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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
See Also:
Clipboard/**
 * 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.
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 clipboard
     */
    public void lostOwnership(Clipboard clipboard, Transferable contents);

}