Getting and Setting an Image on the System Clipboard : Clipboard « Development « Java Tutorial

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import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor;
import java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
    Transferable t = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard().getContents(null);

    if (t != null && t.isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor.imageFlavor)) {
      Image img = (Image) t.getTransferData(DataFlavor.imageFlavor);
    }
  }
}