Java tutorial
/** * Transfer type to transfer SWT ImageData objects. */ import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream; import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream; import java.io.DataInputStream; import java.io.DataOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import org.eclipse.swt.SWT; import org.eclipse.swt.dnd.ByteArrayTransfer; import org.eclipse.swt.dnd.DND; import org.eclipse.swt.dnd.TransferData; import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.ImageData; import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.ImageLoader; public class ImageTransfer extends ByteArrayTransfer { private static final String TYPENAME = "imagedata"; private static final int TYPEID = registerType(TYPENAME); private static ImageTransfer _instance = new ImageTransfer(); public static ImageTransfer getInstance() { return _instance; } public void javaToNative(Object object, TransferData transferData) { if (!checkImage(object) || !isSupportedType(transferData)) { DND.error(DND.ERROR_INVALID_DATA); } ImageData imdata = (ImageData) object; try { // write data to a byte array and then ask super to convert to // pMedium ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); DataOutputStream writeOut = new DataOutputStream(out); ImageLoader loader = new ImageLoader(); loader.data = new ImageData[] { imdata }; loader.save(writeOut, SWT.IMAGE_BMP); writeOut.close(); byte[] buffer = out.toByteArray(); super.javaToNative(buffer, transferData); out.close(); } catch (IOException e) { } } public Object nativeToJava(TransferData transferData) { if (!isSupportedType(transferData)) return null; byte[] buffer = (byte[]) super.nativeToJava(transferData); if (buffer == null) return null; ImageData imdata; try { ByteArrayInputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(buffer); DataInputStream readIn = new DataInputStream(in); imdata = new ImageData(readIn); readIn.close(); } catch (IOException ex) { return null; } return imdata; } protected String[] getTypeNames() { return new String[] { TYPENAME }; } protected int[] getTypeIds() { return new int[] { TYPEID }; } boolean checkImage(Object object) { return (object != null && object instanceof ImageData); } protected boolean validate(Object object) { return checkImage(object); } }