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| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
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| package org.eclipse.swt.dnd; |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * <code>Transfer</code> provides a mechanism for converting between a java |
| * representation of data and a platform specific representation of data and |
| * vice versa. It is used in data transfer operations such as drag and drop and |
| * clipboard copy/paste. |
| * |
| * <p>You should only need to become familiar with this class if you are |
| * implementing a Transfer subclass and you are unable to subclass the |
| * ByteArrayTransfer class.</p> |
| * |
| * @see ByteArrayTransfer |
| */ |
| public abstract class Transfer { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns a list of the platform specific data types that can be converted using |
| * this transfer agent. |
| * |
| * <p>Only the data type fields of the <code>TransferData</code> objects are filled |
| * in.</p> |
| * |
| * @return a list of the data types that can be converted using this transfer agent |
| */ |
| abstract public TransferData[] getSupportedTypes(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns true if the <code>TransferData</code> data type can be converted |
| * using this transfer agent, or false otherwise (including if transferData is |
| * <code>null</code>). |
| * |
| * @param transferData a platform specific description of a data type; only the data |
| * type fields of the <code>TransferData</code> object need to be filled in |
| * |
| * @return true if the transferData data type can be converted using this transfer |
| * agent |
| */ |
| abstract public boolean isSupportedType(TransferData transferData); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the platform specfic names of the data types that can be converted |
| * using this transfer agent. |
| * |
| * @return the platform specfic names of the data types that can be converted |
| * using this transfer agent. |
| */ |
| abstract protected String[] getTypeNames(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the platform specfic ids of the data types that can be converted using |
| * this transfer agent. |
| * |
| * @return the platform specfic ids of the data types that can be converted using |
| * this transfer agent |
| */ |
| abstract protected int[] getTypeIds(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Converts a java representation of data to a platform specific representation of |
| * the data. |
| * |
| * <p>On a successful conversion, the transferData.result field will be set as follows: |
| * <ul> |
| * <li>Windows: COM.S_OK |
| * <li>Motif: 1 |
| * <li>GTK: 1 |
| * <li>Photon: 1 |
| * </ul></p> |
| * |
| * <p>If this transfer agent is unable to perform the conversion, the transferData.result |
| * field will be set to a failure value as follows: |
| * <ul> |
| * <li>Windows: COM.DV_E_TYMED or COM.E_FAIL |
| * <li>Motif: 0 |
| * <li>GTK: 0 |
| * <li>Photon: 0 |
| * </ul></p> |
| * |
| * @param object a java representation of the data to be converted; the type of |
| * Object that is passed in is dependant on the <code>Transfer</code> subclass. |
| * |
| * @param transferData an empty TransferData object; this object will be |
| * filled in on return with the platform specific representation of the data |
| * |
| * @exception org.eclipse.swt.SWTException <ul> |
| * <li>ERROR_INVALID_DATA - if object does not contain data in a valid format or is <code>null</code></li> |
| * </ul> |
| */ |
| abstract protected void javaToNative (Object object, TransferData transferData); |
| |
| /** |
| * Converts a platform specific representation of data to a java representation. |
| * |
| * @param transferData the platform specific representation of the data to be |
| * converted |
| * |
| * @return a java representation of the converted data if the conversion was |
| * successful; otherwise null. If transferData is <code>null</code> then |
| * <code>null</code> is returned. The type of Object that is returned is |
| * dependant on the <code>Transfer</code> subclass. |
| */ |
| abstract protected Object nativeToJava(TransferData transferData); |
| |
| /** |
| * Registers a name for a data type and returns the associated unique identifier. |
| * |
| * <p>You may register the same type more than once, the same unique identifier |
| * will be returned if the type has been previously registered.</p> |
| * |
| * <p>Note: On windows, do <b>not</b> call this method with pre-defined |
| * Clipboard Format types such as CF_TEXT or CF_BITMAP because the |
| * pre-defined identifier will not be returned</p> |
| * |
| * @param formatName the name of a data type |
| * |
| * @return the unique identifier associated with this data type |
| */ |
| public static int registerType(String formatName){ |
| return 0; |
| } |
| } |