Clipboard.java

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 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 *     Gerhardt Informatics Kft. - GEFGWT port
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package org.eclipse.gef.ui.actions;

import org.eclipse.gef.dnd.SimpleObjectTransfer;
import org.eclipse.swt.dnd.Transfer;

/**
 * A GEF clipboard for cut/copy/paste actions between GEF editors. It exists
 * mainly for convenience and allows clients to add graphical objects to the
 * system clipboard. It will not work between two instances of the workbench
 * (but will work between multiple windows belonging to a single instance of the
 * workbench). Setting the contents of the clipboard will erase the previous
 * contents of the clipboard.
 * 
 * @author Eric Bordeau
 * @author Pratik Shah
 */
public class Clipboard {

	private static Clipboard defaultClipboard = new Clipboard();
	private static final SimpleObjectTransfer TRANSFER = new SimpleObjectTransfer() {
		private final String TYPE_NAME = "org.eclipse.gef.clipboard.transfer"; //$NON-NLS-1$
		private final int TYPE_ID = registerType(TYPE_NAME);

		protected int[] getTypeIds() {
			return new int[] { TYPE_ID };
		}

		protected String[] getTypeNames() {
			return new String[] { TYPE_NAME };
		}
	};

	/**
	 * Returns the default clipboard.
	 * 
	 * @return the default clipboard
	 */
	public static Clipboard getDefault() {
		return defaultClipboard;
	}

	/**
	 * Constructs a new Clipboard object.
	 * 
	 * @deprecated As of 3.1, the GEF Clipboard synchronizes with the system
	 *             clipboard. Multiple instances of this class should not be
	 *             created. Use {@link #getDefault()}. This method will be
	 *             removed in future releases.
	 */
	public Clipboard() {
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the current contents of the clipboard.
	 * 
	 * @return contents of the clipboard
	 */
	public Object getContents() {
		org.eclipse.swt.dnd.Clipboard cb = new org.eclipse.swt.dnd.Clipboard(
				null);
		Object contents = cb.getContents(TRANSFER);
		cb.dispose();
		return contents;
	}

	/**
	 * Sets the contents of the clipboard. This will erase the previous contents
	 * of this as well as the system clipboard. The provided contents will not
	 * be garbage-collected until some other contents are set using this method.
	 * 
	 * @param contents
	 *            the new contents
	 */
	public void setContents(Object contents) {
		org.eclipse.swt.dnd.Clipboard cb = new org.eclipse.swt.dnd.Clipboard(
				null);
		cb.setContents(new Object[] { contents }, new Transfer[] { TRANSFER });
		cb.dispose();
	}

}