# Class JobState

java.lang.Object
javax.print.attribute.EnumSyntax
javax.print.attribute.standard.JobState

All Implemented Interfaces:
  `Serializable, Cloneable, Attribute, PrintJobAttribute`

public class JobState extends EnumSyntax implements PrintJobAttribute
`JobState` is a printing attribute class, an enumeration, that identifies the current state of a print job. Class `JobState` defines standard job state values. A Print Service implementation only needs to report those job states which are appropriate for the particular implementation; it does not have to report every defined job state. The `JobStateReasons` attribute augments the `JobState` attribute to give more detailed information about the job in the given job state.

IPP Compatibility: The category name returned by `getName()` is the IPP attribute name. The enumeration's integer value is the IPP enum value. The `toString()` method returns the IPP string representation of the attribute value.

See Also:
  - Serialized Form

- ## Field Summary

  Fields
  Modifier and Type
  Field
  Description
  `static final JobState`
  `ABORTED`
  The job has been aborted by the system (usually while the job was in the `PROCESSING` or `PROCESSING_STOPPED` state), the printer has completed aborting the job, and all job status attributes have reached their final values for the job.
  `static final JobState`
  `CANCELED`
  The job has been canceled by some human agency, the printer has completed canceling the job, and all job status attributes have reached their final values for the job.
  `static final JobState`
  `COMPLETED`
  The job has completed successfully or with warnings or errors after processing, all of the job media sheets have been successfully stacked in the appropriate output bin(s), and all job status attributes have reached their final values for the job.
  `static final JobState`
  `PENDING`
  The job is a candidate to start processing, but is not yet processing.
  `static final JobState`
  `PENDING_HELD`
  The job is not a candidate for processing for any number of reasons but will return to the `PENDING` state as soon as the reasons are no longer present.
  `static final JobState`
  `PROCESSING`
  The job is processing.
  `static final JobState`
  `PROCESSING_STOPPED`
  The job has stopped while processing for any number of reasons and will return to the `PROCESSING` state as soon as the reasons are no longer present.
  `static final JobState`
  `UNKNOWN`
  The job state is unknown.

- ## Constructor Summary

  Constructors
  Modifier
  Constructor
  Description
  `protected`
  `JobState(int value)`
  Construct a new job state enumeration value with the given integer value.

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `final Class<? extends Attribute>`
  `getCategory()`
  Get the printing attribute class which is to be used as the "category" for this printing attribute value.
  `protected EnumSyntax[]`
  `getEnumValueTable()`
  Returns the enumeration value table for class `JobState`.
  `final String`
  `getName()`
  Get the name of the category of which this attribute value is an instance.
  `protected String[]`
  `getStringTable()`
  Returns the string table for class `JobState`.

  ### Methods declared in class EnumSyntax

  `clone, getOffset, getValue, hashCode, readResolve, toString`

  ### Methods declared in class Object

  `equals, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

- ## Field Details

  - ### UNKNOWN

    public static final JobState UNKNOWN
    The job state is unknown.

  - ### PENDING

    public static final JobState PENDING
    The job is a candidate to start processing, but is not yet processing.

  - ### PENDING_HELD

    public static final JobState PENDING_HELD
    The job is not a candidate for processing for any number of reasons but will return to the `PENDING` state as soon as the reasons are no longer present. The job's `JobStateReasons` attribute must indicate why the job is no longer a candidate for processing.

  - ### PROCESSING

    public static final JobState PROCESSING
    The job is processing. One or more of the following activities is occurring:
    1. The job is using, or is attempting to use, one or more purely software processes that are analyzing, creating, or interpreting a PDL, etc.
    2. The job is using, or is attempting to use, one or more hardware devices that are interpreting a PDL, making marks on a medium, and/or performing finishing, such as stapling, etc.
    3. The printer has made the job ready for printing, but the output device is not yet printing it, either because the job hasn't reached the output device or because the job is queued in the output device or some other spooler, awaiting the output device to print it.
    When the job is in the `PROCESSING` state, the entire job state includes the detailed status represented in the printer's `PrinterState` and `PrinterStateReasons` attributes.

    Implementations may, though they need not, include additional values in the job's `JobStateReasons` attribute to indicate the progress of the job, such as adding the `JOB_PRINTING` value to indicate when the output device is actually making marks on paper and/or the `PROCESSING_TO_STOP_POINT` value to indicate that the printer is in the process of canceling or aborting the job.

  - ### PROCESSING_STOPPED

    public static final JobState PROCESSING_STOPPED
    The job has stopped while processing for any number of reasons and will return to the `PROCESSING` state as soon as the reasons are no longer present.

    The job's `JobStateReasons` attribute may indicate why the job has stopped processing. For example, if the output device is stopped, the `PRINTER_STOPPED` value may be included in the job's `JobStateReasons` attribute.

    Note: When an output device is stopped, the device usually indicates its condition in human readable form locally at the device. A client can obtain more complete device status remotely by querying the printer's `PrinterState` and `PrinterStateReasons` attributes.

  - ### CANCELED

    public static final JobState CANCELED
    The job has been canceled by some human agency, the printer has completed canceling the job, and all job status attributes have reached their final values for the job. While the printer is canceling the job, the job remains in its current state, but the job's `JobStateReasons` attribute should contain the `PROCESSING_TO_STOP_POINT` value and one of the `CANCELED_BY_USER`, `CANCELED_BY_OPERATOR`, or `CANCELED_AT_DEVICE` values. When the job moves to the `CANCELED` state, the `PROCESSING_TO_STOP_POINT` value, if present, must be removed, but the CANCELED_BY_xxx value, if present, must remain.

  - ### ABORTED

    public static final JobState ABORTED
    The job has been aborted by the system (usually while the job was in the `PROCESSING` or `PROCESSING_STOPPED` state), the printer has completed aborting the job, and all job status attributes have reached their final values for the job. While the printer is aborting the job, the job remains in its current state, but the job's `JobStateReasons` attribute should contain the `PROCESSING_TO_STOP_POINT` and `ABORTED_BY_SYSTEM` values. When the job moves to the `ABORTED` state, the `PROCESSING_TO_STOP_POINT` value, if present, must be removed, but the `ABORTED_BY_SYSTEM` value, if present, must remain.

  - ### COMPLETED

    public static final JobState COMPLETED
    The job has completed successfully or with warnings or errors after processing, all of the job media sheets have been successfully stacked in the appropriate output bin(s), and all job status attributes have reached their final values for the job. The job's `JobStateReasons` attribute should contain one of these values: `COMPLETED_SUCCESSFULLY`, `COMPLETED_WITH_WARNINGS`, or `COMPLETED_WITH_ERRORS`.

- ## Constructor Details

  - ### JobState

    protected JobState(int value)
    Construct a new job state enumeration value with the given integer value.
    Parameters:
      `value` - Integer value

- ## Method Details

  - ### getStringTable

    protected String[] getStringTable()
    Returns the string table for class `JobState`.
    Overrides:
      `getStringTable` in class `EnumSyntax`
    Returns:
      the string table

  - ### getEnumValueTable

    protected EnumSyntax[] getEnumValueTable()
    Returns the enumeration value table for class `JobState`.
    Overrides:
      `getEnumValueTable` in class `EnumSyntax`
    Returns:
      the value table

  - ### 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 `JobState` and any vendor-defined subclasses, the category is class `JobState` 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 `JobState` and any vendor-defined subclasses, the category name is `"job-state"`.

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