java.awt.datatransfer
Class Clipboard

java.lang.Object
  java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard

public class Clipboard

extends Object

A class which implements a mechanism to transfer data using cut/copy/paste operations.

Author:

Amy Fowler

See Also:

Toolkit.getSystemClipboard()

Field Summary

protected Transferable	contents
(package private) String	name
protected ClipboardOwner	owner

Constructor Summary

Clipboard(String name)
Creates a clipboard object.

Method Summary

Transferable	getContents(Object requestor) Returns a transferable object representing the current contents of the clipboard.
String	getName() Returns the name of this clipboard object.
void	setContents(Transferable contents, ClipboardOwner owner) Sets the current contents of the clipboard to the specified transferable object and registers the specified clipboard owner as the owner of the new contents.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

name

String name

owner

protected ClipboardOwner owner

contents

protected Transferable contents

Constructor Detail

Clipboard

public Clipboard(String name)

Creates a clipboard object.

See Also:

Toolkit.getSystemClipboard()

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Returns the name of this clipboard object.

See Also:

Toolkit.getSystemClipboard()

setContents

public void setContents(Transferable contents,
                        ClipboardOwner owner)

Sets the current contents of the clipboard to the specified transferable object and registers the specified clipboard owner as the owner of the new contents. If there is an existing owner registered, that owner is notified that it no longer holds ownership of the clipboard contents. The method throws IllegalStateException if the clipboard is currently unavailable. For example, on some platforms, the system clipboard is unavailable while it is accessed by another application.

Parameters:

contents - the transferable object representing the clipboard content

owner - the object which owns the clipboard content

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if the clipboard is currently unavailable

See Also:

Toolkit.getSystemClipboard()

getContents

public Transferable getContents(Object requestor)

Returns a transferable object representing the current contents of the clipboard. If the clipboard currently has no contents, it returns null. The parameter Object requestor is not currently used. The method throws IllegalStateException if the clipboard is currently unavailable. For example, on some platforms, the system clipboard is unavailable while it is accessed by another application.

Parameters:

requestor - the object requesting the clip data (not used)

Returns:

the current transferable object on the clipboard

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if the clipboard is currently unavailable

See Also:

Toolkit.getSystemClipboard()