Clipboard.java Source code

Introduction

Here is the source code for Clipboard.java

Source

//package emulator.GUI.util;

import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.datatransfer.ClipboardOwner;
import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor;
import java.awt.datatransfer.StringSelection;
import java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable;
import java.awt.datatransfer.UnsupportedFlavorException;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Clipboard implements ClipboardOwner {

    /**
    * Place a String on the clipboard, and make this class the
    * owner of the Clipboard's contents.
    */
    public void setClipboardContents(String aString) {
        StringSelection stringSelection = new StringSelection(aString);
        java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard clipboard = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
        clipboard.setContents(stringSelection, this);
    }

    /**
    * Get the String residing on the clipboard.
    *
    * @return any text found on the Clipboard; if none found, return an
    * empty String.
    */
    public String getClipboardContents() {
        String result = "";
        java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard clipboard = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
        //odd: the Object param of getContents is not currently used
        Transferable contents = clipboard.getContents(null);
        boolean hasTransferableText = (contents != null) && contents.isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor.stringFlavor);
        if (hasTransferableText) {
            try {
                result = (String) contents.getTransferData(DataFlavor.stringFlavor);
            } catch (UnsupportedFlavorException ex) {
                //highly unlikely since we are using a standard DataFlavor
                System.out.println(ex);
                ex.printStackTrace();
            } catch (IOException ex) {
                System.out.println(ex);
                ex.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
        return result;
    }

    @Override
    public void lostOwnership(java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard arg0, Transferable arg1) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

    }

}