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+/*
+ * Copyright 1996-2002 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;
+
+/**
+ * Defines the interface for classes that will provide data to
+ * a clipboard. An instance of this interface becomes the owner
+ * of the contents of a clipboard (clipboard owner) if it is
+ * passed as an argument to
+ * {@link java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard#setContents} method of
+ * the clipboard and this method returns successfully.
+ * The instance remains the clipboard owner until another application
+ * or another object within this application asserts ownership
+ * of this clipboard.
+ *
+ * @see java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard
+ *
+ * @author      Amy Fowler
+ */
+
+public interface ClipboardOwner {
+
+    /**
+     * Notifies this object that it is no longer the clipboard owner.
+     * This method will be called when another application or another
+     * object within this application asserts ownership of the clipboard.
+     *
+     * @param clipboard the clipboard that is no longer owned
+     * @param contents the contents which this owner had placed on the clipboard
+     */
+    public void lostOwnership(Clipboard clipboard, Transferable contents);
+
+}