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Transferable 
Name
Transferable
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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
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- flavor
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The requested flavor for the returned data.
- flavor
- Returns
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The data represented by this Transferable object, in the requested flavor.
- Throws
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- UnsupportedFlavorException
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If the requested flavor is not supported.
- IOException
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If a Reader representing the data could not be created.
- UnsupportedFlavorException
- Description
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Returns the data this Transferable object represents. The class of object returned depends on the flavor requested.
getTransferDataFlavors
public abstract DataFlavor[] getTransferDataFlavors()
- Returns
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An array of the supported data flavors.
- Description
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The data flavors should be returned in order, sorted from most to least descriptive.
isDataFlavorSupported
public abstract boolean isDataFlavorSupported (DataFlavor flavor)
- Parameters
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- flavor
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The flavor in question.
- flavor
- Returns
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true if flavor is supported; false otherwise.
See Also
Clipboard, DataFlavor, Reader, StringSelection, Transferable
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