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+/* Transferable.java -- Data transfer source
+ Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the 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, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
+02111-1307 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception 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)
+ */
+public interface Transferable
+{
+
+/**
+ * Returns the data in the specified <code>DataFlavor</code>
+ *
+ * @param flavor The data flavor to return.
+ *
+ * @return The data in the appropriate flavor.
+ *
+ * @exception UnsupportedFlavorException If the flavor is not supported.
+ * @exception IOException If the data is not available.
+ */
+public abstract Object
+getTransferData(DataFlavor flavor) throws UnsupportedFlavorException,
+ IOException;
+
+/*************************************************************************/
+
+/**
+ * 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 A 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 <code>true</code> if the data flavor is supported,
+ * <code>false</code> otherwise.
+ */
+public abstract boolean
+isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor flavor);
+
+} // interface Transferable
+
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