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1 /*
2  * @(#)ClipboardOwner.java 1.11 03/12/19
3  *
4  * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
5  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
6  */
7
8 package java.awt.datatransfer;
9
10 /**
11  * Defines the interface for classes that will provide data to
12  * a clipboard. An instance of this interface becomes the owner
13  * of the contents of a clipboard (clipboard owner) if it is
14  * passed as an argument to
15  * {@link java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard#setContents} method of
16  * the clipboard and this method returns successfully.
17  * The instance remains the clipboard owner until another application
18  * or another object within this application asserts ownership
19  * of this clipboard.
20  *
21  * @see java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard
22  *
23  * @version 1.11, 12/19/03
24  * @author Amy Fowler
25  */
26
27 public interface ClipboardOwner {
28
29     /**
30      * Notifies this object that it is no longer the clipboard owner.
31      * This method will be called when another application or another
32      * object within this application asserts ownership of the clipboard.
33      *
34      * @param clipboard the clipboard that is no longer owned
35      * @param contents the contents which this owner had placed on the clipboard
36      */
37     public void lostOwnership(Clipboard JavaDoc clipboard, Transferable JavaDoc contents);
38
39 }
40
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