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public interface ClipboardOwner
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(java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable, java.awt.datatransfer.ClipboardOwner)
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.- Since:
- 1.1
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionvoid
lostOwnership
(Clipboard clipboard, Transferable contents) Notifies this object that it is no longer the clipboard owner.
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Method Details
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lostOwnership
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.- Parameters:
clipboard
- the clipboard that is no longer ownedcontents
- the contents which this owner had placed on theclipboard
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