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package org.eclipse.swt.dnd;
import org.eclipse.swt.internal.SerializableCompatibility;
/**
* The <code>TransferData</code> class is a platform specific data structure for
* describing the type and the contents of data being converted by a transfer agent.
*
* <p>As an application writer, you do not need to know the specifics of
* TransferData. TransferData instances are passed to a subclass of Transfer
* and the Transfer object manages the platform specific issues.
* You can ask a Transfer subclass if it can handle this data by calling
* Transfer.isSupportedType(transferData).</p>
*
* <p>You should only need to become familiar with the fields in this class if you
* are implementing a Transfer subclass and you are unable to subclass the
* ByteArrayTransfer class.</p>
*
* @since 1.3
*/
public class TransferData implements SerializableCompatibility {
/**
* The type is a unique identifier of a system format or user defined format.
* (Warning: This field is platform dependent)
* <p>
* <b>IMPORTANT:</b> This field is <em>not</em> part of the SWT
* public API. It is marked public only so that it can be shared
* within the packages provided by SWT. It is not available on all
* platforms and should never be accessed from application code.
* </p>
*/
public int type;
/**
* <b>IMPORTANT:</b> This field is <em>not</em> part of the SWT
* public API. It is marked public only so that it can be shared
* within the packages provided by SWT. It is not available on all
* platforms and should never be accessed from application code.
*/
public Object data;
/**
* The result field contains the result of converting a
* java data type into a platform specific value.
* (Warning: This field is platform dependent)
* <p>
* <b>IMPORTANT:</b> This field is <em>not</em> part of the SWT
* public API. It is marked public only so that it can be shared
* within the packages provided by SWT. It is not available on all
* platforms and should never be accessed from application code.
* </p>
* <p>The value of result is 1 if the conversion was successful.
* The value of result is 0 if the conversion failed.</p>
*/
public int result;
public static boolean sameType(TransferData data1, TransferData data2) {
if (data1 == data2) return true;
if (data1 == null || data2 == null) return false;
return data1.type == data2.type;
}
}