Java Swing Tutorial - Java Clipboard(String name) Constructor








Syntax

Clipboard(String name) constructor from Clipboard has the following syntax.

public Clipboard(String name)

Example

In the following code shows how to use Clipboard.Clipboard(String name) constructor.

import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard;
import java.awt.datatransfer.ClipboardOwner;
import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor;
import java.awt.datatransfer.StringSelection;
import java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable;
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public class Main implements ClipboardOwner {
  Clipboard clipboard = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard();

  public Main() {
    Clipboard myClipboard = new Clipboard("name"); 
    
    // Implement Copy operation
    StringSelection contents = new StringSelection("data");
    clipboard.setContents(contents, this);
  

    
    // Implement Paste operation
    Transferable content = clipboard.getContents(this);
    String dstData;
    try {
      dstData = (String) content.getTransferData(DataFlavor.stringFlavor);
      System.out.println(clipboard.getData(DataFlavor.stringFlavor));
      System.out.println(dstData);
    } catch (Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }

  public void lostOwnership(Clipboard clipboard, Transferable contents) {
    System.out.println("Clipboard contents replaced");
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Main test = new Main();
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.