Transferable

Name

Description

The Transferable interface is implemented by objects that can be placed on Clipboards.

Interface Definition

public abstract interface Transferable {
 // Instance Methods public abstract Object getTransferData (DataFlavor flavor) throws UnsupportedFlavorException, IOException;
public abstract DataFlavor[] getTransferDataFlavors();
public abstract boolean isDataFlavorSupported (DataFlavor flavor);
}

Interface Methods

getTransferData

public abstract Object getTransferData (DataFlavor flavor) throws UnsupportedFlavorException, IOException

• Parameters
• • flavor
  • The requested flavor for the returned data.
• Returns
• The data represented by this Transferable object, in the requested flavor.
• Throws
• • UnsupportedFlavorException
  • If the requested flavor is not supported.
  • IOException
  • If a Reader representing the data could not be created.
• Description
• Returns the data this Transferable object represents. The class of object returned depends on the flavor requested.

getTransferDataFlavors

public abstract DataFlavor[] getTransferDataFlavors()

• Returns
• An array of the supported data flavors.
• Description
• The data flavors should be returned in order, sorted from most to least descriptive.

isDataFlavorSupported

public abstract boolean isDataFlavorSupported (DataFlavor flavor)

• Parameters
• • flavor
  • The flavor in question.
• Returns
• true if flavor is supported; false otherwise.

See Also

Clipboard, DataFlavor, Reader, StringSelection, Transferable