Java tutorial
import java.awt.Image; import java.awt.Toolkit; import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor; import java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable; import java.awt.datatransfer.UnsupportedFlavorException; import java.io.IOException; import javax.swing.ImageIcon; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { ImageSelection imgSel = new ImageSelection(new ImageIcon("a.png").getImage()); Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard().setContents(imgSel, null); } } class ImageSelection implements Transferable { private Image image; public ImageSelection(Image image) { this.image = image; } public DataFlavor[] getTransferDataFlavors() { return new DataFlavor[] { DataFlavor.imageFlavor }; } public boolean isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor flavor) { return DataFlavor.imageFlavor.equals(flavor); } public Object getTransferData(DataFlavor flavor) throws UnsupportedFlavorException, IOException { if (!DataFlavor.imageFlavor.equals(flavor)) { throw new UnsupportedFlavorException(flavor); } return image; } }