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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 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.
Author:Amy Fowler
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Since:1.1
/** * 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 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. * * @author Amy Fowler * @see Clipboard * @since 1.1 */
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.
Params:
  • clipboard – the clipboard that is no longer owned
  • contents – the contents which this owner had placed on the clipboard
/** * 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 * {@code clipboard} */
public void lostOwnership(Clipboard clipboard, Transferable contents); }