ch.randelshofer.gui.datatransfer

Class DefaultTransferable

java.lang.Object

ch.randelshofer.gui.datatransfer.DefaultTransferable

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable

public class DefaultTransferable
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable

A Transferable which uses a char array or a byte array as its data source.

Version:

2.1 2008-03-21 String constructor added.
2.0 2003-11-02 Data representation is binary. Uset the charset parameter of the mimetype for conversion or add our own charset parameter (utf-8).
1.0 2002-04-07 Created.

Author:

Werner Randelshofer

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DefaultTransferable(byte[] data, java.lang.String mimetype, java.lang.String description) Creates a new instance using a byte array as the data source.
DefaultTransferable(char[] chars, java.lang.String mimetype, java.lang.String description) Creates a new instance using a char array as the data source.
DefaultTransferable(java.lang.String data, java.lang.String mimetype, java.lang.String description) Creates a new instance using a String as the data source.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	getTransferData(java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor flavor) Returns an object which represents the data to be transferred.
java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor[]	getTransferDataFlavors() Returns an array of DataFlavor objects indicating the flavors the data can be provided in.
boolean	isDataFlavorSupported(java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor flavor) Returns whether or not the specified data flavor is supported for this object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DefaultTransferable

public DefaultTransferable(java.lang.String data,
                   java.lang.String mimetype,
                   java.lang.String description)

Creates a new instance using a String as the data source. The charset parameter of the mimetype is used to convert the chars into bytes. If no charset parameter is specified ;charset="UTF-8" is added and the data is encoded using UTF-8.

DefaultTransferable

public DefaultTransferable(char[] chars,
                   java.lang.String mimetype,
                   java.lang.String description)

Creates a new instance using a char array as the data source. The charset parameter of the mimetype is used to convert the chars into bytes. If no charset parameter is specified ;charset="UTF-8" is added and the data is encoded using UTF-8.

DefaultTransferable

public DefaultTransferable(byte[] data,
                   java.lang.String mimetype,
                   java.lang.String description)

Creates a new instance using a byte array as the data source.

Method Detail

getTransferData

public java.lang.Object getTransferData(java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor flavor)
                                 throws java.awt.datatransfer.UnsupportedFlavorException,
                                        java.io.IOException

Returns an object which represents the data to be transferred. The class of the object returned is defined by the representation class of the flavor.

Specified by:

getTransferData in interface java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable

Parameters:

flavor - the requested flavor for the data

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the data is no longer available in the requested flavor.

java.awt.datatransfer.UnsupportedFlavorException - if the requested data flavor is not supported.

See Also:

DataFlavor.getRepresentationClass()

getTransferDataFlavors

public java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor[] getTransferDataFlavors()

Returns an array of DataFlavor objects indicating the flavors the data can be provided in. The array should be ordered according to preference for providing the data (from most richly descriptive to least descriptive).

Specified by:

getTransferDataFlavors in interface java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable

Returns:

an array of data flavors in which this data can be transferred

isDataFlavorSupported

public boolean isDataFlavorSupported(java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor flavor)

Returns whether or not the specified data flavor is supported for this object.

Specified by:

isDataFlavorSupported in interface java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable

Parameters:

flavor - the requested flavor for the data

Returns:

boolean indicating wjether or not the data flavor is supported