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package gnu.javax.print.ipp;


/**
 * IPP Delimiter Tags as described in RFC 2910 section 3.5.1.
 * <p>
 * Every delimiter tag value can occur in the protocol field 
 * begin-attribute-group-tag and indicates that the following
 * attributes will be part of the named group.<br>
 * The end-of-attributes-tag signals the end of the attributes
 * section in the IPP request/response and therefore the beginning
 * of the data section (if any). 
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author Wolfgang Baer (WBaer@gmx.de)
 */
public final class IppDelimiterTag
{
  /** Start of the operation attributes group section. */
  public static final byte OPERATION_ATTRIBUTES_TAG = 0x01;
  
  /** Start of the job attributes group section. */
  public static final byte JOB_ATTRIBUTES_TAG = 0x02;
  
  /** End of the attributes section and begin of data section. */
  public static final byte END_OF_ATTRIBUTES_TAG = 0x03;
  
  /** Start of the printer attributes group section. */
  public static final byte PRINTER_ATTRIBUTES_TAG = 0x04;
  
  /** Start of the unsupported attributes group section. */
  public static final byte UNSUPPORTED_ATTRIBUTES_TAG = 0x05;
  
    
  // 0x00 reserved for definition in a future IETF
  // standards track document
  
  // 0x06-0x0f reserved for future delimiters in IETF
  // standards track documents
    
  private IppDelimiterTag()
  {
    // not to be instantiated
  }
    
  /**
   * Tests if given value corresponds to a 
   * delimiter tag value.
   * 
   * @param value the value to test for
   * @return <code>true</code> if, <code>false</code> otherwise.
   */
  public static boolean isDelimiterTag(byte value) 
  {
    if (value >= 0x01 && value <= 0x05)
      return true;
    
    return false;
  }

}
