Code Samples from the Java Developers Almanac 2000

 
 // The following 3 lines of code must be 
 // on the same line
 
 Transferable t = 
   Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard().
   getContents(null);
     
 try {
   if (t != null && t.isDataFlavorSupported(
     DataFlavor.stringFlavor)) {
       String s = (String)t.getTransferData(
         DataFlavor.stringFlavor);
       process(s);
    }
 } catch (UnsupportedFlavorException e) {
 } catch (IOException e) {
 }