com.zebra.sdk.printer.discovery

Class DiscoveredPrinter

Object

com.zebra.sdk.printer.discovery.DiscoveredPrinter

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

DiscoveredCardPrinterNetwork, DiscoveredPrinterDriver, DiscoveredUsbPrinter

public abstract class DiscoveredPrinter
extends Object
implements java.io.Serializable

Container holding information about a discovered printer.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
String	address MAC address, IP Address, or local name of printer.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DiscoveredPrinter(String address) Creates an object holding information about a discovered printer.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object o) Returns true if two discovered printer objects have the same address, otherwise it returns false.
abstract Connection	getConnection() Creates a connection based on the information in the DiscoveredPrinter response.
java.util.Map<String,String>	getDiscoveryDataMap() This method will return a Map of all settings obtained via the chosen discovery method.
int	hashCode() Returns a hash code for this DiscoveredPrinter.
String	toString() For TCP, this returns the IP Address. For driver, this returns the local printer name.

Methods inherited from class Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

address

public final String address

MAC address, IP Address, or local name of printer.

Constructor Detail

DiscoveredPrinter

public DiscoveredPrinter(String address)

Creates an object holding information about a discovered printer.

Parameters:

address - MAC address, IP Address, or local name of printer.

Method Detail

getConnection

public abstract Connection getConnection()

Creates a connection based on the information in the DiscoveredPrinter response.

Returns:

a Connection to the discovered printer

toString

public String toString()

For TCP, this returns the IP Address.
For driver, this returns the local printer name.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

See Also:

Object.toString()

getDiscoveryDataMap

public java.util.Map<String,String> getDiscoveryDataMap()

This method will return a Map of all settings obtained via the chosen discovery method.
The names of the settings will vary depending upon the type of connection to the printer. The following example shows how to list all the properties of the discovered printer with the respective value.

 for (String settingsKey : printer.getDiscoveryDataMap().keySet()) {
     System.out.println("Key: " + settingsKey + " Value: " + printer.getDiscoveryDataMap().get(settingsKey));
 }
 

Returns:

Map<String, String> containing available attributes of the discovered printer.

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Returns true if two discovered printer objects have the same address, otherwise it returns false.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

o - DiscoveredPrinter object to compare against.

See Also:

Object.equals(java.lang.Object)

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns a hash code for this DiscoveredPrinter.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

See Also:

Object.hashCode()