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Transferable.java API Doc Java SE 5 API 2015 Fri Aug 26 14:56:48 BST 2005 java.awt.datatransfer

Transferable

public interface Transferable

Defines the interface for classes that can be used to provide data for a transfer operation.

For information on using data transfer with Swing, see How to Use Drag and Drop and Data Transfer, a section in The Java Tutorial, for more information.

version: 1.13, 12/19/03
author: Amy Fowler

Fields Summary
Constructors Summary
Methods Summary
public java.lang.Object getTransferData(java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor flavor)
Returns an object which represents the data to be transferred. The class of the object returned is defined by the representation class of the flavor.
param
flavor the requested flavor for the data
see
DataFlavor#getRepresentationClass
exception
IOException if the data is no longer available in the requested flavor.
exception
UnsupportedFlavorException if the requested data flavor is not supported.
public java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor[] getTransferDataFlavors()
Returns an array of DataFlavor objects indicating the flavors the data can be provided in. The array should be ordered according to preference for providing the data (from most richly descriptive to least descriptive).
return
an array of data flavors in which this data can be transferred
public boolean isDataFlavorSupported(java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor flavor)
Returns whether or not the specified data flavor is supported for this object.
param
flavor the requested flavor for the data
return
boolean indicating whether or not the data flavor is supported