get Image From Clipboard - Java Native OS

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Description

get Image From Clipboard

Demo Code


//package com.java2s;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard;
import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor;
import java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable;
import java.awt.datatransfer.UnsupportedFlavorException;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
        System.out.println(getImageFromClipboard());
    }/* w ww. ja  v a 2s .c o m*/

    public static Image getImageFromClipboard() {
        // get the system clipboard
        Clipboard systemClipboard = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit()
                .getSystemClipboard();

        // get the contents on the clipboard in a 
        // Transferable object
        Transferable clipboardContents = systemClipboard.getContents(null);

        // check if contents are empty, if so, return null
        if (clipboardContents == null) {
            return null;
        } else {
            try {
                // make sure content on clipboard is 
                // falls under a format supported by the 
                // imageFlavor Flavor
                if (clipboardContents
                        .isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor.imageFlavor)) {
                    // convert the Transferable object
                    // to an Image object
                    Image image = (Image) clipboardContents
                            .getTransferData(DataFlavor.imageFlavor);
                    return image;
                }
            } catch (UnsupportedFlavorException e) {
                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, e.getMessage(),
                        "Info.", JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, e.getMessage(),
                        "Info.", JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
            }
        }

        return null;
    }
}

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