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- /*
- * @(#)Transferable.java 1.5 98/03/18
- *
- * Copyright 1996, 1997 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.,
- * 901 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, California, 94303, U.S.A.
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * This software is the confidential and proprietary information
- * of Sun Microsystems, Inc. ("Confidential Information"). You
- * shall not disclose such Confidential Information and shall use
- * it only in accordance with the terms of the license agreement
- * you entered into with Sun.
- */
-
- package java.awt.datatransfer;
-
- import java.io.IOException;
-
- /**
- * Defines the interface for classes that can be used to provide data
- * for a transfer operation.
- *
- * @version 1.5, 03/18/98
- * @author Amy Fowler
- */
-
- public interface Transferable {
-
- /**
- * 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).
- * @return an array of data flavors in which this data can be transferred
- */
- public DataFlavor[] getTransferDataFlavors();
-
- /**
- * Returns whether or not the specified data flavor is supported for
- * this object.
- * @param flavor the requested flavor for the data
- * @return boolean indicating wjether or not the data flavor is supported
- */
- public boolean isDataFlavorSupported(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.
- *
- * @param flavor the requested flavor for the data
- * @see DataFlavor#getRepresentationClass
- * @exception IOException if the data is no longer available
- * in the requested flavor.
- * @exception UnsupportedFlavorException if the requested data flavor is
- * not supported.
- */
- public Object getTransferData(DataFlavor flavor) throws UnsupportedFlavorException, IOException;
-
- }
-