public class TextTransfer extends ByteArrayTransfer
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.
An example of a java String
containing plain text is shown
below:
String textData = "Hello World";
Transfer
Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
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static TextTransfer |
getInstance()
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)
This implementation of
javaToNative converts plain text
represented by a java String to a platform specific representation. |
Object |
nativeToJava(TransferData transferData)
This implementation of
nativeToJava converts a platform specific
representation of plain text to a java String . |
protected boolean |
validate(Object object)
Test that the object is of the correct format for this Transfer class.
|
getSupportedTypes, isSupportedType
registerType
public static TextTransfer getInstance()
public void javaToNative(Object object, TransferData transferData)
javaToNative
converts plain text
represented by a java String
to a platform specific representation.javaToNative
in class ByteArrayTransfer
object
- a java String
containing texttransferData
- an empty TransferData
object; this object
will be filled in on return with the platform specific format of the dataTransfer.javaToNative(java.lang.Object, org.eclipse.swt.dnd.TransferData)
public Object nativeToJava(TransferData transferData)
nativeToJava
converts a platform specific
representation of plain text to a java String
.nativeToJava
in class ByteArrayTransfer
transferData
- the platform specific representation of the data to be convertedString
containing text if the conversion was successful; otherwise nullTransfer.nativeToJava(org.eclipse.swt.dnd.TransferData)
protected int[] getTypeIds()
Transfer
getTypeIds
in class Transfer
protected String[] getTypeNames()
Transfer
getTypeNames
in class Transfer
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