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package com.android.printservice.recommendation;
import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
import androidx.annotation.StringRes;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.util.List;
Interface to be implemented by each print service plugin.
A print service plugin is a minimal version of a real
print service
. You cannot print using the plugin. The only functionality in the plugin is to report the number of printers that the real service would discover. /**
* Interface to be implemented by each print service plugin.
* <p/>
* A print service plugin is a minimal version of a real {@link android.printservice.PrintService
* print service}. You cannot print using the plugin. The only functionality in the plugin is to
* report the number of printers that the real service would discover.
*/
public interface PrintServicePlugin {
Call back used by the print service plugins.
/**
* Call back used by the print service plugins.
*/
interface PrinterDiscoveryCallback {
Announce that something changed and the UI for this plugin should be updated.
Params: - discoveredPrinters – The printers discovered.
/**
* Announce that something changed and the UI for this plugin should be updated.
*
* @param discoveredPrinters The printers discovered.
*/
void onChanged(@Nullable List<InetAddress> discoveredPrinters);
}
Get the name (a string reference) of the print
service
with the specified package name
. This is read once, hence returning different data at different times is not allowed. Returns: The name of the print service as a string reference. The localization is handled
outside of the plugin.
/**
* Get the name (a string reference) of the {@link android.printservice.PrintService print
* service} with the {@link #getPackageName specified package name}. This is read once, hence
* returning different data at different times is not allowed.
*
* @return The name of the print service as a string reference. The localization is handled
* outside of the plugin.
*/
@StringRes int getName();
The package name of the full print service.
Returns: The package name
/**
* The package name of the full print service.
*
* @return The package name
*/
@NonNull CharSequence getPackageName();
Start the discovery plugin.
Params: - callback – Callbacks used by this plugin.
Throws: - Exception – If anything went wrong when starting the plugin
/**
* Start the discovery plugin.
*
* @param callback Callbacks used by this plugin.
*
* @throws Exception If anything went wrong when starting the plugin
*/
void start(@NonNull PrinterDiscoveryCallback callback) throws Exception;
Stop the plugin. This can only return once the plugin is completely finished and cleaned up.
Throws: - Exception – If anything went wrong while stopping plugin
/**
* Stop the plugin. This can only return once the plugin is completely finished and cleaned up.
*
* @throws Exception If anything went wrong while stopping plugin
*/
void stop() throws Exception;
}