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+/*
+ * Copyright 1996-2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+package java.awt.datatransfer;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * Defines the interface for classes that can be used to provide data
+ * for a transfer operation.
+ * <p>
+ * For information on using data transfer with Swing, see
+ * <a href="http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/misc/dnd.html">
+ * How to Use Drag and Drop and Data Transfer</a>,
+ * a section in <em>The Java Tutorial</em>, for more information.
+ *
+ * @author      Amy Fowler
+ */
+
+public interface Transferable {
+
+    /**
+     * 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).
+     * @return an array of data flavors in which this data can be transferred
+     */
+    public DataFlavor[] getTransferDataFlavors();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns whether or not the specified data flavor is supported for
+     * this object.
+     * @param flavor the requested flavor for the data
+     * @return boolean indicating whether or not the data flavor is supported
+     */
+    public boolean isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor flavor);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns an object which represents the data to be transferred.  The class
+     * of the object returned is defined by the representation class of the flavor.
+     *
+     * @param flavor the requested flavor for the data
+     * @see DataFlavor#getRepresentationClass
+     * @exception IOException                if the data is no longer available
+     *              in the requested flavor.
+     * @exception UnsupportedFlavorException if the requested data flavor is
+     *              not supported.
+     */
+    public Object getTransferData(DataFlavor flavor) throws UnsupportedFlavorException, IOException;
+
+}