JobPriority (Java Platform SE 8 )
Keywords: javax.print.attribute.standard.JobPriority class
Date: 2026-07-22

javax.print.attribute.standard

## Class JobPriority

- java.lang.Object
- - javax.print.attribute.IntegerSyntax
  - - javax.print.attribute.standard.JobPriority

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    Serializable, Cloneable, Attribute, PrintJobAttribute, PrintRequestAttribute

      public final class JobPriority
      extends IntegerSyntax
      implements PrintRequestAttribute, PrintJobAttribute

  Class JobPriority is an integer valued printing attribute class that specifies a print job's priority.

  If a JobPriority attribute is specified for a Print Job, it specifies a priority for scheduling the job. A higher value specifies a higher priority. The value 1 indicates the lowest possible priority. The value 100 indicates the highest possible priority. Among those jobs that are ready to print, a printer must print all jobs with a priority value of n before printing those with a priority value of n-1 for all n.

  If the client does not specify a JobPriority attribute for a Print Job and the printer does support the JobPriority attribute, the printer must use an implementation-defined default JobPriority value.

  The client can always specify any job priority value from 1 to 100 for a job. However, a Print Service instance may support fewer than 100 different job priority levels. If this is the case, the Print Service instance automatically maps the client-specified job priority value to one of the supported job priority levels, dividing the 100 job priority values equally among the available job priority levels.

  IPP Compatibility: The integer value gives the IPP integer value. The category name returned by `getName()` gives the IPP attribute name.

  See Also:
    Serialized Form

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `JobPriority(int value)` Construct a new job priority attribute with the given integer value.

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `boolean` | `equals(Object object)` Returns whether this job priority attribute is equivalent to the passed in object.
    `Class<? extends Attribute>` | `getCategory()` Get the printing attribute class which is to be used as the "category" for this printing attribute value.
    `String` | `getName()` Get the name of the category of which this attribute value is an instance.

    - ### Methods inherited from class javax.print.attribute.IntegerSyntax

      `getValue, hashCode, toString`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### JobPriority

          public JobPriority(int value)

      Construct a new job priority attribute with the given integer value.
      Parameters:
        `value` - Integer value.
      Throws:
        `IllegalArgumentException` - (Unchecked exception) Thrown if `value` is less than 1 or greater than 100.

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### equals

          public boolean equals(Object object)

      Returns whether this job priority attribute is equivalent to the passed in object. To be equivalent, all of the following conditions must be true:
      1. `object` is not null.
      2. `object` is an instance of class JobPriority.
      3. This job priority attribute's value and `object`'s value are equal.
      Overrides:
        `equals` in class `IntegerSyntax`
      Parameters:
        `object` - Object to compare to.
      Returns:
        True if `object` is equivalent to this job priority attribute, false otherwise.
      See Also:
        `Object.hashCode()`, `HashMap`

    - #### getCategory

          public final Class<? extends Attribute> getCategory()

      Get the printing attribute class which is to be used as the "category" for this printing attribute value.

      For class JobPriority, the category is class JobPriority itself.

      Specified by:
        `getCategory` in interface `Attribute`
      Returns:
        Printing attribute class (category), an instance of class `java.lang.Class`.

    - #### getName

          public final String getName()

      Get the name of the category of which this attribute value is an instance.

      For class JobPriority, the category name is `"job-priority"`.

      Specified by:
        `getName` in interface `Attribute`
      Returns:
        Attribute category name.

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