org.eclipse.swt.dnd
Class TextTransfer

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.eclipse.swt.dnd.Transfer
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        +--org.eclipse.swt.dnd.ByteArrayTransfer
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              +--org.eclipse.swt.dnd.TextTransfer

public class TextTransfer

extends ByteArrayTransfer

Untamed: The class TextTransfer provides a platform specific mechanism for converting plain text represented as a java String to a platform specific representation of the data and vice versa. See Transfer for additional information.

An example of a java String containing plain text is shown below:

     String textData = "Hello World";
 

Field Summary

private static TextTransfer

_instance

Constructor Summary

private

TextTransfer()

Method Summary

static TextTransfer	getInstance() Enabled: Returns the singleton instance of the TextTransfer class.
protected int[]	getTypeIds() Returns the platform specfic ids of the data types that can be converted using this transfer agent.
protected String[]	getTypeNames() Returns the platform specfic names of the data types that can be converted using this transfer agent.
void	javaToNative(Object object, TransferData transferData) Enabled: This implementation of javaToNative converts plain text represented by a java String to a platform specific representation.
Object	nativeToJava(TransferData transferData) Enabled: This implementation of nativeToJava converts a platform specific representation of plain text to a java String.

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.swt.dnd.ByteArrayTransfer

getSupportedTypes, isSupportedType

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.swt.dnd.Transfer

registerType

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

_instance

private static TextTransfer _instance

Constructor Detail

TextTransfer

private TextTransfer()

Method Detail

getInstance

public static TextTransfer getInstance()

Enabled: Returns the singleton instance of the TextTransfer class.

Returns:

the singleton instance of the TextTransfer class

javaToNative

public void javaToNative(Object object,
                         TransferData transferData)

Enabled: This implementation of javaToNative converts plain text represented by a java String to a platform specific representation. For additional information see Transfer#javaToNative.

Overrides:

javaToNative in class ByteArrayTransfer

Parameters:

object - a java String containing text

transferData - an empty TransferData object; this object will be filled in on return with the platform specific format of the data

See Also:

Transfer.javaToNative(java.lang.Object, org.eclipse.swt.dnd.TransferData)

nativeToJava

public Object nativeToJava(TransferData transferData)

Enabled: This implementation of nativeToJava converts a platform specific representation of plain text to a java String. For additional information see Transfer#nativeToJava.

Overrides:

nativeToJava in class ByteArrayTransfer

Parameters:

transferData - the platform specific representation of the data to be been converted

Returns:

a java String containing text if the conversion was successful; otherwise null

See Also:

Transfer.nativeToJava(org.eclipse.swt.dnd.TransferData)

getTypeIds

protected int[] getTypeIds()

Description copied from class: Transfer

Returns the platform specfic ids of the data types that can be converted using this transfer agent.

Specified by:

getTypeIds in class Transfer

Returns:

the platform specfic ids of the data types that can be converted using this transfer agent

getTypeNames

protected String[] getTypeNames()

Description copied from class: Transfer

Returns the platform specfic names of the data types that can be converted using this transfer agent.

Specified by:

getTypeNames in class Transfer

Returns:

the platform specfic names of the data types that can be converted using this transfer agent.