com.nwawsoft.util.tools

Class ClipboardManager

java.lang.Object

com.nwawsoft.util.tools.ClipboardManager

public class ClipboardManager
extends java.lang.Object

Supplies functions to copy to and paste from the clipboard. Can paste to all awt, swing and JavaFX components that can handle text.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ClipboardManager()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	copyToClipboard(java.lang.String clipboardText) Writes a String to the system's/user's clipboard.
static java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard	getSystemClipboard() Returns the Clipboard object that Java keeps synchronized with the OS's clipboard.
void	pasteClipboardTo(javax.swing.text.JTextComponent jtc) Pastes the content of the system clipboard to the specified JTextComponent.
void	pasteClipboardTo(java.awt.TextComponent tc) Pastes the content of the system clipboard to the specified TextComponent.
java.lang.String	readSystemClipboard() Return the content of the system's/user's clipboard as a String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ClipboardManager

public ClipboardManager()

Method Detail

copyToClipboard

public static void copyToClipboard(java.lang.String clipboardText)

Writes a String to the system's/user's clipboard.

Parameters:

clipboardText - the text to copy to the clipboard

getSystemClipboard

public static java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard getSystemClipboard()

Returns the Clipboard object that Java keeps synchronized with the OS's clipboard. This is just a wrapper to not call Toolkit explicitly.

Returns:

the Clipboard object

readSystemClipboard

public java.lang.String readSystemClipboard()

Return the content of the system's/user's clipboard as a String. If anything fails this returns an empty String.

Returns:

a String representing the content of the clipboard

pasteClipboardTo

public void pasteClipboardTo(javax.swing.text.JTextComponent jtc)

Pastes the content of the system clipboard to the specified JTextComponent.

Parameters:

jtc - a JTextComponent

pasteClipboardTo

public void pasteClipboardTo(java.awt.TextComponent tc)

Pastes the content of the system clipboard to the specified TextComponent.

Parameters:

tc - a TextComponent