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Transferable (New)

Name

Transferable (New)

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Description

The Transferable interface is implemented by objects that can be placed on Clipboards.

Interface Definition

public abstract interface Transferable {
  // Instance Methods
  public abstract Object getTransferData (DataFlavor flavor) 
    throws UnsupportedFlavorException, IOException;
  public abstract DataFlavor[] getTransferDataFlavors();
  public abstract boolean isDataFlavorSupported (DataFlavor flavor);
}

Interface Methods

getTransferData

public abstract Object getTransferData (DataFlavor flavor) throws UnsupportedFlavorException, IOException

Parameters

flavor

The requested flavor for the returned data.

Returns

The data represented by this Transferable object, in the requested flavor.

Throws

UnsupportedFlavorException

If the requested flavor is not supported.

IOException

If a Reader representing the data could not be created.

Description

Returns the data this Transferable object represents. The class of object returned depends on the flavor requested.

getTransferDataFlavors

public abstract DataFlavor[] getTransferDataFlavors()

Returns

An array of the supported data flavors.

Description

The data flavors should be returned in order, sorted from most to least descriptive.

isDataFlavorSupported

public abstract boolean isDataFlavorSupported (DataFlavor flavor)

Parameters

flavor

The flavor in question.

Returns

true if flavor is supported; false otherwise.

See Also

Clipboard, DataFlavor, Reader, StringSelection, Transferable


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