All Known Implementing Classes:

DataHandler, DropTargetContext.TransferableProxy, StringSelection

public interface Transferable

• Method Summary

  All Methods

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

• Method Detail

  • getTransferDataFlavors

    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

  • isDataFlavorSupported

    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

  • getTransferData

    Object getTransferData(DataFlavor flavor)
     throws UnsupportedFlavorException,
     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.

    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.

    See Also:

    DataFlavor.getRepresentationClass()