jclipboardhelper

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

• Copy to clipboard

  • java.lang.String
  • java.awt.image.BufferedImage
  • javax.swing.JComponent -- creates images from it
  • javax.swing.JTable -- call the table's copy action
  • java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable -- supply your own implementation

• Paste from clipboard

  • java.lang.String
  • java.awt.image.BufferedImage
  • java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable -- returns just an Object

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();