set Destination attribute in printReqAttrSet

[Neacsu Cristian]

What I try to achieve, is to use "Microsoft Print to PDF" without inserting
the path manually. In java 8 was possible to force adding that Destination
parameter through reflection (again an ugly hack), because the API do not
expose it. Now being encapsulated in Java 9+ is not achievable anymore...
I need to generate automatically 50 nodes (which represents invoices) as
PDF.

On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 4:18 PM Dan Howard <sproket at videotron.ca> wrote:

> Have you tried using normal printing in Java? Just to print something
> with the usual AWT etc APIs.  If that works you could convert the node
> to an image to print.
>
>
> On 2/4/2020 5:52 AM, Neacsu Cristian wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Any updates regarding this matter? :-s
> >
> > Thank you in advance,
> > Cristian-Stefan
> >
> > On Sat, May 11, 2019 at 2:36 AM Neacsu Cristian <
> > neacsu.cristianstefan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Damn ... Thank you for your reply and for the ticket submitted.
> >> I created an invoice application for my own company, and imagine that
> java
> >> 9+ would kill me :) All the invoices are generated automatically through
> >> pdf printer (I tried few free pdf libraries as an alternative, but for
> what
> >> I need they have poor results).
> >>
> >> I actually posted my ugly solution as well here some time ago:
> >>
> >>
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52684422/javafx-set-programmatically-the-destination-path-to-print-directly-a-node-to-p/52687798#52687798
> >>
> >> I know it is not much, but 89 hits might mean something. People might
> >> fight with it later, when they are going to migrate for new java
> versions.
> >>
> >> Thank you so much, and looking forward if you guys have time to take
> care
> >> of it.
> >>
> >> Cristian-Stefan
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 8:15 PM Philip Race <philip.race at oracle.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Everything you are touching there pre-supposes knowledge
> >>> of today's implementation of the JavaFX printing API, so
> >>> I don't think we can endorse that.
> >>> The right thing to do (maybe years ago!) is to file
> >>> an RFE to request that something like the Destination attribute
> >>> be supported in the FX printing API. I've reviewed the open
> >>> bug list and I don't see that anyone else has asked for this.
> >>>
> >>> I just submitted : https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8223717
> >>>
> >>> JFYI, I reviewed some old notes and it was originally planned to be
> >>> supported in the API but during design discussion it was removed
> >>> as a result of a combination of getting it right, not being sure how
> >>> many people would need it (you may be the first) and some perhaps
> >>> over-stated concerns about security.
> >>>
> >>> -phil.
> >>>
> >>> On 5/10/19, 1:39 AM, Neacsu Cristian wrote:
> >>>> For windows print through "Microsoft Print to PDF", there is no way
> >>> right
> >>>> now to pre-define a path programmatically. There is no way to set
> inside
> >>>> the printReqAttrSet (J2DPrinterJob), an attribute of type Destination,
> >>> to
> >>>> solve this issue.
> >>>>
> >>>> Before jdk 9, I was bypassing it through reflection like this:
> >>>>
> >>>> java.lang.reflect.Field field =
> >>> job.getClass().getDeclaredField("jobImpl");
> >>>> field.setAccessible(true);
> >>>> PrinterJobImpl jobImpl = (PrinterJobImpl) field.get(job);
> >>>> field.setAccessible(false);
> >>>> field = jobImpl.getClass().getDeclaredField("printReqAttrSet");
> >>>> field.setAccessible(true);
> >>>> PrintRequestAttributeSet printReqAttrSet = (PrintRequestAttributeSet)
> >>>> field.get(jobImpl);
> >>>> field.setAccessible(false);
> >>>> printReqAttrSet.add(new Destination(new File(filePath).toURI()));
> >>>>
> >>>> Now, the module is closed, so I cannot access it through reflection.
> Is
> >>>> there a way to obtain this behavior again?
>