What DataFlavor Requires to Copy Files on Mac OSX

Question

I am currently working on Java code that can copy files to the system clipboard.

For Windows and Linux, I already worked. For OSX, I tried several options, but the "Paste" action in the Finder is never mentioned.

Any idea what DataFlavor settings are needed for the Finder?

Flavors Used:

DataFlavor.javaFileListFlavor
URILIST_FLAVOR = new DataFlavor( "text/uri-list" );
XFILELIST_FLAVOR = new DataFlavor( "application/x-java-file-list" );
GNOMEFILELIST_FLAVOR = new DataFlavor( "x-special/gnome-copied-files" );

Data Return Method for Taste:

public Object getTransferData( DataFlavor flavor ) throws UnsupportedFlavorException, IOException {
    if( FILELIST_FLAVOR.equals( flavor ) ) {
        if( List.class == flavor.getRepresentationClass() ) {
            return Arrays.asList( files );
        } else if( InputStream.class == flavor.getRepresentationClass() ) {
            return getStreamData( files, null );
        }
    } else if( DataFlavor.javaFileListFlavor.equals( flavor ) ) {
        if( List.class == flavor.getRepresentationClass() ) {
            return locallist;
        } else if( InputStream.class == flavor.getRepresentationClass() ) {
            return getStreamData( files, null );
        }
    } else if( URILIST_FLAVOR.equals( flavor ) ) {
        if( List.class == flavor.getRepresentationClass() ) {
            return Arrays.asList( files );
        } else if( InputStream.class == flavor.getRepresentationClass() ) {
            return getStreamData( files, null );
        }
    } else if( GNOMEFILELIST_FLAVOR.equals( flavor ) ) {
        if( List.class == flavor.getRepresentationClass() ) {
            return Arrays.asList( files );
        } else if( InputStream.class == flavor.getRepresentationClass() ) {
            // FIXME support cut and copy
            return getStreamData( files, "copy" );
        }
    } else if( XFILELIST_FLAVOR.equals( flavor ) ) {
        if( List.class == flavor.getRepresentationClass() ) {
            return locallist;
        } else if( InputStream.class == flavor.getRepresentationClass() ) {
            return getStreamData( files, null );
        }
    }
    throw new UnsupportedFlavorException( flavor );
}

Thanks Andre

Answer 1

Maybe you should try DataFlavor # javaFileListFlavor .

Excerpt from API documentation:

DataFlavor # javaFileListFlavor ( Link )

/ Java ( ) DataFlavor / java.util.List. / java.io.File.