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## Package java.awt.datatransfer

Provides interfaces and classes for transferring data between and within applications.

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Interface Summary
ClipboardOwner | Defines the interface for classes that will provide data to a clipboard.
FlavorMap | A two-way Map between "natives" (Strings), which correspond to platform- specfic data formats, and "flavors" (DataFlavors), which corerspond to platform-independent MIME types.
FlavorTable | A FlavorMap which relaxes the traditional 1-to-1 restriction of a Map.
Transferable | Defines the interface for classes that can be used to provide data for a transfer operation.

Class Summary
Clipboard | A class which implements a mechanism to transfer data using cut/copy/paste operations.
DataFlavor | Each instance represents the opaque concept of a data format as would appear on a clipboard, during drag and drop, or in a file system.
StringSelection | A `Transferable` which implements the capability required to transfer a `String`.
SystemFlavorMap | The SystemFlavorMap is a configurable map between "natives" (Strings), which correspond to platform-specific data formats, and "flavors" (DataFlavors), which correspond to platform-independent MIME types.

Exception Summary
MimeTypeParseException | A class to encapsulate MimeType parsing related exceptions
UnsupportedFlavorException | Signals that the requested data is not supported in this flavor.

## Package java.awt.datatransfer Description

Provides interfaces and classes for transferring data between and within applications. It defines the notion of a "transferable" object, which is an object capable of being transferred between or within applications. An object identifies itself as being transferable by implementing the Transferable interface.

It also provides a clipboard mechanism, which is an object that temporarily holds a transferable object that can be transferred between or within an application. The clipboard is typically used for copy and paste operations. Although it is possible to create a clipboard to use within an application, most applications will use the system clipboard to ensure the data can be transferred across applications running on the platform.

Since:
  JDK1.1

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