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package javax.print;

import javax.print.attribute.PrintRequestAttributeSet;

/**
 *
 * Obtained from a MultiDocPrintService, a MultiDocPrintJob can print a
 * specified collection of documents as a single print job with a set of
 * job attributes.
 * <P>
 */

public interface MultiDocPrintJob extends DocPrintJob {

   /**
     * Print a MultiDoc with the specified job attributes.
     * This method should only be called once for a given print job.
     * Calling it again will not result in a new job being spooled to
     * the printer. The service implementation will define policy
     * for service interruption and recovery. Application clients which
     * want to monitor the success or failure should register a
     * PrintJobListener.
     *
     * @param multiDoc The documents to be printed. ALL must be a flavor
     *                          supported by the PrintJob & PrintService.
     *
     * @param attributes The job attributes to be applied to this print job.
     *        If this parameter is null then the default attributes are used.
     *
     * @throws PrintException The exception additionally may implement
     * an interfaces which more precisely describes the cause of the exception
     * <ul>
     * <li>FlavorException.
     *  If the document has a flavor not supported by this print job.
     * <li>AttributeException.
     *  If one or more of the attributes are not valid for this print job.
     * </ul>
     */
    public void print(MultiDoc multiDoc, PrintRequestAttributeSet attributes)
                throws PrintException;

}