src/java.datatransfer/share/classes/java/awt/datatransfer/ClipboardOwner.java

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package java.awt.datatransfer;

/**
 * Defines the interface for classes that will provide data to a clipboard. An
 * instance of this interface becomes the owner of the contents of a clipboard
 * (clipboard owner) if it is passed as an argument to
 * {@link Clipboard#setContents} method of the clipboard and this method returns
 * successfully. The instance remains the clipboard owner until another
 * application or another object within this application asserts ownership of
 * this clipboard.
 *
 * @author Amy Fowler
 * @see Clipboard
 * @since 1.1
 */
public interface ClipboardOwner {

    /**
     * Notifies this object that it is no longer the clipboard owner. This
     * method will be called when another application or another object within
     * this application asserts ownership of the clipboard.
     *
     * @param  clipboard the clipboard that is no longer owned
     * @param  contents the contents which this owner had placed on the
     *         {@code clipboard}
     */
    public void lostOwnership(Clipboard clipboard, Transferable contents);
}