[526468] java.lang.NumberFormatException when clipboard has information
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.wst.common.snippets/src/org/eclipse/wst/common/snippets/internal/SnippetTransfer.java b/plugins/org.eclipse.wst.common.snippets/src/org/eclipse/wst/common/snippets/internal/SnippetTransfer.java
index 068cd7b..0f7f1d4 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.wst.common.snippets/src/org/eclipse/wst/common/snippets/internal/SnippetTransfer.java
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.wst.common.snippets/src/org/eclipse/wst/common/snippets/internal/SnippetTransfer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2004, 2012 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004, 2017 IBM Corporation and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -85,9 +85,15 @@
 	 */
 	public Object nativeToJava(TransferData transferData) {
 		byte[] bytes = (byte[]) super.nativeToJava(transferData);
-		if (bytes != null) {
-			long clipboardTime = Long.valueOf(new String(bytes)).longValue();
-			return this.startTime == clipboardTime ? object : null;
+		if (bytes != null && bytes.length > 0) {
+			try {
+				Long value = Long.valueOf(new String(bytes));
+				long clipboardTime = value.longValue();
+				return this.startTime == clipboardTime ? object : null;
+			}
+			catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+				// nothing to be done, we can get here via a clipboard operation
+			}
 		}
 		return null;
 	}