Interface ClipboardOwner
- All Known Implementing Classes:
StringSelection
public interface ClipboardOwner
Defines the interface for classes that will provide data to a clipboard. An instance of this interface becomes the owner of the contents of a clipboard (clipboard owner) if it is passed as an argument to Clipboard.setContents(java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable, java.awt.datatransfer.ClipboardOwner)
method of the clipboard and this method returns successfully. The instance remains the clipboard owner until another application or another object within this application asserts ownership of this clipboard.
- Since:
- 1.1
- See Also:
Clipboard
Method Summary
Modifier and Type | Method | Description |
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void | lostOwnership(Clipboard clipboard,
Transferable contents) | Notifies this object that it is no longer the clipboard owner. |
Method Detail
lostOwnership
void lostOwnership(Clipboard clipboard, Transferable contents)
Notifies this object that it is no longer the clipboard owner. This method will be called when another application or another object within this application asserts ownership of the clipboard.
- Parameters:
-
clipboard
- the clipboard that is no longer owned -
contents
- the contents which this owner had placed on theclipboard