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This is more of a hypothetical question, I\'m brainstorming some ideas for a project that I\'m planning, and was curious if anyone knew of any APIs or methods of getting any

Answer 1

public static String getSelectedData() {
    try {
        Robot robot = new Robot();
        robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL);
        Thread.sleep(2*1000);
        robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_C);
        Thread.sleep(2*1000);
        robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_C);
        Thread.sleep(2*1000);
        robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL);
        Thread.sleep(2*1000);
    } catch (Exception ex) {
        System.out.println(ex);
    }
    String word = getSelectedData();
    return word;
}

private static String getDataFromClipboard() {

Toolkit toolkit = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
Clipboard clipboard = toolkit.getSystemClipboard();
try {
    String result = (String) clipboard.getData(DataFlavor.stringFlavor);
    return result;
} catch (Exception e) {
    System.out.println("ERROR");
    return null;
}
}