Java Clipboard Image getFilenameFromClipboard(Clipboard clip)

Description

Returns filename if clipboard contains it and the file exists, otherwise returns null

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
clip	a parameter

Declaration

public static String getFilenameFromClipboard(Clipboard clip) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*w  w  w  . j av  a  2s. c  o m*/
 * Copyright (c) 2006-2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies). 
 * All rights reserved.
 * This component and the accompanying materials are made available
 * under the terms of "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available
 * at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
 *
 * Initial Contributors:
 * Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
 *
 * Contributors:
 *
 * Description:
 *
 */

import java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard;
import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor;

import java.io.File;

import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns filename if clipboard contains it and the file exists, otherwise
     * returns null
     * 
     * @param clip
     */
    public static String getFilenameFromClipboard(Clipboard clip) {

        if (clip.isDataFlavorAvailable(DataFlavor.javaFileListFlavor)) {
            // check that file exists and is it image
            try {
                List files = (List) clip
                        .getData(DataFlavor.javaFileListFlavor);
                if (files.size() == 1) {
                    File file = (File) files.get(0);
                    if (file.exists())
                        return file.getAbsolutePath();
                }
            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
        if (clip.isDataFlavorAvailable(DataFlavor.stringFlavor)) {
            try {
                String path = (String) clip
                        .getData(DataFlavor.stringFlavor);
                if (path.length() < 512) {
                    File file = new File(path);
                    if (file.exists()) {
                        return file.getAbsolutePath();
                    }
                }
            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

Related

1. canPasteImageFromClipboard()
2. getClipboardImage()
3. getClipboardImage()
4. getClipboardImage()
5. isImageDataFlavor(Clipboard clip)
6. setClipboardImage(final Image image)
7. setClipboardImage(final Image image)