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/**
* Services may optionally provide UIs which allow different styles
* of interaction in different roles.
* One role may be end-user browsing and setting of print options.
* Another role may be administering the print service.
* <p>
* Although the Print Service API does not presently provide standardised
* support for administering a print service, monitoring of the print
* service is possible and a UI may provide for private update mechanisms.
* <p>
* The basic design intent is to allow applications to lazily locate and
* initialize services only when needed without any API dependencies
* except in an environment in which they are used.
* <p>
* Swing UIs are preferred as they provide a more consistent L&F and
* can support accessibility APIs.
* <p>
* Example usage:
* <pre>
* ServiceUIFactory factory = printService.getServiceUIFactory();
* if (factory != null) {
* JComponent swingui = (JComponent)factory.getUI(
* ServiceUIFactory.MAIN_UIROLE,
* ServiceUIFactory.JCOMPONENT_UI);
* if (swingui != null) {
* tabbedpane.add("Custom UI", swingui);
* }
* }
* </pre>
*/
public abstract class ServiceUIFactory {
/**
* Denotes a UI implemented as a Swing component.
* The value of the String is the fully qualified classname :
* "javax.swing.JComponent".
*/
/**
* Denotes a UI implemented as an AWT panel.
* The value of the String is the fully qualified classname :
* "java.awt.Panel"
*/
/**
* Denotes a UI implemented as an AWT dialog.
* The value of the String is the fully qualified classname :
* "java.awt.Dialog"
*/
/**
* Denotes a UI implemented as a Swing dialog.
* The value of the String is the fully qualified classname :
* "javax.swing.JDialog"
*/
/**
* Denotes a UI which performs an informative "About" role.
*/
/**
* Denotes a UI which performs an administrative role.
*/
/**
* Denotes a UI which performs the normal end user role.
*/
/**
* Not a valid role but role id's greater than this may be used
* for private roles supported by a service. Knowledge of the
* function performed by this role is required to make proper use
* of it.
*/
/**
* Get a UI object which may be cast to the requested UI type
* by the application and used in its user interface.
* <P>
* @param role requested. Must be one of the standard roles or
* a private role supported by this factory.
* @param ui type in which the role is requested.
* @return the UI role or null if the requested UI role is not available
* from this factory
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the role or ui is neither
* one of the standard ones, nor a private one
* supported by the factory.
*/
/**
* Given a UI role obtained from this factory obtain the UI
* types available from this factory which implement this role.
* The returned Strings should refer to the static variables defined
* in this class so that applications can use equality of reference
* ("==").
* @param role to be looked up.
* @return the UI types supported by this class for the specified role,
* null if no UIs are available for the role.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException is the role is a non-standard
* role not supported by this factory.
*/
}