Simple ClipBoard
/*--------------------------------------------------
* SimpleClipBoard.java
*
* Example from the book: Core J2ME Technology
* Copyright John W. Muchow http://www.CoreJ2ME.com
* You may use/modify for any non-commercial purpose
*-------------------------------------------------*/
import javax.microedition.midlet.*;
import javax.microedition.lcdui.*;
public class SimpleClipBoard extends MIDlet implements CommandListener
{
private Display display; // Reference to Display object
private TextBox tbClip; // Main textbox
private Command cmExit; // Command to exit
private Command cmStartMark; // Command to start marking a block
private Command cmCopy; // Command to copy to clipboard
private Command cmPaste; // Command to paste into textbox
private int beginOffset = 0; // The start index of copy
private char[] clipBoard = null; // The clipboard
private int clipBoardChars = 0; // Number of chars in clipboard
public SimpleClipBoard()
{
display = Display.getDisplay(this);
// Create the Commands. Notice the priorities assigned
cmExit = new Command("Exit", Command.EXIT, 1);
cmStartMark = new Command("Mark", Command.SCREEN, 2);
cmCopy = new Command("Copy", Command.SCREEN, 3);
cmPaste = new Command("Paste", Command.SCREEN, 4);
tbClip = new TextBox("Clip Board", "Tee to grn", 15, TextField.ANY);
tbClip.addCommand(cmExit);
tbClip.addCommand(cmStartMark);
tbClip.addCommand(cmCopy);
tbClip.addCommand(cmPaste);
tbClip.setCommandListener(this);
// Allocate a clipboard big enough to hold the entire textbox
clipBoard = new char[tbClip.getMaxSize()];
}
public void startApp()
{
display.setCurrent(tbClip);
}
public void pauseApp()
{
}
public void destroyApp(boolean unconditional)
{
}
public void commandAction(Command c, Displayable s)
{
if (c == cmStartMark)
{
beginOffset = tbClip.getCaretPosition();
}
else if (c == cmCopy && (tbClip.getCaretPosition() > beginOffset))
{
// Allocate an array to hold the current textbox contents
char[] chr = new char[tbClip.size()];
// Get the current textbox contents
tbClip.getChars(chr);
// The count of characters in the clipboard
clipBoardChars = tbClip.getCaretPosition() - beginOffset;
// Copy the text into the clipboard
// arraycopy(source, sourceindex, dest, destindex, count)
System.arraycopy(chr, beginOffset, clipBoard, 0, clipBoardChars);
}
else if (c == cmPaste)
{
// Make sure the paste will not overrun the textbox length.
if ((tbClip.size() + clipBoardChars) <= tbClip.getMaxSize())
tbClip.insert(clipBoard, 0, clipBoardChars, tbClip.getCaretPosition());
}
else if (c == cmExit)
{
destroyApp(false);
notifyDestroyed();
}
}
}
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