DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM (Java Platform SE 8 )

java.lang.Object
- javax.print.DocFlavor
- - javax.print.DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable

Enclosing class:

DocFlavor
```
public static class DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM
extends DocFlavor
```
Class DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM provides predefined static constant DocFlavor objects for example doc flavors using a byte stream (java.io.InputStream) as the print data representation class.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary
- Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class javax.print.DocFlavor
  DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY, DocFlavor.CHAR_ARRAY, DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM, DocFlavor.READER, DocFlavor.SERVICE_FORMATTED, DocFlavor.STRING, DocFlavor.URL

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM`	`AUTOSENSE`	Doc flavor with MIME type = `"application/octet-stream"`, print data representation class name = `"java.io.InputStream"` (byte stream).
`static DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM`	`GIF`	Doc flavor with MIME type = `"image/gif"`, print data representation class name = `"java.io.InputStream"` (byte stream).
`static DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM`	`JPEG`	Doc flavor with MIME type = `"image/jpeg"`, print data representation class name = `"java.io.InputStream"` (byte stream).
`static DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM`	`PCL`	Doc flavor with MIME type = `"application/vnd.hp-PCL"`, print data representation class name = `"java.io.InputStream"` (byte stream).
`static DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM`	`PDF`	Doc flavor with MIME type = `"application/pdf"`, print data representation class name = `"java.io.InputStream"` (byte stream).
`static DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM`	`PNG`	Doc flavor with MIME type = `"image/png"`, print data representation class name = `"java.io.InputStream"` (byte stream).
`static DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM`	`POSTSCRIPT`	Doc flavor with MIME type = `"application/postscript"`, print data representation class name = `"java.io.InputStream"` (byte stream).
`static DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM`	`TEXT_HTML_HOST`	Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/html"`, encoded in the host platform encoding.
`static DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM`	`TEXT_HTML_US_ASCII`	Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/html; charset=us-ascii"`, print data representation class name = `"java.io.InputStream"` (byte stream).
`static DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM`	`TEXT_HTML_UTF_16`	Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/html; charset=utf-16"`, print data representation class name = `"java.io.InputStream"` (byte stream).
`static DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM`	`TEXT_HTML_UTF_16BE`	Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/html; charset=utf-16be"` (big-endian byte ordering), print data representation class name = `"java.io.InputStream"` (byte stream).
`static DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM`	`TEXT_HTML_UTF_16LE`	Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/html; charset=utf-16le"` (little-endian byte ordering), print data representation class name = `"java.io.InputStream"` (byte stream).
`static DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM`	`TEXT_HTML_UTF_8`	Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/html; charset=utf-8"`, print data representation class name = `"java.io.InputStream"` (byte stream).
`static DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM`	`TEXT_PLAIN_HOST`	Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/plain"`, encoded in the host platform encoding.
`static DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM`	`TEXT_PLAIN_US_ASCII`	Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/plain; charset=us-ascii"`, print data representation class name = `"java.io.InputStream"` (byte stream).
`static DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM`	`TEXT_PLAIN_UTF_16`	Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/plain; charset=utf-16"`, print data representation class name = `"java.io.InputStream"` (byte stream).
`static DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM`	`TEXT_PLAIN_UTF_16BE`	Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/plain; charset=utf-16be"` (big-endian byte ordering), print data representation class name = `"java.io.InputStream"` (byte stream).
`static DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM`	`TEXT_PLAIN_UTF_16LE`	Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/plain; charset=utf-16le"` (little-endian byte ordering), print data representation class name = `"java.io.InputStream"` (byte stream).
`static DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM`	`TEXT_PLAIN_UTF_8`	Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/plain; charset=utf-8"`, print data representation class name = `"java.io.InputStream"` (byte stream).

Fields inherited from class javax.print.DocFlavor
hostEncoding

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`INPUT_STREAM(String mimeType)`	Constructs a new doc flavor with the given MIME type and a print data representation class name of `"java.io.InputStream"` (byte stream).

Method Summary
- Methods inherited from class javax.print.DocFlavor
  equals, getMediaSubtype, getMediaType, getMimeType, getParameter, getRepresentationClassName, hashCode, toString
- Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
  clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - TEXT_PLAIN_HOST
```
public static final DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM TEXT_PLAIN_HOST
```
    Doc flavor with MIME type = "text/plain", encoded in the host platform encoding. See hostEncoding Print data representation class name = "java.io.InputStream" (byte stream).
  - TEXT_PLAIN_UTF_8
```
public static final DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM TEXT_PLAIN_UTF_8
```
    Doc flavor with MIME type = "text/plain; charset=utf-8", print data representation class name = "java.io.InputStream" (byte stream).
  - TEXT_PLAIN_UTF_16
```
public static final DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM TEXT_PLAIN_UTF_16
```
    Doc flavor with MIME type = "text/plain; charset=utf-16", print data representation class name = "java.io.InputStream" (byte stream).
  - TEXT_PLAIN_UTF_16BE
```
public static final DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM TEXT_PLAIN_UTF_16BE
```
    Doc flavor with MIME type = "text/plain; charset=utf-16be" (big-endian byte ordering), print data representation class name = "java.io.InputStream" (byte stream).
  - TEXT_PLAIN_UTF_16LE
```
public static final DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM TEXT_PLAIN_UTF_16LE
```
    Doc flavor with MIME type = "text/plain; charset=utf-16le" (little-endian byte ordering), print data representation class name = "java.io.InputStream" (byte stream).
  - TEXT_PLAIN_US_ASCII
```
public static final DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM TEXT_PLAIN_US_ASCII
```
    Doc flavor with MIME type = "text/plain; charset=us-ascii", print data representation class name = "java.io.InputStream" (byte stream).
  - TEXT_HTML_HOST
```
public static final DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM TEXT_HTML_HOST
```
    Doc flavor with MIME type = "text/html", encoded in the host platform encoding. See hostEncoding Print data representation class name = "java.io.InputStream" (byte stream).
  - TEXT_HTML_UTF_8
```
public static final DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM TEXT_HTML_UTF_8
```
    Doc flavor with MIME type = "text/html; charset=utf-8", print data representation class name = "java.io.InputStream" (byte stream).
  - TEXT_HTML_UTF_16
```
public static final DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM TEXT_HTML_UTF_16
```
    Doc flavor with MIME type = "text/html; charset=utf-16", print data representation class name = "java.io.InputStream" (byte stream).
  - TEXT_HTML_UTF_16BE
```
public static final DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM TEXT_HTML_UTF_16BE
```
    Doc flavor with MIME type = "text/html; charset=utf-16be" (big-endian byte ordering), print data representation class name = "java.io.InputStream" (byte stream).
  - TEXT_HTML_UTF_16LE
```
public static final DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM TEXT_HTML_UTF_16LE
```
    Doc flavor with MIME type = "text/html; charset=utf-16le" (little-endian byte ordering), print data representation class name = "java.io.InputStream" (byte stream).
  - TEXT_HTML_US_ASCII
```
public static final DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM TEXT_HTML_US_ASCII
```
    Doc flavor with MIME type = "text/html; charset=us-ascii", print data representation class name = "java.io.InputStream" (byte stream).
  - PDF
```
public static final DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM PDF
```
    Doc flavor with MIME type = "application/pdf", print data representation class name = "java.io.InputStream" (byte stream).
  - POSTSCRIPT
```
public static final DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM POSTSCRIPT
```
    Doc flavor with MIME type = "application/postscript", print data representation class name = "java.io.InputStream" (byte stream).
  - PCL
```
public static final DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM PCL
```
    Doc flavor with MIME type = "application/vnd.hp-PCL", print data representation class name = "java.io.InputStream" (byte stream).
  - GIF
```
public static final DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM GIF
```
    Doc flavor with MIME type = "image/gif", print data representation class name = "java.io.InputStream" (byte stream).
  - JPEG
```
public static final DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM JPEG
```
    Doc flavor with MIME type = "image/jpeg", print data representation class name = "java.io.InputStream" (byte stream).
  - PNG
```
public static final DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM PNG
```
    Doc flavor with MIME type = "image/png", print data representation class name = "java.io.InputStream" (byte stream).
  - AUTOSENSE
```
public static final DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM AUTOSENSE
```
    Doc flavor with MIME type = "application/octet-stream", print data representation class name = "java.io.InputStream" (byte stream). The client must determine that data described using this DocFlavor is valid for the printer.
- Constructor Detail
  - INPUT_STREAM
```
public INPUT_STREAM(String mimeType)
```
    Constructs a new doc flavor with the given MIME type and a print data representation class name of "java.io.InputStream" (byte stream).
    
    Parameters:
    
    mimeType - MIME media type string.
    
    Throws:
    
    NullPointerException - (unchecked exception) Thrown if mimeType is null.
    
    IllegalArgumentException - (unchecked exception) Thrown if mimeType does not obey the syntax for a MIME media type string.

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Class DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class javax.print.DocFlavor

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class javax.print.DocFlavor

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class javax.print.DocFlavor

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Field Detail

TEXT_PLAIN_HOST

TEXT_PLAIN_UTF_8

TEXT_PLAIN_UTF_16

TEXT_PLAIN_UTF_16BE

TEXT_PLAIN_UTF_16LE

TEXT_PLAIN_US_ASCII

TEXT_HTML_HOST

TEXT_HTML_UTF_8

TEXT_HTML_UTF_16

TEXT_HTML_UTF_16BE

TEXT_HTML_UTF_16LE

TEXT_HTML_US_ASCII

PDF

POSTSCRIPT

PCL

GIF

JPEG

PNG

AUTOSENSE

Constructor Detail

INPUT_STREAM