorListener, removeNotify, removeVetoableChangeListener, repaint, repaint, requestDefaultFocus, requestFocus, requestFocus, requestFocusInWindow, requestFocusInWindow, resetKeyboardActions, reshape, scrollRectToVisible, setActionMap, setAlignmentX, setAlignmentY, setAutoscrolls, setBackground, setBorder, setComponentPopupMenu, setDebugGraphicsOptions, setDefaultLocale, setDoubleBuffered, setEnabled, setFocusTraversalKeys, setFont, setForeground, setInheritsPopupMenu, setInputMap, setInputVerifier, setMaximumSize, setMinimumSize, setNextFocusableComponent, setOpaque, setPreferredSize, setRequestFocusEnabled, setToolTipText, setTransferHandler, setUI, setVerifyInputWhenFocusTarget, setVisible, unregisterKeyboardAction, update

Methods inherited from class java.awt.Container

add, add, add, add, add, addContainerListener, addImpl, addPropertyChangeListener, addPropertyChangeListener, applyComponentOrientation, areFocusTraversalKeysSet, countComponents, deliverEvent, findComponentAt, findComponentAt, getComponent, getComponentAt, getComponentAt, getComponentCount, getComponents, getComponentZOrder, getContainerListeners, getFocusTraversalKeys, getFocusTraversalPolicy, getLayout, getMousePosition, insets, invalidate, isAncestorOf, isFocusCycleRoot, isFocusCycleRoot, isFocusTraversalPolicyProvider, isFocusTraversalPolicySet, layout, list, list, locate, minimumSize, paintComponents, preferredSize, printComponents, processContainerEvent, processEvent, remove, remove, removeAll, removeContainerListener, setComponentZOrder, setFocusCycleRoot, setFocusTraversalPolicy, setFocusTraversalPolicyProvider, setLayout, transferFocusBackward, transferFocusDownCycle, validate, validateTree

Methods inherited from class java.awt.Component

action, add, addComponentListener, addFocusListener, addHierarchyBoundsListener, addHierarchyListener, addInputMethodListener, addKeyListener, addMouseListener, addMouseMotionListener, addMouseWheelListener, bounds, checkImage, checkImage, coalesceEvents, contains, createImage, createImage, createVolatileImage, createVolatileImage, disableEvents, dispatchEvent, enable, enableEvents, enableInputMethods, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, getBackground, getBounds, getColorModel, getComponentListeners, getComponentOrientation, getCursor, getDropTarget, getFocusCycleRootAncestor, getFocusListeners, getFocusTraversalKeysEnabled, getFont, getForeground, getGraphicsConfiguration, getHierarchyBoundsListeners, getHierarchyListeners, getIgnoreRepaint, getInputContext, getInputMethodListeners, getInputMethodRequests, getKeyListeners, getLocale, getLocation, getLocationOnScreen, getMouseListeners, getMouseMotionListeners, getMousePosition, getMouseWheelListeners, getName, getParent, getPeer, getPropertyChangeListeners, getPropertyChangeListeners, getSize, getToolkit, getTreeLock, gotFocus, handleEvent, hasFocus, hide, imageUpdate, inside, isBackgroundSet, isCursorSet, isDisplayable, isEnabled, isFocusable, isFocusOwner, isFocusTraversable, isFontSet, isForegroundSet, isLightweight, isMaximumSizeSet, isMinimumSizeSet, isPreferredSizeSet, isShowing, isValid, isVisible, keyDown, keyUp, list, list, list, location, lostFocus, mouseDown, mouseDrag, mouseEnter, mouseExit, mouseMove, mouseUp, move, nextFocus, paintAll, postEvent, prepareImage, prepareImage, processComponentEvent, processFocusEvent, processHierarchyBoundsEvent, processHierarchyEvent, processInputMethodEvent, processMouseWheelEvent, remove, removeComponentListener, removeFocusListener, removeHierarchyBoundsListener, removeHierarchyListener, removeInputMethodListener, removeKeyListener, removeMouseListener, removeMouseMotionListener, removeMouseWheelListener, removePropertyChangeListener, removePropertyChangeListener, repaint, repaint, resize, resize, setBounds, setBounds, setComponentOrientation, setCursor, setDropTarget, setFocusable, setFocusTraversalKeysEnabled, setIgnoreRepaint, setLocale, setLocation, setLocation, setName, setSize, setSize, show, show, size, toString, transferFocus, transferFocusUpCycle

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PrintPanel

public PrintPanel()

Creates a print panel.

PrintPanel

public PrintPanel(LayoutManager layout)

Creates a print panel with a Layout-Manager (default is FlowLayout)

Parameters:

layout - the layout manager

Method Detail

print

public void print(Graphics g)

Prints the panel with all its components.

Invoke this method to print the component to the specified Graphics. This method will result in invocations of printComponent, printBorder and printChildren. It is recommended that you override one of the previously mentioned methods rather than this one if your intention is to customize the way printing looks. However, it can be useful to override this method should you want to prepare state before invoking the superclass behavior. As an example, if you wanted to change the component's background color before printing, you could do the following:

     public void print(Graphics g) {
         Color orig = getBackground();
         setBackground(Color.WHITE);

         // wrap in try/finally so that we always restore the state
         try {
             super.print(g);
         } finally {
             setBackground(orig);
         }
     }
 

Alternatively, or for components that delegate painting to other objects, you can query during painting whether or not the component is in the midst of a print operation. The isPaintingForPrint method provides this ability and its return value will be changed by this method: to true immediately before rendering and to false immediately after. With each change a property change event is fired on this component with the name "paintingForPrint".

This method sets the component's state such that the double buffer will not be used: painting will be done directly on the passed in Graphics.

Overrides:

print in class JComponent

Parameters:

g - the Graphics context in which to paint

See Also:

JComponent.printComponent(java.awt.Graphics), JComponent.printBorder(java.awt.Graphics), JComponent.printChildren(java.awt.Graphics), JComponent.isPaintingForPrint()

getDynamicSize

public Dimension getDynamicSize()

Calculates the dynamic size.
The dynamic size may vary from the current size as some components (usually PrintTextAreas) may change their size according to their contents.

Returns:

the dynamic size

getPreferredSize

public Dimension getPreferredSize()

Gets the preferred size.
If the prefererredSize has already been set (and its witdh and height is not zero) that size will be returned.
Otherwise the method calculates the preferred size as the smallest bounding box around all components.

Overrides:

getPreferredSize in class JComponent

Returns:

the value of the preferredSize property

See Also:

JComponent.setPreferredSize(java.awt.Dimension), ComponentUI

pack

public void pack()

Packs the components and this panel.

packHeightForWidth

public void packHeightForWidth(int width)

Same as pack(), but pack only vertically and set the width to a fixed size

Parameters:

width - the fixed width

packWidthForHeight

public void packWidthForHeight(int height)

Same as pack(), but pack only horizontally and set the width to a fixed size

Parameters:

height - the fixed height

revalidate

public void revalidate()

Overridden to do nothing

Overrides:

revalidate in class JComponent

See Also:

Component.invalidate(), Container.validate(), JComponent.isValidateRoot(), RepaintManager.addInvalidComponent(javax.swing.JComponent)

repaint

public void repaint()

Overridden to do nothing

Overrides:

repaint in class Component

See Also:

Component.update(Graphics)

print

public int print(Graphics graphics,
                 PageFormat pageFormat,
                 int pageIndex)

Prints this panel on a single page.

Prints the page at the specified index into the specified Graphics context in the specified format. A PrinterJob calls the Printable interface to request that a page be rendered into the context specified by graphics. The format of the page to be drawn is specified by pageFormat. The zero based index of the requested page is specified by pageIndex. If the requested page does not exist then this method returns NO_SUCH_PAGE; otherwise PAGE_EXISTS is returned. The Graphics class or subclass implements the PrinterGraphics interface to provide additional information. If the Printable object aborts the print job then it throws a PrinterException.

Specified by:

print in interface Printable

Parameters:

graphics - the context into which the page is drawn

pageFormat - the size and orientation of the page being drawn

pageIndex - the zero based index of the page to be drawn

Returns:

PAGE_EXISTS if the page is rendered successfully or NO_SUCH_PAGE if pageIndex specifies a non-existent page.

doLayout

public void doLayout()

Causes this container to lay out its components. Most programs should not call this method directly, but should invoke the validate method instead.

For some reasons the validate()-method does not layout the container properly if it hasn't been displayed on the screen. So we re-implement doLayout() here. Because PrintPanels usually have a fixed size according to the papers Layout we run doLayout top-down (not bottom-up).

Overrides:

doLayout in class Container

See Also:

LayoutManager.layoutContainer(java.awt.Container), Container.setLayout(java.awt.LayoutManager), Container.validate()