Class DialogOwner

All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, Attribute, PrintRequestAttribute
public final class DialogOwner
extends Object
implements PrintRequestAttribute

An attribute class used to support requesting a print or page setup dialog be kept displayed on top of all windows or some specific window.

Constructed without any arguments it will request that a print or page setup dialog be configured as if the application directly was to specify java.awt.Window.setAlwaysOnTop(true), subject to permission checks.

Constructed with a Window parameter, it requests that the dialog be owned by the specified window.

Since:
11
See Also:
Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description
DialogOwner()

Constructs an instance which can be used to request java.awt.Window.setAlwaysOnTop(true) behaviour.

DialogOwner​(Window owner)

Constructs an instance which can be used to request that the specified Window be the owner of the dialog.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type Method Description
Class<? extends Attribute> 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.

Window getOwner()

Returns a Window owner, if one was specified, otherwise null.

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DialogOwner

public DialogOwner()

Constructs an instance which can be used to request java.awt.Window.setAlwaysOnTop(true) behaviour. This should be used where there is no application preferred owner window. Whether this has any effect depends on if always on top is supported for this platform and the particular dialog to be displayed.

DialogOwner

public DialogOwner​(Window owner)

Constructs an instance which can be used to request that the specified Window be the owner of the dialog.

Parameters:
owner - window.

Method Detail

getOwner

public Window getOwner()

Returns a Window owner, if one was specified, otherwise null.

Returns:
an owner window.

getCategory

public final Class<? extends Attribute> getCategory()

Get the printing attribute class which is to be used as the "category" for this printing attribute value.

For class DialogOwner, the category is class DialogOwner 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 DialogOwner, the category name is "dialog-owner".

Specified by:
getName in interface Attribute
Returns:
attribute category name