java.awt.datatransfer

Class Clipboard

java.lang.Object

java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard

public class Clipboard
extends java.lang.Object

This class allows data to be transferred using a cut and paste type mechanism.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected Transferable	contents The data currently on this clipboard.
protected ClipboardOwner	owner The owner of this clipboard.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Clipboard(java.lang.String name) Initializes a new instance of Clipboard with the specified name.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addFlavorListener(FlavorListener listener)
DataFlavor[]	getAvailableDataFlavors()
Transferable	getContents(java.lang.Object requestor) Returns the contents of the clipboard.
java.lang.Object	getData(DataFlavor flavor)
FlavorListener[]	getFlavorListeners()
java.lang.String	getName() Returns the name of the clipboard.
boolean	isDataFlavorAvailable(DataFlavor flavor)
void	removeFlavorListener(FlavorListener listener)
void	setContents(Transferable contents, ClipboardOwner owner) Sets the content and owner of this clipboard.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

contents

protected Transferable contents

The data currently on this clipboard. For use by subclasses. Also returned by the public method getContents().

owner

protected ClipboardOwner owner

The owner of this clipboard.

Constructor Detail

Clipboard

public Clipboard(java.lang.String name)

Initializes a new instance of Clipboard with the specified name.

Parameters:

name - The clipboard name.

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns the name of the clipboard.

getContents

public Transferable getContents(java.lang.Object requestor)

Returns the contents of the clipboard.

Parameters:

requestor - The object requesting the contents. This implementation ignores this parameter.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalStateException - If the clipboard is currently unavailable

setContents

public void setContents(Transferable contents,
               ClipboardOwner owner)

Sets the content and owner of this clipboard. If the given owner is different from the current owner then lostOwnership() is called on the current owner with the old contents of the given clipboard.

Parameters:

contents - The new clipboard contents.

owner - The new clipboard owner

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalStateException - If the clipboard is currently unavailable

getAvailableDataFlavors

public DataFlavor[] getAvailableDataFlavors()

isDataFlavorAvailable

public boolean isDataFlavorAvailable(DataFlavor flavor)

getData

public java.lang.Object getData(DataFlavor flavor)
                         throws UnsupportedFlavorException,
                                java.io.IOException

Throws:

UnsupportedFlavorException

java.io.IOException

addFlavorListener

public void addFlavorListener(FlavorListener listener)

removeFlavorListener

public void removeFlavorListener(FlavorListener listener)

getFlavorListeners

public FlavorListener[] getFlavorListeners()