Package org.eclipse.swt.dnd

Class HTMLTransfer

  • public class HTMLTransfer
extends ByteArrayTransfer
    The class HTMLTransfer provides a platform specific mechanism for converting text in HTML format represented as a java String to a platform specific representation of the data and vice versa.

    An example of a java String containing HTML text is shown below: 

         String htmlData = "
    This is a paragraph of text.
    ";
    See Also:
    Transfer

    • Method Summary

      All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      static HTMLTransfer getInstance()
      Returns the singleton instance of the HTMLTransfer class.
      protected int[] getTypeIds()
      Returns the platform specific ids of the data types that can be converted using this transfer agent.
      protected java.lang.String[] getTypeNames()
      Returns the platform specific names of the data types that can be converted using this transfer agent.
      void javaToNative​(java.lang.Object object, TransferData transferData)
      This implementation of javaToNative converts HTML-formatted text represented by a java String to a platform specific representation.
      java.lang.Object nativeToJava​(TransferData transferData)
      This implementation of nativeToJava converts a platform specific representation of HTML text to a java String.
      protected boolean validate​(java.lang.Object object)
      Test that the object is of the correct format for this Transfer class.

      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

        clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

    • Method Detail

      • getInstance

        public static HTMLTransfer getInstance()
        Returns the singleton instance of the HTMLTransfer class.
        Returns:
        the singleton instance of the HTMLTransfer class

      • javaToNative

        public void javaToNative​(java.lang.Object object,
                         TransferData transferData)
        This implementation of javaToNative converts HTML-formatted text represented by a java String to a platform specific representation.
        Overrides:
        javaToNative in class ByteArrayTransfer
        Parameters:
        object - a java String containing HTML text
        transferData - an empty TransferData object that will be filled in on return with the platform specific format of the data
        See Also:
        Transfer.nativeToJava(org.eclipse.swt.dnd.TransferData)

      • getTypeIds

        protected int[] getTypeIds()
        Description copied from class: Transfer
        Returns the platform specific ids of the data types that can be converted using this transfer agent.
        Specified by:
        getTypeIds in class Transfer
        Returns:
        the platform specific ids of the data types that can be converted using this transfer agent

      • getTypeNames

        protected java.lang.String[] getTypeNames()
        Description copied from class: Transfer
        Returns the platform specific names of the data types that can be converted using this transfer agent.
        Specified by:
        getTypeNames in class Transfer
        Returns:
        the platform specific names of the data types that can be converted using this transfer agent.

      • validate

        protected boolean validate​(java.lang.Object object)
        Description copied from class: Transfer
        Test that the object is of the correct format for this Transfer class.
        Overrides:
        validate in class Transfer
        Parameters:
        object - a java representation of the data to be converted
        Returns:
        true if object is of the correct form for this transfer type