com.zebra.sdk.printer.discovery

Class DiscoveryUtil

Object

com.zebra.sdk.printer.discovery.DiscoveryUtil

public class DiscoveryUtil
extends Object

Defines functions used when discovering information about a printer.

package test.zebra.sdk.discovery.examples;
 
 import com.zebra.sdk.comm.Connection;
 import com.zebra.sdk.comm.ConnectionException;
 import com.zebra.sdk.comm.TcpConnection;
 import com.zebra.sdk.device.MagCardReader;
 import com.zebra.sdk.device.MagCardReaderFactory;
 import com.zebra.sdk.printer.ZebraPrinter;
 import com.zebra.sdk.printer.ZebraPrinterFactory;
 import com.zebra.sdk.printer.ZebraPrinterLanguageUnknownException;
 import com.zebra.sdk.printer.discovery.*;
 import sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPConnection;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 public class DiscoveryUtilExample {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         // Instantiate connection for ZPL TCP port at given address
         Connection connection = new TcpConnection("192.168.1.1", TcpConnection.DEFAULT_ZPL_TCP_PORT);
 
         try {
             // Open the connection - physical connection is established here.
             connection.open();
 
             Map<String, String> discoveryData = DiscoveryUtil.getDiscoveryDataMap(connection);
 
             System.out.println("The printer's firmware version is: " + discoveryData.get("FIRMWARE_VER"));
 
         } catch (ConnectionException e) {
             // Handle communications error here.
             e.printStackTrace();
         } catch (DiscoveryPacketDecodeException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
         } finally {
             // Close the connection to release resources.
             try {
                 connection.close();
             } catch (ConnectionException e) {
                 e.printStackTrace();
             }
         }
     }
 }
 

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DiscoveryUtil()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Map<String,String>	getDiscoveryDataMap(Connection connection) Reads the discovery packet from the provided connection and returns a discovery data map
static Map<String,String>	parseDiscoveryPacket(String discoveryPacketMimed) Decodes the provided MIME encoded discovery packet and returns a discovery data map

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Detail

DiscoveryUtil

public DiscoveryUtil()

Method Detail

parseDiscoveryPacket

public static Map<String,String> parseDiscoveryPacket(String discoveryPacketMimed)
                                               throws DiscoveryPacketDecodeException

Decodes the provided MIME encoded discovery packet and returns a discovery data map

Parameters:

discoveryPacketMimed - a Base64 encoded discovery packet

Returns:

a discovery data map representative of the provided packet

Throws:

DiscoveryPacketDecodeException - if provided a malformed discovery packet

getDiscoveryDataMap

public static Map<String,String> getDiscoveryDataMap(Connection connection)
                                              throws DiscoveryPacketDecodeException,
                                                     ConnectionException

Reads the discovery packet from the provided connection and returns a discovery data map

Parameters:

connection - A Connection to a printer

Returns:

a discovery data map representative of the provided packet

Throws:

ConnectionException - if an I/O error occurs.

DiscoveryPacketDecodeException - if provided a malformed discovery packet