com.github.fracpete.jclipboardhelper

Class ClipboardHelper

java.lang.Object

com.github.fracpete.jclipboardhelper.ClipboardHelper

public class ClipboardHelper
extends Object

Helper class for dealing with the system clipboard.

Version:

$Revision: 4584 $

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ClipboardHelper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	canPasteFromClipboard(DataFlavor flavor) Checks whether the specified "flavor" can be obtained from the clipboard.
static boolean	canPasteImageFromClipboard() Checks whether a string can be obtained from the clipboard.
static boolean	canPasteStringFromClipboard() Checks whether a string can be obtained from the clipboard.
static void	copyToClipboard(BufferedImage img) Copies the given image to the system's clipboard.
static void	copyToClipboard(JComponent comp) Copies the given JComponent as image to the system's clipboard.
static void	copyToClipboard(JTable table) Copies the given JTable as text to the system's clipboard.
static void	copyToClipboard(String s) Copies the given string to the system's clipboard.
static void	copyToClipboard(Transferable t) Copies the given transferable to the system's clipboard.
static Object	pasteFromClipboard(DataFlavor flavor) Obtains an object from the clipboard.
static BufferedImage	pasteImageFromClipboard() Obtains a BufferedImage from the clipboard.
static String	pasteStringFromClipboard() Obtains a string from the clipboard.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ClipboardHelper

public ClipboardHelper()

Method Detail

copyToClipboard

public static void copyToClipboard(Transferable t)

Copies the given transferable to the system's clipboard.

Parameters:

t - the transferable to copy

copyToClipboard

public static void copyToClipboard(String s)

Copies the given string to the system's clipboard.

Parameters:

s - the string to copy

copyToClipboard

public static void copyToClipboard(BufferedImage img)

Copies the given image to the system's clipboard.

Parameters:

img - the image to copy

copyToClipboard

public static void copyToClipboard(JComponent comp)

Copies the given JComponent as image to the system's clipboard.

Parameters:

comp - the component to copy

See Also:

BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB

copyToClipboard

public static void copyToClipboard(JTable table)

Copies the given JTable as text to the system's clipboard.

Parameters:

table - the table to copy

canPasteFromClipboard

public static boolean canPasteFromClipboard(DataFlavor flavor)

Checks whether the specified "flavor" can be obtained from the clipboard.

Parameters:

flavor - the type of data to look for

Returns:

true if the data can be obtained, false if not available

canPasteStringFromClipboard

public static boolean canPasteStringFromClipboard()

Checks whether a string can be obtained from the clipboard.

Returns:

true if string can be obtained, false if not available

canPasteImageFromClipboard

public static boolean canPasteImageFromClipboard()

Checks whether a string can be obtained from the clipboard.

Returns:

true if string can be obtained, false if not available

pasteFromClipboard

public static Object pasteFromClipboard(DataFlavor flavor)

Obtains an object from the clipboard.

Parameters:

flavor - the type of object to obtain

Returns:

the obtained object, null if not available

pasteStringFromClipboard

public static String pasteStringFromClipboard()

Obtains a string from the clipboard.

Returns:

the obtained string, null if not available

pasteImageFromClipboard

public static BufferedImage pasteImageFromClipboard()

Obtains a BufferedImage from the clipboard.

Returns:

the obtained image, null if not available

See Also:

BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB