source: trunk/gcc/libjava/java/awt/datatransfer/StringSelection.java

/* StringSelection.java -- Clipboard handler for text.
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package java.awt.datatransfer;

import java.io.StringBufferInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
  * This class transfers a string as plain text using the clipboard.
  *
  * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
  */
public class StringSelection implements Transferable, ClipboardOwner
{

/*
 * Class Variables
 */

// List of flavors we support
public static final DataFlavor[] supported_flavors 
   = { DataFlavor.plainTextFlavor };

/*************************************************************************/

/*
 * Instance Variables
 */

// This is the data to transfer
private String data;

/*************************************************************************/

/*
 * Constructors
 */

/**
  * Transfer the specfied string as text.
  */
public
StringSelection(String data)
{
  this.data = data;
}

/*************************************************************************/

/*
 * Instance Methods
 */

/**
  * Returns a list of supported data flavors.
  *
  * @return A list of supported data flavors.
  */
public DataFlavor[]
getTransferDataFlavors()
{
  return(supported_flavors);
}

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * Tests whether or not the specified data flavor is supported.
  *
  * @param flavor The data flavor to test.
  *
  * @return <code>true</code> if the data flavor is supported,
  * <code>false</code> otherwise.
  */
public boolean
isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor flavor)
{
  for (int i = 0; i < supported_flavors.length; i++)
    if (supported_flavors[i].equals(flavor))
       return(true);

  return(false);
}

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * This method returns the data in the requested format.
  *
  * @param flavor The desired data flavor.
  *
  * @return The transferred data.
  *
  * @exception UnsupportedFlavorException If the specified flavor is not
  * supported.
  * @exception IOException If any other error occurs.
  */
public Object
getTransferData(DataFlavor flavor) throws UnsupportedFlavorException,
                                          IOException
{
  if (!isDataFlavorSupported(flavor))
    throw new UnsupportedFlavorException(flavor);

  return(new StringBufferInputStream(data));
}

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * Called when ownership of the clipboard object is lost.
  *
  * @param clipboard The affected clipboard.
  * @param contents The clipboard contents.
  */
public void
lostOwnership(Clipboard clipboard, Transferable contents)
{
  // FIXME: What does this do?
}

} // class StringSelection