Obtains a string from the clipboard. - Java Native OS

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Description

Obtains a string from the clipboard.

Demo Code

/*/*from   w  w w. j  a v  a2 s .co m*/
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//package com.java2s;

import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard;
import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor;
import java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
        System.out.println(pasteStringFromClipboard());
    }

    /**
     * Obtains a string from the clipboard.
     *
     * @return      the obtained string, null if not available
     */
    public static String pasteStringFromClipboard() {
        Clipboard clipboard;
        String result;
        Transferable content;

        result = null;

        try {
            clipboard = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
            content = clipboard.getContents(null);
            if ((content != null)
                    && (content
                            .isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor.stringFlavor)))
                result = (String) content
                        .getTransferData(DataFlavor.stringFlavor);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            result = null;
        }

        return result;
    }
}

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