Java tutorial
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.Container; import java.awt.Image; import java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard; import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor; import java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable; import java.awt.datatransfer.UnsupportedFlavorException; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import java.io.IOException; import javax.swing.Icon; import javax.swing.ImageIcon; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JComponent; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.TransferHandler; public class ClipImage { public static void main(String args[]) { JFrame frame = new JFrame("Clip Image"); Container contentPane = frame.getContentPane(); final Clipboard clipboard = frame.getToolkit().getSystemClipboard(); Icon icon = new ImageIcon("jaeger.jpg"); final JLabel label = new JLabel(icon); label.setTransferHandler(new ImageSelection()); JScrollPane pane = new JScrollPane(label); contentPane.add(pane, BorderLayout.CENTER); JButton copy = new JButton("Copy"); copy.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { TransferHandler handler = label.getTransferHandler(); handler.exportToClipboard(label, clipboard, TransferHandler.COPY); } }); JButton clear = new JButton("Clear"); clear.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) { label.setIcon(null); } }); JButton paste = new JButton("Paste"); paste.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) { Transferable clipData = clipboard.getContents(clipboard); if (clipData != null) { if (clipData.isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor.imageFlavor)) { TransferHandler handler = label.getTransferHandler(); handler.importData(label, clipData); } } } }); JPanel p = new JPanel(); p.add(copy); p.add(clear); p.add(paste); contentPane.add(p, BorderLayout.SOUTH); frame.setSize(300, 300); frame.show(); } } class ImageSelection extends TransferHandler implements Transferable { private static final DataFlavor flavors[] = { DataFlavor.imageFlavor }; private JLabel source; private Image image; public int getSourceActions(JComponent c) { return TransferHandler.COPY; } public boolean canImport(JComponent comp, DataFlavor flavor[]) { if (!(comp instanceof JLabel)) { return false; } for (int i = 0, n = flavor.length; i < n; i++) { for (int j = 0, m = flavors.length; j < m; j++) { if (flavor[i].equals(flavors[j])) { return true; } } } return false; } public Transferable createTransferable(JComponent comp) { // Clear source = null; image = null; if (comp instanceof JLabel) { JLabel label = (JLabel) comp; Icon icon = label.getIcon(); if (icon instanceof ImageIcon) { image = ((ImageIcon) icon).getImage(); source = label; return this; } } return null; } public boolean importData(JComponent comp, Transferable t) { if (comp instanceof JLabel) { JLabel label = (JLabel) comp; if (t.isDataFlavorSupported(flavors[0])) { try { image = (Image) t.getTransferData(flavors[0]); ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon(image); label.setIcon(icon); return true; } catch (UnsupportedFlavorException ignored) { } catch (IOException ignored) { } } } return false; } // Transferable public Object getTransferData(DataFlavor flavor) { if (isDataFlavorSupported(flavor)) { return image; } return null; } public DataFlavor[] getTransferDataFlavors() { return flavors; } public boolean isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor flavor) { return flavor.equals(DataFlavor.imageFlavor); } }