/* Transferable.java -- Data transfer source   Copyright (C) 1999, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.This file is part of GNU Classpath.GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modifyit under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published bythe Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)any later version.GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, butWITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty ofMERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNUGeneral Public License for more details.You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public Licensealong with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to theFree Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA02111-1307 USA.Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules ismaking a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms andconditions of the GNU General Public License cover the wholecombination.As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give youpermission to link this library with independent modules to produce anexecutable, regardless of the license terms of these independentmodules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable underterms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linkedindependent module, the terms and conditions of the license of thatmodule.  An independent module is a module which is not derived fromor based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extendthis exception to your version of the library, but you are notobligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete thisexception statement from your version. */package java.awt.datatransfer;import java.io.IOException;/** * This interface is implemented by classes that can transfer data. * * @author Aaron M. Renn <arenn@urbanophile.com> * @since 1.1 * @status updated to 1.4 */public interface Transferable{  /**   * This method returns a list of available data flavors for the data being   * transferred.  The array returned will be sorted from most preferred   * flavor at the beginning to least preferred at the end.   *   * @return adA list of data flavors for this data   */  public abstract DataFlavor[] getTransferDataFlavors();  /**   * Tests whether or not this data can be delivered in the specified data   * flavor.   *   * @param flavor the data flavor to test   * @return true if the data flavor is supported   */  public abstract boolean isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor flavor);  /**   * Returns the data in the specified <code>DataFlavor</code>.   *   * @param flavor the data flavor to return   * @return the data in the appropriate flavor   * @throws UnsupportedFlavorException if the flavor is not supported   * @throws IOException if the data is not available   * @see DataFlavor#getRepresentationClass   */  public abstract Object getTransferData(DataFlavor flavor)    throws UnsupportedFlavorException, IOException;} // interface Transferable