java.awt.datatransfer
Interface ClipboardOwner
- All Known Implementing Classes:
- DefaultCaret.ClipboardHandler, StringSelection
- public interface ClipboardOwner
Defines the interface for classes that will provide data to
a clipboard. An instance of this interface becomes the owner
of the contents of a clipboard (clipboard owner) if it is
passed as an argument to
Clipboard.setContents(java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable, java.awt.datatransfer.ClipboardOwner)
method of
the clipboard and this method returns successfully.
The instance remains the clipboard owner until another application
or another object within this application asserts ownership
of this clipboard.
- Author:
- Amy Fowler
- See Also:
Clipboard
lostOwnership
public void lostOwnership(Clipboard clipboard,
Transferable contents)
- Notifies this object that it is no longer the clipboard owner.
This method will be called when another application or another
object within this application asserts ownership of the clipboard.
- Parameters:
clipboard
- the clipboard that is no longer ownedcontents
- the contents which this owner had placed on the clipboard