Clipboard Util : Clipboard « Development Class « Java

1. Java
2. Development Class
3. Clipboard

Clipboard Util

       

//package emulator.GUI.util;

import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.datatransfer.ClipboardOwner;
import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor;
import java.awt.datatransfer.StringSelection;
import java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable;
import java.awt.datatransfer.UnsupportedFlavorException;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Clipboard implements ClipboardOwner {


    /**
    * Place a String on the clipboard, and make this class the
    * owner of the Clipboard's contents.
    */
    public void setClipboardContents( String aString ){
      StringSelection stringSelection = new StringSelection( aString );
      java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard clipboard = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
      clipboard.setContents( stringSelection, this );
    }

    /**
    * Get the String residing on the clipboard.
    *
    * @return any text found on the Clipboard; if none found, return an
    * empty String.
    */
    public String getClipboardContents() {
      String result = "";
      java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard clipboard = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
      //odd: the Object param of getContents is not currently used
      Transferable contents = clipboard.getContents(null);
      boolean hasTransferableText =
        (contents != null) &&
        contents.isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor.stringFlavor)
      ;
      if ( hasTransferableText ) {
        try {
          result = (String)contents.getTransferData(DataFlavor.stringFlavor);
        }
        catch (UnsupportedFlavorException ex){
          //highly unlikely since we are using a standard DataFlavor
          System.out.println(ex);
          ex.printStackTrace();
        }
        catch (IOException ex) {
          System.out.println(ex);
          ex.printStackTrace();
        }
      }
      return result;
    }

  @Override
  public void lostOwnership(java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard arg0,
      Transferable arg1) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    
  }

}

   
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

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