Java Transferable .isDataFlavorSupported (DataFlavor flavor)
Syntax
Transferable.isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor flavor) has the following syntax.
boolean isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor flavor)
Example
In the following code shows how to use Transferable.isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor flavor) method.
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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;
public class Main {
public static void main(String args[]) {
String toClipboard = "Hello from Java!";
StringSelection ss = new StringSelection(toClipboard);
Clipboard clip = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
clip.setContents(ss, ss);
clip = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
Transferable contents = clip.getContents(new Main().getClass());
if (contents == null) {
System.out.println("The clipboard is empty.");
return;
}
if (contents.isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor.stringFlavor)) {
try {
String data = (String) contents.getTransferData(DataFlavor.stringFlavor);
System.out.println(data);
} catch (IOException ex) {
System.out.println("IOException");
} catch (UnsupportedFlavorException ex) {
System.out.println("UnsupportedFlavorException");
}
} else{
System.out.println("Wrong flavor.");
}
}
}