public interface

Transferable

java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable
Known Indirect Subclasses

Class Overview

Defines the interface for classes that can be used to provide data for a transfer operation.

For information on using data transfer with Swing, see How to Use Drag and Drop and Data Transfer, a section in The Java Tutorial, for more information.

Summary

Public Methods
abstract Object getTransferData(DataFlavor flavor)
Returns an object which represents the data to be transferred.
abstract DataFlavor[] getTransferDataFlavors()
Returns an array of DataFlavor objects indicating the flavors the data can be provided in.
abstract boolean isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor flavor)
Returns whether or not the specified data flavor is supported for this object.

Public Methods

public abstract Object getTransferData (DataFlavor flavor)

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.

Parameters
flavor the requested flavor for the data
Throws
IOException if the data is no longer available in the requested flavor.
UnsupportedFlavorException if the requested data flavor is not supported.

public abstract 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).

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

public abstract boolean isDataFlavorSupported (DataFlavor flavor)

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

Parameters
flavor the requested flavor for the data
Returns
  • boolean indicating whether or not the data flavor is supported