Chapter 20
java.awt.datatransfer Reference

ClipboardOwner

Name

ClipboardOwner (New)

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Description

ClipboardOwner is implemented by classes that want to be notified when someone else sets the contents of a clipboard.

Interface Definition

public abstract interface java.awt.datatransfer.ClipboardOwner {
  // Interface Methods
  public abstract void lostOwnership (Clipboard clipboard, Transferable contents);
}

Interface Methods

lostOwnership

public abstract void lostOwnership (Clipboard clipboard, Transferable contents)

Parameters

clipboard

The clipboard whose contents have changed.

contents

The contents that this owner originally put on the clipboard.

Description

Tells the ClipboardOwner that the contents it placed on the given clipboard are no longer there.