<code lang="Java">

import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard;
import java.awt.datatransfer.ClipboardOwner;
import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor;
import java.awt.datatransfer.StringSelection;
import java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable;
import java.awt.datatransfer.UnsupportedFlavorException;
import java.io.IOException;

// Class
public class ClipBoardTransfer implements ClipboardOwner
{
	
	/** Creates a new instance of ClipBoardTransfer */
	public ClipBoardTransfer()
	{
	}
	
	
	public void setClipboardContents(String strString)
	{
		StringSelection cSelection = new StringSelection(strString);
		Clipboard cClipBoard = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
		cClipBoard.setContents(cSelection, this);
	}
	
	public String getClipboardContents()
	{
		// Declare variables
		String strRet = "";
		Clipboard cClipBoard = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
		//odd: the Object param of getContents is not currently used
		Transferable cContents = cClipBoard.getContents(null);
		boolean bHasTransText = (cContents != null) && cContents.isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor.stringFlavor);
		if (bHasTransText)
		{
			try
			{
				strRet = (String)cContents.getTransferData(DataFlavor.stringFlavor);
			}
			catch (UnsupportedFlavorException ex)
			{
			}
			catch (IOException ex)
			{
			}
		}
		
		return strRet;
	}
	
	public void lostOwnership(Clipboard clipboard, Transferable transferable)
	{
		// Do nothing
	}
}

</code>