JarCastingjclipboardhelper
Helper library for dealing with the sytem's clipboard in Java.
Maven
You can use the following dependency in your pom.xml:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.github.fracpete</groupId>
<artifactId>jclipboardhelper</artifactId>
<version>0.1.2</version>
</dependency>
Supported formats
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Copy to clipboard
java.lang.Stringjava.awt.image.BufferedImagejavax.swing.JComponent-- creates images from itjavax.swing.JTable-- call the table's copy actionjava.awt.datatransfer.Transferable-- supply your own implementation
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Paste from clipboard
java.lang.Stringjava.awt.image.BufferedImagejava.awt.datatransfer.Transferable-- returns just anObject
Example usage
Example code for copying data to the clipboard:
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import com.github.fracpete.jclipboardhelper.ClipboardHelper;
...
// string
ClipboardHelper.copyToClipboard("Hello World");
// image
BufferedImage img = ... // from somewhere
ClipboardHelper.copyToClipboard(img);
Example code for obtaining data from the clipboard:
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import com.github.fracpete.jclipboardhelper.ClipboardHelper;
...
// string available?
if (ClipboardHelper.canPasteStringFromClipboard()) {
String s = ClipboardHelper.pasteStringFromClipboard();
}
// image available?
if (ClipboardHelper.canPasteImageFromClipboard()) {
BufferedImage img = ClipboardHelper.pasteImageFromClipboard();
}
Example for clearing the clipboard:
import com.github.fracpete.jclipboardhelper.ClipboardHelper;
...
ClipboardHelper.clearClipboard();