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import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard;
import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor;
import java.awt.datatransfer.StringSelection;
import java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable;
import java.awt.datatransfer.UnsupportedFlavorException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

public class MainClass {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    // void copyToClipboard() {
    String toClipboard = "Hello from Java!";
    StringSelection ss = new StringSelection(toClipboard);
    Clipboard clip = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
    clip.setContents(ss, ss);
    // Paste
    clip = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
    Transferable contents = clip.getContents(new MainClass().getClass());
    if (contents == null)
      System.out.println("The clipboard is empty.");
    else {
      if (contents.isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor.stringFlavor)) {
        try {
          String data = (String) contents.getTransferData(DataFlavor.stringFlavor);
          if (data == null)
            System.out.println("null");
          else {
            StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(data, "\n");
            while (st.hasMoreElements())
              System.out.println(st.nextToken());
          }
        } catch (IOException ex) {
          System.out.println("IOException");
        } catch (UnsupportedFlavorException ex) {
          System.out.println("UnsupportedFlavorException");
        }
      } else
        System.out.println("Wrong flavor.");
    }

  }
}