Package org.vaadin.firitin.util.clipboard

Class Clipboard

java.lang.Object

org.vaadin.firitin.util.clipboard.Clipboard

public class Clipboard
extends Object

Utility class for clipboard operations in a Vaadin application. This class provides methods to copy text to the clipboard and read text from the clipboard using the Clipboard API.

Note that this is helper is early experiment and may not work in all browsers, most especially in Safari, due to its incomplete handling of transient activation regarding clipboard. See test class for more details and workarounds.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Clipboard()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	copyToClipboard(String thisIsATestText)	Copies the given text to the current user's clipboard using the Clipboard API.
static CompletableFuture<String>	readFromClipboard()	Reads text from the clipboard using the Clipboard API.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

Clipboard

public Clipboard()

Method Details

copyToClipboard

public static void copyToClipboard(String thisIsATestText)

Copies the given text to the current user's clipboard using the Clipboard API.

Parameters:

thisIsATestText - the text to be copied to the clipboard

readFromClipboard

public static CompletableFuture<String> readFromClipboard()

Reads text from the clipboard using the Clipboard API. This method returns a CompletableFuture that resolves to the text read from the clipboard, once the required browser round-trip is done.

Returns:

a CompletableFuture containing the text from the clipboard