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25
26 package java.awt.datatransfer;
27
28 /**
29 * Defines the interface for classes that will provide data to
30 * a clipboard. An instance of this interface becomes the owner
31 * of the contents of a clipboard (clipboard owner) if it is
32 * passed as an argument to
33 * {@link java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard#setContents} method of
34 * the clipboard and this method returns successfully.
35 * The instance remains the clipboard owner until another application
36 * or another object within this application asserts ownership
37 * of this clipboard.
38 *
39 * @see java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard
40 *
41 * @version 1.18, 05/05/07
42 * @author Amy Fowler
43 */
44
45 public interface ClipboardOwner {
46
47 /**
48 * Notifies this object that it is no longer the clipboard owner.
49 * This method will be called when another application or another
50 * object within this application asserts ownership of the clipboard.
51 *
52 * @param clipboard the clipboard that is no longer owned
53 * @param contents the contents which this owner had placed on the clipboard
54 */
55 public void lostOwnership(Clipboard clipboard, Transferable contents);
56
57 }
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