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Class java.awt.datatransfer.StringSelection

java.lang.Object
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A class which implements the capability required to transfer a simple java String in plain text format.

StringSelection(String): Creates a transferable object capable of transferring the specified string in plain text format.

getTransferData(DataFlavor): If the data was requested in the "java.lang.String" flavor, return the String representing the selection.
getTransferDataFlavors(): Returns the array of flavors in which it can provide the data.
isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor): Returns whether the requested flavor is supported by this object.
lostOwnership(Clipboard, Transferable)

StringSelection

 public StringSelection(String data)

Creates a transferable object capable of transferring the specified string in plain text format.

 public synchronized DataFlavor[] getTransferDataFlavors()

Returns the array of flavors in which it can provide the data.

 public boolean isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor flavor)

Returns whether the requested flavor is supported by this object.

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

If the data was requested in the "java.lang.String" flavor, return the String representing the selection.

Parameters:: flavor - the requested flavor for the data
Throws: UnsupportedFlavorException: if the requested data flavor is not supported in the "java.lang.String" flavor.

 public void lostOwnership(Clipboard clipboard,
                           Transferable contents)

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