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package java.awt.datatransfer;

/**

 * Defines the interface for classes that will provide data to

 * a clipboard. An instance of this interface becomes the owner

 * of the contents of a clipboard (clipboard owner) if it is

 * passed as an argument to

 * {@link java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard#setContents} method of

 * the clipboard and this method returns successfully.

 * The instance remains the clipboard owner until another application

 * or another object within this application asserts ownership

 * of this clipboard.

 *

 * @see java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard

 *

 * @author      Amy Fowler

 */

public interface ClipboardOwner {

    /**

     * Notifies this object that it is no longer the clipboard owner.

     * This method will be called when another application or another

     * object within this application asserts ownership of the clipboard.

     *

     * @param clipboard the clipboard that is no longer owned

     * @param contents the contents which this owner had placed on the clipboard

     */

    public void lostOwnership(Clipboard clipboard, Transferable contents);

}