The java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable interface must
be implemented by any class that will represent the data to be cut
or pasted. It defines three methods:
public abstract boolean isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor flavor)
public abstract DataFlavor[] getTransferDataFlavors()
public abstract Object getTransferData(DataFlavor flavor)
throws UnsupportedFlavorException, IOException
You can ask a Transferable object whether it supports
a particular data flavor you want with
isDataFlavorSupported() or you can ask it to list all the
data flavors it supports with
getTransferDataFlavors().
Note especially that one object may support multiple data flavors. For example, most objects should provide a plain text flavor as a lowest common denominator all applications can handle. However, the same data may also be available in an HTML flavor for applications that can handle the additional formatting.
Finally you request an object of a particular flavor with
getTransferData(). If the flavor you request is not
available an UnsupportedFlavorException is thrown.