Returns a clone of this DataFlavor.

  Returns a clone of this DataFlavor.
Returns: a clone of this DataFlavor

  Tests an arbitrary Object to this DataFlavor for equality.

  Tests an arbitrary Object to this DataFlavor
for equality. Two DataFlavors are considered equal if and
only if their MIME primary type and subtype and representation class are
equal. Additionally, if the primary type is "text", the subtype denotes
a text flavor which supports the charset parameter, and the
representation class is not java.io.Reader,
java.lang.String, java.nio.CharBuffer, or
[C, the charset parameter must also be equal.
If a charset is not explicitly specified for one or both
DataFlavors, the platform default encoding is assumed. See
selectBestTextFlavor for a list of text flavors which
support the charset parameter.
Returns: true if that is equivalent to this DataFlavor; false otherwise
Parameters:
- o - the Object to compare with this
See Also: DataFlavor.selectBestTextFlavor(java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor[]),

  Compares only the mimeType against the passed in String and representationClass is not considered in the comparison.

  Compares only the mimeType against the passed in
String and representationClass is
not considered in the comparison.
If representationClass needs to be compared, then
equals(new DataFlavor(s)) may be used.
Returns: true if the String (MimeType) is equal

  Returns the human presentable name for this DataFlavor if paramName equals "humanPresentableName".

  Returns the human presentable name for this DataFlavor
if paramName equals "humanPresentableName". Otherwise
returns the MIME type value associated with paramName.
Returns: the value of the name parameter, or null if there is no associated value
Parameters:
- paramName - the parameter name requested

  Returns the primary MIME type for this DataFlavor.

  Returns the primary MIME type for this DataFlavor.
Returns: the primary MIME type of this DataFlavor

  Gets a Reader for a text flavor, decoded, if necessary, for the expected charset (encoding).

  Gets a Reader for a text flavor, decoded, if necessary, for the expected charset (encoding). The supported representation classes are java.io.Reader, java.lang.String, java.nio.CharBuffer, [C, java.io.InputStream, java.nio.ByteBuffer, and [B.

Because text flavors which do not support the charset parameter are encoded in a non-standard format, this method should not be called for such flavors. However, in order to maintain backward-compatibility, if this method is called for such a flavor, this method will treat the flavor as though it supports the charset parameter and attempt to decode it accordingly. See selectBestTextFlavor for a list of text flavors which do not support the charset parameter.
Returns: a Reader to read the Transferable's data
Parameters:
- transferable - the Transferable whose data will be requested in this flavor
Throws:
- IllegalArgumentException - if the representation class is not one of the seven listed above
- IllegalArgumentException - if the Transferable has null data
- NullPointerException - if the Transferable is null
- UnsupportedEncodingException - if this flavor's representation is java.io.InputStream, java.nio.ByteBuffer, or [B and this flavor's encoding is not supported by this implementation of the Java platform
- UnsupportedFlavorException - if the Transferable does not support this flavor
- IOException - if the data cannot be read because of an I/O error
Since: 1.3
See Also: DataFlavor.selectBestTextFlavor(java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor[]),

  Returns the sub MIME type of this DataFlavor.

  Returns the sub MIME type of this DataFlavor.
Returns: the Sub MIME type of this DataFlavor

  Returns a DataFlavor representing plain text with Unicode encoding, where:

  Returns a DataFlavor representing plain text with Unicode
encoding, where:

     representationClass = java.io.InputStream
     mimeType            = "text/plain;
                            charset=<platform default Unicode encoding>"
 

Sun's implementation for Microsoft Windows uses the encoding utf-16le.
Sun's implementation for Solaris and Linux uses the encoding
iso-10646-ucs-2.
Returns: a DataFlavor representing plain text with Unicode encoding
Since: 1.3

  Returns hash code for this DataFlavor.

  Returns hash code for this DataFlavor.
For two equal DataFlavors, hash codes are equal.
For the String
that matches DataFlavor.equals(String), it is not
guaranteed that DataFlavor's hash code is equal
to the hash code of the String.
Returns: a hash code for this DataFlavor

  Returns true if the DataFlavor specified represents a list of file objects.

  Returns true if the DataFlavor specified represents
a list of file objects.
Returns: true if the DataFlavor specified represents a List of File objects

  Returns true if the DataFlavor specified represents a remote object.

  Returns true if the DataFlavor specified represents
a remote object.
Returns: true if the DataFlavor specified represents a Remote Object

  Returns true if the DataFlavor specified represents a serialized object.

  Returns true if the DataFlavor specified represents
a serialized object.
Returns: true if the DataFlavor specified represents a Serialized Object

  Returns whether this DataFlavor is a valid text flavor for this implementation of the Java platform.

  Returns whether this DataFlavor is a valid text flavor for this implementation of the Java platform. Only flavors equivalent to DataFlavor.stringFlavor and DataFlavors with a primary MIME type of "text" can be valid text flavors.

If this flavor supports the charset parameter, it must be equivalent to DataFlavor.stringFlavor, or its representation must be java.io.Reader, java.lang.String, java.nio.CharBuffer, [C, java.io.InputStream, java.nio.ByteBuffer, or [B. If the representation is java.io.InputStream, java.nio.ByteBuffer, or [B, then this flavor's charset parameter must be supported by this implementation of the Java platform. If a charset is not specified, then the platform default charset, which is always supported, is assumed.

If this flavor does not support the charset parameter, its representation must be java.io.InputStream, java.nio.ByteBuffer, or [B.

See selectBestTextFlavor for a list of text flavors which support the charset parameter.
Returns: true if this DataFlavor is a valid text flavor as described above; false otherwise
Since: 1.4
See Also: DataFlavor.selectBestTextFlavor(java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor[]),

  Compares the mimeType of two DataFlavor objects.

  Compares the mimeType of two DataFlavor
objects. No parameters are considered.
Returns: true if the MimeTypes are equal, otherwise false
Parameters:
- dataFlavor - the DataFlavor to be compared

Does the DataFlavor represent a serialized object?

  Returns whether the representation class for this DataFlavor is java.nio.ByteBuffer or a subclass thereof.

  Returns whether the representation class for this
DataFlavor is java.nio.ByteBuffer or a
subclass thereof.
Since: 1.4

  Returns whether the representation class for this DataFlavor is java.nio.CharBuffer or a subclass thereof.

  Returns whether the representation class for this
DataFlavor is java.nio.CharBuffer or a
subclass thereof.
Since: 1.4

Does the DataFlavor represent a java.io.InputStream?

  Returns whether the representation class for this DataFlavor is java.io.Reader or a subclass thereof.

  Returns whether the representation class for this
DataFlavor is java.io.Reader or a subclass
thereof.
Since: 1.4

  Returns true if the representation class is Remote.

  Returns true if the representation class is Remote.
Returns: true if the representation class is Remote

  Returns true if the representation class can be serialized.

  Returns true if the representation class can be serialized.
Returns: true if the representation class can be serialized

  Tests a DataFlavor to this DataFlavor for equality.

  Tests a DataFlavor to this DataFlavor for
equality. Two DataFlavors are considered equal if and only
if their MIME primary type and subtype and representation class are
equal. Additionally, if the primary type is "text", the subtype denotes
a text flavor which supports the charset parameter, and the
representation class is not java.io.Reader,
java.lang.String, java.nio.CharBuffer, or
[C, the charset parameter must also be equal.
If a charset is not explicitly specified for one or both
DataFlavors, the platform default encoding is assumed. See
selectBestTextFlavor for a list of text flavors which
support the charset parameter.
Returns: true if that is equivalent to this DataFlavor; false otherwise
Parameters:
- that - the DataFlavor to compare with this
Since: 1.3
See Also: DataFlavor.selectBestTextFlavor(java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor[]),

Restores this DataFlavor from a Serialized state.

  Selects the best text DataFlavor from an array of DataFlavors.

  Selects the best text DataFlavor from an array of DataFlavors. Only DataFlavor.stringFlavor, and equivalent flavors, and flavors that have a primary MIME type of "text", are considered for selection.

Flavors are first sorted by their MIME types in the following order:

• "text/sgml"
• "text/xml"
• "text/html"
• "text/rtf"
• "text/enriched"
• "text/richtext"
• "text/uri-list"
• "text/tab-separated-values"
• "text/t140"
• "text/rfc822-headers"
• "text/parityfec"
• "text/directory"
• "text/css"
• "text/calendar"
• "application/x-java-serialized-object"
• "text/plain"
• "text/<other>"

For example, "text/sgml" will be selected over "text/html", and DataFlavor.stringFlavor will be chosen over DataFlavor.plainTextFlavor.

If two or more flavors share the best MIME type in the array, then that MIME type will be checked to see if it supports the charset parameter.

The following MIME types support, or are treated as though they support, the charset parameter:

• "text/sgml"
• "text/xml"
• "text/html"
• "text/enriched"
• "text/richtext"
• "text/uri-list"
• "text/directory"
• "text/css"
• "text/calendar"
• "application/x-java-serialized-object"
• "text/plain"

The following MIME types do not support, or are treated as though they do not support, the charset parameter:

• "text/rtf"
• "text/tab-separated-values"
• "text/t140"
• "text/rfc822-headers"
• "text/parityfec"

For "text/<other>" MIME types, the first time the JRE needs to determine whether the MIME type supports the charset parameter, it will check whether the parameter is explicitly listed in an arbitrarily chosen DataFlavor which uses that MIME type. If so, the JRE will assume from that point on that the MIME type supports the charset parameter and will not check again. If the parameter is not explicitly listed, the JRE will assume from that point on that the MIME type does not support the charset parameter and will not check again. Because this check is performed on an arbitrarily chosen DataFlavor, developers must ensure that all DataFlavors with a "text/<other>" MIME type specify the charset parameter if it is supported by that MIME type. Developers should never rely on the JRE to substitute the platform's default charset for a "text/<other>" DataFlavor. Failure to adhere to this restriction will lead to undefined behavior.

If the best MIME type in the array does not support the charset parameter, the flavors which share that MIME type will then be sorted by their representation classes in the following order: java.io.InputStream, java.nio.ByteBuffer, [B, <all others>.

If two or more flavors share the best representation class, or if no flavor has one of the three specified representations, then one of those flavors will be chosen non-deterministically.

If the best MIME type in the array does support the charset parameter, the flavors which share that MIME type will then be sorted by their representation classes in the following order: java.io.Reader, java.lang.String, java.nio.CharBuffer, [C, <all others>.

If two or more flavors share the best representation class, and that representation is one of the four explicitly listed, then one of those flavors will be chosen non-deterministically. If, however, no flavor has one of the four specified representations, the flavors will then be sorted by their charsets. Unicode charsets, such as "UTF-16", "UTF-8", "UTF-16BE", "UTF-16LE", and their aliases, are considered best. After them, the platform default charset and its aliases are selected. "US-ASCII" and its aliases are worst. All other charsets are chosen in alphabetical order, but only charsets supported by this implementation of the Java platform will be considered.

If two or more flavors share the best charset, the flavors will then again be sorted by their representation classes in the following order: java.io.InputStream, java.nio.ByteBuffer, [B, <all others>.

If two or more flavors share the best representation class, or if no flavor has one of the three specified representations, then one of those flavors will be chosen non-deterministically.
Returns: the best (highest fidelity) flavor according to the rules specified above, or null, if availableFlavors is null, has zero length, or contains no text flavors
Parameters:
- availableFlavors - an array of available DataFlavors
Since: 1.3

  String representation of this DataFlavor and its parameters.

  String representation of this DataFlavor and its
parameters. The resulting String contains the name of
the DataFlavor class, this flavor's MIME type, and its
representation class. If this flavor has a primary MIME type of "text",
supports the charset parameter, and has an encoded representation, the
flavor's charset is also included. See selectBestTextFlavor
for a list of text flavors which support the charset parameter.
Returns: string representation of this DataFlavor
See Also: DataFlavor.selectBestTextFlavor(java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor[]),

  Tries to load a class from: the bootstrap loader, the system loader, the context loader (if one is present) and finally the loader specified.

  Tries to load a class from: the bootstrap loader, the system loader,
the context loader (if one is present) and finally the loader specified.
Returns: the class loaded
Parameters:
- className - the name of the class to be loaded
- fallback - the fallback loader
Throws:
- ClassNotFoundException - if class is not found

Serializes this DataFlavor.