org.jhotdraw.gui.datatransfer

Class ClipboardUtil

java.lang.Object

org.jhotdraw.gui.datatransfer.ClipboardUtil

public class ClipboardUtil
extends java.lang.Object

ClipboardUtil provides utility methods for the Java Clipboard API.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ClipboardUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard	getClipboard() Returns the ClipboardService instance.
static void	setClipboard(java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard instance) Sets the Clipboard singleton used by the JHotDraw framework.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ClipboardUtil

public ClipboardUtil()

Method Detail

getClipboard

public static java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard getClipboard()

Returns the ClipboardService instance. If none is set, creates a new one which tries to access the system clipboard. If this fails, an instance with a JVM local clipboard is created.

Returns:

system clipboard or a proxy.

setClipboard

public static void setClipboard(java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard instance)

Sets the Clipboard singleton used by the JHotDraw framework.

If you set this null, the next call to getClipboard will create a new singleton.