/* * Copyright (c) 2003, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. * * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as * published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. * * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that * accompanied this code). * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. * * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any * questions. */ package java.awt.datatransfer; import java.util.EventListener; /** * Defines an object which listens for {@link FlavorEvent}s. * * @author Alexander Gerasimov * @since 1.5 */ public interface FlavorListener extends EventListener { /** * Invoked when the target {@link Clipboard} of the listener * has changed its available {@link DataFlavor}s. *
* Some notifications may be redundant they are not
* caused by a change of the set of DataFlavors available
* on the clipboard.
* For example, if the clipboard subsystem supposes that
* the system clipboard's contents has been changed but it
* can't ascertain whether its DataFlavors have been changed
* because of some exceptional condition when accessing the
* clipboard, the notification is sent to ensure from omitting
* a significant notification. Ordinarily, those redundant
* notifications should be occasional.
*
* @param e a FlavorEvent
object
*/
void flavorsChanged(FlavorEvent e);
}