com.apelon.beans.dts.plugin.transferable
Class AbstractTransferable

java.lang.Object
  com.apelon.beans.dts.plugin.transferable.AbstractTransferable

All Implemented Interfaces:

Transferable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ConceptAssociationTransferable, ConceptTransferable, DTSMultiTransferable, DTSPropertyTransferable, DTSRoleTransferable, SubsetTransferable, SynonymTransferable, TermAssociationTransferable, TermTransferable

public abstract class AbstractTransferable
extends Object
implements Transferable

All transferable objects should normally extend this class. It implements getTransferDataFlavors and isDataFlavorSupported methods of Transferable interface.

Transferables extending this class should use setTransferDataFlavors to set the supporting DataFlavor for the transferable.

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2004

Company: Apelon, Inc.

Since:

3.4.0

Version:

DTS 3.4.0

Author:

Apelon Inc.

Constructor Summary

AbstractTransferable()

Method Summary

protected static DataFlavor	createConstant(Class rc, String prn) Copied from DataFlavor class.
DataFlavor[]	getTransferDataFlavors() Returns an array of DataFlavor objects indicating the flavors the data can be provided in.
boolean	isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor flavor) Returns whether or not the specified data flavor is supported for this object.
void	setTransferDataFlavors(DataFlavor[] transferDataFlavors) Sets the DataFlavors that are supported by this Transferable.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable

getTransferData

Constructor Detail

AbstractTransferable

public AbstractTransferable()

Method Detail

createConstant

protected static DataFlavor createConstant(Class rc,
                                           String prn)

Copied from DataFlavor class. Defined private there.

Parameters:

rc - representation class

prn - Human-readable String

Returns:

dataflavor, null if there is exception

setTransferDataFlavors

public void setTransferDataFlavors(DataFlavor[] transferDataFlavors)

Sets the DataFlavors that are supported by this Transferable.

Parameters:

transferDataFlavors -

getTransferDataFlavors

public DataFlavor[] getTransferDataFlavors()

Returns an array of DataFlavor objects indicating the flavors the data can be provided in. The array should be ordered according to preference for providing the data (from most richly descriptive to least descriptive).

Specified by:

getTransferDataFlavors in interface Transferable

Returns:

an array of data flavors in which this data can be transferred

isDataFlavorSupported

public boolean isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor flavor)

Returns whether or not the specified data flavor is supported for this object.

Specified by:

isDataFlavorSupported in interface Transferable

Parameters:

flavor - the requested flavor for the data

Returns:

boolean indicating whether or not the data flavor is supported