ClipboardHandlerAWT.java

/*
 * $Id: ClipboardHandlerAWT.java,v 1.1 2005/05/25 19:56:30 ahmed Exp $
 * 
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package jaligner.ui.clipboard;

import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard;
import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor;
import java.awt.datatransfer.StringSelection;
import java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;


/**
 * Sets and gets the contents of the system clipboard.  
 * 
 * @author Ahmed Moustafa (ahmed@users.sf.net)
 */

public class ClipboardHandlerAWT implements ClipboardHandler {
	private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(ClipboardHandlerAWT.class.getName());
	
	/**
	 * Gets the contents of the system clipboard
	 * 
	 * @return The text contents of the system clipboard 
	 */
	public String getContents() {
		String contents = null;
		Clipboard c = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
		Transferable data = c.getContents(null);
		if (data != null && data.isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor.stringFlavor)) {
			try {
				contents = ((String)(data.getTransferData(DataFlavor.stringFlavor)));
			} catch (Exception e) {
				logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Failed getting tranfer data: " + e.getMessage(), e);
			}
		}
		return contents;
	}

	/**
	 * Sets the contents of the system clipboard
	 * 
	 * @param s the clipboard contents to set
	 */
	public void setContents(String s) {
		Clipboard c = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
		c.setContents(new StringSelection(s), null); 
	}
}