DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY (Java Platform SE 8 )
Keywords: javax.print.DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY class
Date: 2026-08-19

javax.print

## Class DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY

- java.lang.Object
- - javax.print.DocFlavor
  - - javax.print.DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    Serializable, Cloneable
  Enclosing class:
    DocFlavor

      public static class DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY
      extends DocFlavor

  Class DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY provides predefined static constant DocFlavor objects for example doc flavors using a byte array (`byte[]`) as the print data representation class.

  See Also:
    Serialized Form

- - ### Nested Class Summary

    - ### Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class javax.print.DocFlavor

      `DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY, DocFlavor.CHAR_ARRAY, DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM, DocFlavor.READER, DocFlavor.SERVICE_FORMATTED, DocFlavor.STRING, DocFlavor.URL`

  - ### Field Summary

    Fields
    Modifier and Type | Field and Description
    --- | ---
    `static DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY` | `AUTOSENSE` Doc flavor with MIME type = `"application/octet-stream"`, print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).
    `static DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY` | `GIF` Doc flavor with MIME type = `"image/gif"`, print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).
    `static DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY` | `JPEG` Doc flavor with MIME type = `"image/jpeg"`, print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).
    `static DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY` | `PCL` Doc flavor with MIME type = `"application/vnd.hp-PCL"`, print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).
    `static DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY` | `PDF` Doc flavor with MIME type = `"application/pdf"`, print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).
    `static DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY` | `PNG` Doc flavor with MIME type = `"image/png"`, print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).
    `static DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY` | `POSTSCRIPT` Doc flavor with MIME type = `"application/postscript"`, print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).
    `static DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY` | `TEXT_HTML_HOST` Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/html"`, encoded in the host platform encoding.
    `static DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY` | `TEXT_HTML_US_ASCII` Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/html; charset=us-ascii"`, print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).
    `static DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY` | `TEXT_HTML_UTF_16` Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/html; charset=utf-16"`, print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).
    `static DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY` | `TEXT_HTML_UTF_16BE` Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/html; charset=utf-16be"` (big-endian byte ordering), print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).
    `static DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY` | `TEXT_HTML_UTF_16LE` Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/html; charset=utf-16le"` (little-endian byte ordering), print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).
    `static DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY` | `TEXT_HTML_UTF_8` Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/html; charset=utf-8"`, print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).
    `static DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY` | `TEXT_PLAIN_HOST` Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/plain"`, encoded in the host platform encoding.
    `static DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY` | `TEXT_PLAIN_US_ASCII` Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/plain; charset=us-ascii"`, print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).
    `static DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY` | `TEXT_PLAIN_UTF_16` Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/plain; charset=utf-16"`, print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).
    `static DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY` | `TEXT_PLAIN_UTF_16BE` Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/plain; charset=utf-16be"` (big-endian byte ordering), print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).
    `static DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY` | `TEXT_PLAIN_UTF_16LE` Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/plain; charset=utf-16le"` (little-endian byte ordering), print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).
    `static DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY` | `TEXT_PLAIN_UTF_8` Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/plain; charset=utf-8"`, print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).

    - ### Fields inherited from class javax.print.DocFlavor

      `hostEncoding`

  - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `BYTE_ARRAY(String mimeType)` Constructs a new doc flavor with the given MIME type and a print data representation class name of `"[B"` (byte array).

  - ### Method Summary

    - ### Methods inherited from class javax.print.DocFlavor

      `equals, getMediaSubtype, getMediaType, getMimeType, getParameter, getRepresentationClassName, hashCode, toString`

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

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

- - ### Field Detail

    - #### TEXT_PLAIN_HOST

          public static final DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY TEXT_PLAIN_HOST

      Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/plain"`, encoded in the host platform encoding. See `hostEncoding` Print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).

    - #### TEXT_PLAIN_UTF_8

          public static final DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY TEXT_PLAIN_UTF_8

      Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/plain; charset=utf-8"`, print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).

    - #### TEXT_PLAIN_UTF_16

          public static final DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY TEXT_PLAIN_UTF_16

      Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/plain; charset=utf-16"`, print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).

    - #### TEXT_PLAIN_UTF_16BE

          public static final DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY TEXT_PLAIN_UTF_16BE

      Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/plain; charset=utf-16be"` (big-endian byte ordering), print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).

    - #### TEXT_PLAIN_UTF_16LE

          public static final DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY TEXT_PLAIN_UTF_16LE

      Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/plain; charset=utf-16le"` (little-endian byte ordering), print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).

    - #### TEXT_PLAIN_US_ASCII

          public static final DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY TEXT_PLAIN_US_ASCII

      Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/plain; charset=us-ascii"`, print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).

    - #### TEXT_HTML_HOST

          public static final DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY TEXT_HTML_HOST

      Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/html"`, encoded in the host platform encoding. See `hostEncoding` Print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).

    - #### TEXT_HTML_UTF_8

          public static final DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY TEXT_HTML_UTF_8

      Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/html; charset=utf-8"`, print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).

    - #### TEXT_HTML_UTF_16

          public static final DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY TEXT_HTML_UTF_16

      Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/html; charset=utf-16"`, print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).

    - #### TEXT_HTML_UTF_16BE

          public static final DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY TEXT_HTML_UTF_16BE

      Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/html; charset=utf-16be"` (big-endian byte ordering), print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).

    - #### TEXT_HTML_UTF_16LE

          public static final DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY TEXT_HTML_UTF_16LE

      Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/html; charset=utf-16le"` (little-endian byte ordering), print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).

    - #### TEXT_HTML_US_ASCII

          public static final DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY TEXT_HTML_US_ASCII

      Doc flavor with MIME type = `"text/html; charset=us-ascii"`, print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).

    - #### PDF

          public static final DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY PDF

      Doc flavor with MIME type = `"application/pdf"`, print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).

    - #### POSTSCRIPT

          public static final DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY POSTSCRIPT

      Doc flavor with MIME type = `"application/postscript"`, print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).

    - #### PCL

          public static final DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY PCL

      Doc flavor with MIME type = `"application/vnd.hp-PCL"`, print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).

    - #### GIF

          public static final DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY GIF

      Doc flavor with MIME type = `"image/gif"`, print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).

    - #### JPEG

          public static final DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY JPEG

      Doc flavor with MIME type = `"image/jpeg"`, print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).

    - #### PNG

          public static final DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY PNG

      Doc flavor with MIME type = `"image/png"`, print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array).

    - #### AUTOSENSE

          public static final DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY AUTOSENSE

      Doc flavor with MIME type = `"application/octet-stream"`, print data representation class name = `"[B"` (byte array). The client must determine that data described using this DocFlavor is valid for the printer.

  - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### BYTE_ARRAY

          public BYTE_ARRAY(String mimeType)

      Constructs a new doc flavor with the given MIME type and a print data representation class name of `"[B"` (byte array).
      Parameters:
        `mimeType` - MIME media type string.
      Throws:
        `NullPointerException` - (unchecked exception) Thrown if `mimeType` is null.
        `IllegalArgumentException` - (unchecked exception) Thrown if `mimeType` does not obey the syntax for a MIME media type string.

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