Here you can find the source of getClipboardImage()
public static Image getClipboardImage()
//package com.java2s; /*/*w ww . j a va2s. c o m*/ * Copyright © 2009-2011 Rebecca G. Bettencourt / Kreative Software * <p> * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License * Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in * compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/">http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/</a> * <p> * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" * basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the * License for the specific language governing rights and limitations * under the License. * <p> * Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms * of the GNU Lesser General Public License (the "LGPL License"), in which * case the provisions of LGPL License are applicable instead of those * above. If you wish to allow use of your version of this file only * under the terms of the LGPL License and not to allow others to use * your version of this file under the MPL, indicate your decision by * deleting the provisions above and replace them with the notice and * other provisions required by the LGPL License. If you do not delete * the provisions above, a recipient may use your version of this file * under either the MPL or the LGPL License. * @since PowerPaint 1.0 * @author Rebecca G. Bettencourt, Kreative Software */ import java.awt.Image; import java.awt.Toolkit; import java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard; import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor; public class Main { public static Image getClipboardImage() { Clipboard cb = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard(); if (cb.isDataFlavorAvailable(DataFlavor.imageFlavor)) { try { return (Image) cb.getData(DataFlavor.imageFlavor); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); return null; } } else { return null; } } }