Clipboard Util
//package emulator.GUI.util;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.datatransfer.ClipboardOwner;
import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor;
import java.awt.datatransfer.StringSelection;
import java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable;
import java.awt.datatransfer.UnsupportedFlavorException;
import java.io.IOException;
public class Clipboard implements ClipboardOwner {
/**
* Place a String on the clipboard, and make this class the
* owner of the Clipboard's contents.
*/
public void setClipboardContents( String aString ){
StringSelection stringSelection = new StringSelection( aString );
java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard clipboard = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
clipboard.setContents( stringSelection, this );
}
/**
* Get the String residing on the clipboard.
*
* @return any text found on the Clipboard; if none found, return an
* empty String.
*/
public String getClipboardContents() {
String result = "";
java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard clipboard = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
//odd: the Object param of getContents is not currently used
Transferable contents = clipboard.getContents(null);
boolean hasTransferableText =
(contents != null) &&
contents.isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor.stringFlavor)
;
if ( hasTransferableText ) {
try {
result = (String)contents.getTransferData(DataFlavor.stringFlavor);
}
catch (UnsupportedFlavorException ex){
//highly unlikely since we are using a standard DataFlavor
System.out.println(ex);
ex.printStackTrace();
}
catch (IOException ex) {
System.out.println(ex);
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
return result;
}
@Override
public void lostOwnership(java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard arg0,
Transferable arg1) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
}
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