set Destination attribute in printReqAttrSet

[Philip Race]

I found that there were some bugs in the JDK code that FX calls
that need to be fixed first. I started on those but it was reasonably
complex to test and so that is still WIP and then the FX part should
be possible.

-phil.

On 2/4/20, 2:52 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 
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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?
>