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    25 

    26 package java.awt.datatransfer;

    27 

    28 /**

    29  * Defines the interface for classes that will provide data to

    30  * a clipboard. An instance of this interface becomes the owner

    31  * of the contents of a clipboard (clipboard owner) if it is

    32  * passed as an argument to

    33  * {@link java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard#setContents} method of

    34  * the clipboard and this method returns successfully.

    35  * The instance remains the clipboard owner until another application

    36  * or another object within this application asserts ownership

    37  * of this clipboard.

    38  *

    39  * @see java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard

    40  *

    41  * @author      Amy Fowler

    42  */

    43 

    44 public interface ClipboardOwner {

    45 

    46     /**

    47      * Notifies this object that it is no longer the clipboard owner.

    48      * This method will be called when another application or another

    49      * object within this application asserts ownership of the clipboard.

    50      *

    51      * @param clipboard the clipboard that is no longer owned

    52      * @param contents the contents which this owner had placed on the clipboard

    53      */

    54     public void lostOwnership(Clipboard clipboard, Transferable contents);

    55 

    56 }