ClipBoardCopyPaster.java Source code

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import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.dnd.Clipboard;
import org.eclipse.swt.dnd.TextTransfer;
import org.eclipse.swt.dnd.Transfer;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Button;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Event;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Listener;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Text;

public class ClipBoardCopyPaster {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Display display = new Display();
        final Clipboard cb = new Clipboard(display);
        final Shell shell = new Shell(display);

        final Text text = new Text(shell, SWT.BORDER | SWT.SINGLE);
        text.setBounds(5, 5, 100, 20);

        Button copy = new Button(shell, SWT.PUSH);
        copy.setBounds(5, 50, 100, 20);
        copy.setText("Copy");
        copy.addListener(SWT.Selection, new Listener() {
            public void handleEvent(Event e) {
                String textData = text.getSelectionText();
                if (textData.length() > 0) {
                    TextTransfer textTransfer = TextTransfer.getInstance();
                    cb.setContents(new Object[] { textData }, new Transfer[] { textTransfer });
                }
            }
        });

        Button paste = new Button(shell, SWT.PUSH);
        paste.setBounds(5, 90, 100, 20);
        paste.setText("Paste");
        paste.addListener(SWT.Selection, new Listener() {
            public void handleEvent(Event e) {
                TextTransfer transfer = TextTransfer.getInstance();
                String data = (String) cb.getContents(transfer);
                if (data != null) {
                    text.insert(data);
                }
            }
        });

        shell.setSize(200, 200);
        shell.open();
        while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
            if (!display.readAndDispatch())
                display.sleep();
        }
        cb.dispose();
        display.dispose();
    }
}