How to Access Clipboard data using Java in Windows?

Question

I want to Access Clipboard data/text in my Java Program in Windows 10 system targeted program. Any code snippets or Class that is used to access the clipboard data?

Answer 1

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));
        }
    }

Answer 2

Use Toolkit#getSystemClipboard:

import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor;

public static String readClipboard(){
    return (String) Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard().getData(DataFlavor.stringFlavor);
}