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 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.swt.dnd;

 
/**
 * The <code>TransferData</code> class is a platform specific data structure for
 * describing the type and the contents of data being converted by a transfer agent.
 *
 * <p>As an application writer, you do not need to know the specifics of 
 * TransferData.  TransferData instances are passed to a subclass of Transfer 
 * and the Transfer object manages the platform specific issues.  
 * You can ask a Transfer subclass if it can handle this data by calling 
 * Transfer.isSupportedType(transferData).</p>
 *
 * <p>You should only need to become familiar with the fields in this class if you 
 * are implementing a Transfer subclass and you are unable to subclass the 
 * ByteArrayTransfer class.</p>
 *
 * @see <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/swt/">Sample code and further information</a>
 */
public class TransferData {
	/**
	 * The type is a unique identifier of a system format or user defined format.
	 * (Warning: This field is platform dependent)
	 * <p>
	 * <b>IMPORTANT:</b> This field is <em>not</em> part of the SWT
	 * public API. It is marked public only so that it can be shared
	 * within the packages provided by SWT. It is not available on all
	 * platforms and should never be accessed from application code.
	 * </p>
	 */
	public int type;
	
	// attributes specific to set/get
	int pValue;

	/**
	 * The result field contains the result of converting a
	 * java data type into a platform specific value.
	 * (Warning: This field is platform dependent)
	 * <p>
	 * <b>IMPORTANT:</b> This field is <em>not</em> part of the SWT
	 * public API. It is marked public only so that it can be shared
	 * within the packages provided by SWT. It is not available on all
	 * platforms and should never be accessed from application code.
	 * </p>
 	 * <p>The value of result is 1 if the conversion was successful.
	 * The value of result is 0 if the conversion failed.</p>
	 */
	int result;
	
}