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package java.awt.datatransfer;
/**
* Defines the interface for classes that will provide data to
* a clipboard. An instance of this interface becomes the owner
* of the contents of a clipboard (clipboard owner) if it is
* passed as an argument to
* {@link java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard#setContents} method of
* the clipboard and this method returns successfully.
* The instance remains the clipboard owner until another application
* or another object within this application asserts ownership
* of this clipboard.
*
* @see java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard
*
* @author Amy Fowler
*/
public interface ClipboardOwner {
/**
* Notifies this object that it is no longer the clipboard owner.
* This method will be called when another application or another
* object within this application asserts ownership of the clipboard.
*
* @param clipboard the clipboard that is no longer owned
* @param contents the contents which this owner had placed on the clipboard
*/
public void lostOwnership(Clipboard clipboard, Transferable contents);
}