How to Access Clipboard data using Java in Windows?
Use Toolkit#getSystemClipboard
:
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor;
public static String readClipboard() {
return (String) Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard().getData(DataFlavor.stringFlavor);
}
This code snippet is for accessing and printing the clipboard data in Java:
import java.awt.datatransfer.*;
import java.awt.*;
/**
* Demo to access System Clipboard
*/
public class SystemClipboardAccess {
public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
// Create a Clipboard object using getSystemClipboard() method
Clipboard c = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
// Get data stored in the clipboard that is in the form of a string (text)
System.out.println(c.getData(DataFlavor.stringFlavor));
}
}