com.zebra.sdk.common.card.printer

Class ZebraCardPrinterFactory

Object

com.zebra.sdk.common.card.printer.ZebraCardPrinterFactory

public class ZebraCardPrinterFactory
extends Object

Creates a card printer object (ZMotif or ZXP).

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static ZebraPrinterZmotif	createZmotifPrinter(ZebraCardPrinter printer) Create a wrapper around a Zebra printer that provides access to ZebraPrinterZmotif object from ZebraCardPrinter.
static ZebraPrinterZxp	createZxpPrinter(ZebraCardPrinter printer) Create a wrapper around a Zebra printer that provides access to ZebraPrinterZxp object from ZebraCardPrinter.
static ZebraCardPrinter	getInstance(Connection connection) Factory method to create the correct ZebraCardPrinter concrete class based on the printer's type.
static ZebraPrinterZmotif	getZmotifPrinter(Connection connection) Create a wrapper around a Zebra printer that provides access to ZebraPrinterZmotif object from Connection.
static ZebraPrinterZxp	getZxpPrinter(Connection connection) Create a wrapper around a Zebra printer that provides access to ZebraPrinterZxp object from Connection.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public static ZebraCardPrinter getInstance(Connection connection)
                                    throws ConnectionException

Factory method to create the correct ZebraCardPrinter concrete class based on the printer's type.

Parameters:

connection - an open connection to a printer.

Returns:

an instance of a ZebraPrinterZxp.

Throws:

ConnectionException - if an I/O error occurs.

getZmotifPrinter

public static ZebraPrinterZmotif getZmotifPrinter(Connection connection)
                                           throws ConnectionException

Create a wrapper around a Zebra printer that provides access to ZebraPrinterZmotif object from Connection.

Parameters:

connection - an open connection to a printer.

Returns:

an instance of a ZebraPrinterZxp.

Throws:

ConnectionException - if an I/O error occurs.

createZmotifPrinter

public static ZebraPrinterZmotif createZmotifPrinter(ZebraCardPrinter printer)
                                              throws ConnectionException

Create a wrapper around a Zebra printer that provides access to ZebraPrinterZmotif object from ZebraCardPrinter.

Parameters:

printer - instance of ZebraCardPrinter.

Returns:

an instance of a ZebraPrinterZmotif.

Throws:

ConnectionException - if an I/O error occurs.

getZxpPrinter

public static ZebraPrinterZxp getZxpPrinter(Connection connection)
                                     throws ConnectionException

Create a wrapper around a Zebra printer that provides access to ZebraPrinterZxp object from Connection.

Parameters:

connection - an open connection to a printer.

Returns:

an instance of a ZebraPrinterZxp.

Throws:

ConnectionException - if an I/O error occurs.

createZxpPrinter

public static ZebraPrinterZxp createZxpPrinter(ZebraCardPrinter printer)
                                        throws ConnectionException

Create a wrapper around a Zebra printer that provides access to ZebraPrinterZxp object from ZebraCardPrinter.

Parameters:

printer - instance of ZebraCardPrinter.

Returns:

an instance of a ZebraPrinterZxp.

Throws:

ConnectionException - if an I/O error occurs.