<html> <head> <title>Interface XDataFormatTranslator</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../../idl.css"> </head> <body> <div id="adc-idlref"> <a name="_top_"> </a><table class="navimain" border="0" cellpadding="3"> <tr> <td class="navimain"><a href="../module-ix.html" class="navimain">Overview</a></td> <td class="navimain"><a href="module-ix.html" class="navimain">Module</a></td> <td class="navimain"><a href="XDataFormatTranslator-xref.html" class="navimain">Use</a></td> <td class="navimainnone">Devguide</td> <td class="navimain"><a href="../../../../index-files/index-1.html" class="navimain">Index</a></td> </tr> </table> <table class="navisub" border="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td class="navisub"><a href="#MethodsSummary" class="navisub">Methods' Summary</a></td> <td class="navisub"><a href="#MethodsDetails" class="navisub">Methods' Details</a></td> <td class="navisub">Attributes' Summary</td> <td class="navisub">Attributes' Details</td> </tr> </table> <hr> <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="3" class="title-table" style="margin-bottom:6pt;"> <tr> <td><p class="namechain"><a href="../../../../module-ix.html" class="namechain">::</a> <a href="../../../module-ix.html" class="namechain">com</a> :: <a href="../../module-ix.html" class="namechain">sun</a> :: <a href="../module-ix.html" class="namechain">star</a> :: <a href="module-ix.html" class="namechain">datatransfer</a> :: </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="title">interface XDataFormatTranslator</td> </tr> <tr> <td/></tr> <tr> <td><dl> <dt><b>Description</b></dt> <dd>Interface to be implemented by objects used to translate a <a href="DataFlavor.html">DataFlavor</a> to a system dependent data transfer type and vice versa. </dd> <dd><p>Different platforms use different types to describe data formats available during data exchange operations like clipboard or drag&drop. Windows for instance uses integer values to describe an available clipboard or drag&drop format, Unix X11 uses so called Atoms etc.</p> </dd> </dl> </td> </tr> </table> <hr> <a name="MethodsSummary"/><table border="1" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="subtitle"> <tr> <td class="subtitle" colspan="2">Methods' Summary</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="imsum_left"><a href="#getSystemDataTypeFromDataFlavor">getSystemDataTypeFromDataFlavor</a></td> <td class="imsum_right">Converts a <a href="DataFlavor.html">DataFlavor</a> to system dependend data type. </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="imsum_left"><a href="#getDataFlavorFromSystemDataType">getDataFlavorFromSystemDataType</a></td> <td class="imsum_right">Converts a system dependent data type to a <a href="DataFlavor.html">DataFlavor</a>. </td> </tr> </table> <a name="MethodsDetails"/><table border="1" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="subtitle"> <tr> <td class="subtitle">Methods' Details</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="imdetail"><a name="getSystemDataTypeFromDataFlavor" class="membertitle">getSystemDataTypeFromDataFlavor</a><table border="0" width="96%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="table-in-method" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"> <tr> <td><table class="table-in-method" border="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3">any</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><b>getSystemDataTypeFromDataFlavor</b>(</td> <td valign="top">[in] <a href="DataFlavor.html">DataFlavor</a></td> <td valign="bottom"> aDataFlavor );</td> </tr> </table> <hr> <dl> <dt><b>Description</b></dt> <dd>Converts a <a href="DataFlavor.html">DataFlavor</a> to system dependend data type. </dd> <dt><b>Parameter aDataFlavor</b></dt> <dd>Describes the format for which a system dependent data types is requested. </dd> <dt><b>Returns</b></dt> <dd>A system dependent data transfer type for the given <a href="DataFlavor.html">DataFlavor</a> if there is one available. <p>If the is no system dependent data type for a given <a href="DataFlavor.html">DataFlavor</a> the returned any is empty.</p> </dd> </dl> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="imdetail"><a name="getDataFlavorFromSystemDataType" class="membertitle">getDataFlavorFromSystemDataType</a><table border="0" width="96%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="table-in-method" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"> <tr> <td><table class="table-in-method" border="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3"><a href="DataFlavor.html">DataFlavor</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><b>getDataFlavorFromSystemDataType</b>(</td> <td valign="top">[in] any</td> <td valign="bottom"> aSysDataType );</td> </tr> </table> <hr> <dl> <dt><b>Description</b></dt> <dd>Converts a system dependent data type to a <a href="DataFlavor.html">DataFlavor</a>. </dd> <dt><b>Parameter aSysDataType</b></dt> <dd>A system dependent data type. 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