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  25 
  26 package java.awt.datatransfer;
  27 
  28 import sun.datatransfer.DataFlavorUtil;
  29 import sun.reflect.misc.ReflectUtil;
  30 
  31 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
  32 import java.io.CharArrayReader;
  33 import java.io.Externalizable;
  34 import java.io.IOException;
  35 import java.io.InputStream;
  36 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
  37 import java.io.ObjectInput;
  38 import java.io.ObjectOutput;
  39 import java.io.OptionalDataException;
  40 import java.io.Reader;
  41 import java.io.StringReader;
  42 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
  43 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
  44 import java.nio.CharBuffer;
  45 import java.util.Arrays;
  46 import java.util.Collections;
  47 import java.util.Objects;
  48 
  49 /**
  50  * A {@code DataFlavor} provides meta information about data. {@code DataFlavor}
  51  * is typically used to access data on the clipboard, or during
  52  * a drag and drop operation.
  53  * <p>
  54  * An instance of {@code DataFlavor} encapsulates a content type as
  55  * defined in <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2045.txt">RFC 2045</a>
  56  * and <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2046.txt">RFC 2046</a>.
  57  * A content type is typically referred to as a MIME type.
  58  * <p>
  59  * A content type consists of a media type (referred
  60  * to as the primary type), a subtype, and optional parameters. See
  61  * <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2045.txt">RFC 2045</a>
  62  * for details on the syntax of a MIME type.
  63  * <p>
  64  * The JRE data transfer implementation interprets the parameter &quot;class&quot;
  65  * of a MIME type as <B>a representation class</b>.
  66  * The representation class reflects the class of the object being
  67  * transferred. In other words, the representation class is the type of
  68  * object returned by {@link Transferable#getTransferData}.
  69  * For example, the MIME type of {@link #imageFlavor} is
  70  * {@code "image/x-java-image;class=java.awt.Image"},
  71  * the primary type is {@code image}, the subtype is
  72  * {@code x-java-image}, and the representation class is
  73  * {@code java.awt.Image}. When {@code getTransferData} is invoked
  74  * with a {@code DataFlavor} of {@code imageFlavor}, an instance of
  75  * {@code java.awt.Image} is returned.
  76  * It's important to note that {@code DataFlavor} does no error checking
  77  * against the representation class. It is up to consumers of
  78  * {@code DataFlavor}, such as {@code Transferable}, to honor the representation
  79  * class.
  80  * <br>
  81  * Note, if you do not specify a representation class when
  82  * creating a {@code DataFlavor}, the default
  83  * representation class is used. See appropriate documentation for
  84  * {@code DataFlavor}'s constructors.
  85  * <p>
  86  * Also, {@code DataFlavor} instances with the &quot;text&quot; primary
  87  * MIME type may have a &quot;charset&quot; parameter. Refer to
  88  * <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2046.txt">RFC 2046</a> and
  89  * {@link #selectBestTextFlavor} for details on &quot;text&quot; MIME types
  90  * and the &quot;charset&quot; parameter.
  91  * <p>
  92  * Equality of {@code DataFlavors} is determined by the primary type,
  93  * subtype, and representation class. Refer to {@link #equals(DataFlavor)} for
  94  * details. When determining equality, any optional parameters are ignored.
  95  * For example, the following produces two {@code DataFlavors} that
  96  * are considered identical:
  97  * <pre>
  98  *   DataFlavor flavor1 = new DataFlavor(Object.class, &quot;X-test/test; class=&lt;java.lang.Object&gt;; foo=bar&quot;);
  99  *   DataFlavor flavor2 = new DataFlavor(Object.class, &quot;X-test/test; class=&lt;java.lang.Object&gt;; x=y&quot;);
 100  *   // The following returns true.
 101  *   flavor1.equals(flavor2);
 102  * </pre>
 103  * As mentioned, {@code flavor1} and {@code flavor2} are considered identical.
 104  * As such, asking a {@code Transferable} for either {@code DataFlavor} returns
 105  * the same results.
 106  * <p>
 107  * For more information on using data transfer with Swing see
 108  * the <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/dnd/index.html">
 109  * How to Use Drag and Drop and Data Transfer</a>,
 110  * section in <em>Java Tutorial</em>.
 111  *
 112  * @author      Blake Sullivan
 113  * @author      Laurence P. G. Cable
 114  * @author      Jeff Dunn
 115  */
 116 public class DataFlavor implements Externalizable, Cloneable {
 117 
 118     private static final long serialVersionUID = 8367026044764648243L;
 119     private static final Class<InputStream> ioInputStreamClass = InputStream.class;
 120 
 121     /**
 122      * Tries to load a class from: the bootstrap loader, the system loader,
 123      * the context loader (if one is present) and finally the loader specified.
 124      *
 125      * @param className the name of the class to be loaded
 126      * @param fallback the fallback loader
 127      * @return the class loaded
 128      * @exception ClassNotFoundException if class is not found
 129      */
 130     protected static final Class<?> tryToLoadClass(String className,
 131                                                    ClassLoader fallback)
 132         throws ClassNotFoundException
 133     {
 134         ReflectUtil.checkPackageAccess(className);
 135         try {
 136             SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
 137             if (sm != null) {
 138                 sm.checkPermission(new RuntimePermission("getClassLoader"));
 139             }
 140             ClassLoader loader = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader();
 141             try {
 142                 // bootstrap class loader and system class loader if present
 143                 return Class.forName(className, true, loader);
 144             }
 145             catch (ClassNotFoundException exception) {
 146                 // thread context class loader if and only if present
 147                 loader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
 148                 if (loader != null) {
 149                     try {
 150                         return Class.forName(className, true, loader);
 151                     }
 152                     catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
 153                         // fallback to user's class loader
 154                     }
 155                 }
 156             }
 157         } catch (SecurityException exception) {
 158             // ignore secured class loaders
 159         }
 160         return Class.forName(className, true, fallback);
 161     }
 162 
 163     /*
 164      * private initializer
 165      */
 166     private static DataFlavor createConstant(Class<?> rc, String prn) {
 167         try {
 168             return new DataFlavor(rc, prn);
 169         } catch (Exception e) {
 170             return null;
 171         }
 172     }
 173 
 174     /*
 175      * private initializer
 176      */
 177     private static DataFlavor createConstant(String mt, String prn) {
 178         try {
 179             return new DataFlavor(mt, prn);
 180         } catch (Exception e) {
 181             return null;
 182         }
 183     }
 184 
 185     /*
 186      * private initializer
 187      */
 188     private static DataFlavor initHtmlDataFlavor(String htmlFlavorType) {
 189         try {
 190             return new DataFlavor ("text/html; class=java.lang.String;document=" +
 191                                        htmlFlavorType + ";charset=Unicode");
 192         } catch (Exception e) {
 193             return null;
 194         }
 195     }
 196 
 197     /**
 198      * The <code>DataFlavor</code> representing a Java Unicode String class,
 199      * where:
 200      * <pre>
 201      *     representationClass = java.lang.String
 202      *     mimeType           = "application/x-java-serialized-object"
 203      * </pre>
 204      */
 205     public static final DataFlavor stringFlavor = createConstant(java.lang.String.class, "Unicode String");
 206 
 207     /**
 208      * The <code>DataFlavor</code> representing a Java Image class,
 209      * where:
 210      * <pre>
 211      *     representationClass = java.awt.Image
 212      *     mimeType            = "image/x-java-image"
 213      * </pre>
 214      */
 215     public static final DataFlavor imageFlavor = createConstant("image/x-java-image; class=java.awt.Image", "Image");
 216 
 217     /**
 218      * The <code>DataFlavor</code> representing plain text with Unicode
 219      * encoding, where:
 220      * <pre>
 221      *     representationClass = InputStream
 222      *     mimeType            = "text/plain; charset=unicode"
 223      * </pre>
 224      * This <code>DataFlavor</code> has been <b>deprecated</b> because
 225      * (1) Its representation is an InputStream, an 8-bit based representation,
 226      * while Unicode is a 16-bit character set; and (2) The charset "unicode"
 227      * is not well-defined. "unicode" implies a particular platform's
 228      * implementation of Unicode, not a cross-platform implementation.
 229      *
 230      * @deprecated as of 1.3. Use <code>DataFlavor.getReaderForText(Transferable)</code>
 231      *             instead of <code>Transferable.getTransferData(DataFlavor.plainTextFlavor)</code>.
 232      */
 233     @Deprecated
 234     public static final DataFlavor plainTextFlavor = createConstant("text/plain; charset=unicode; class=java.io.InputStream", "Plain Text");
 235 
 236     /**
 237      * A MIME Content-Type of application/x-java-serialized-object represents
 238      * a graph of Java object(s) that have been made persistent.
 239      *
 240      * The representation class associated with this <code>DataFlavor</code>
 241      * identifies the Java type of an object returned as a reference
 242      * from an invocation <code>java.awt.datatransfer.getTransferData</code>.
 243      */
 244     public static final String javaSerializedObjectMimeType = "application/x-java-serialized-object";
 245 
 246     /**
 247      * To transfer a list of files to/from Java (and the underlying
 248      * platform) a <code>DataFlavor</code> of this type/subtype and
 249      * representation class of <code>java.util.List</code> is used.
 250      * Each element of the list is required/guaranteed to be of type
 251      * <code>java.io.File</code>.
 252      */
 253     public static final DataFlavor javaFileListFlavor = createConstant("application/x-java-file-list;class=java.util.List", null);
 254 
 255     /**
 256      * To transfer a reference to an arbitrary Java object reference that
 257      * has no associated MIME Content-type, across a <code>Transferable</code>
 258      * interface WITHIN THE SAME JVM, a <code>DataFlavor</code>
 259      * with this type/subtype is used, with a <code>representationClass</code>
 260      * equal to the type of the class/interface being passed across the
 261      * <code>Transferable</code>.
 262      * <p>
 263      * The object reference returned from
 264      * <code>Transferable.getTransferData</code> for a <code>DataFlavor</code>
 265      * with this MIME Content-Type is required to be
 266      * an instance of the representation Class of the <code>DataFlavor</code>.
 267      */
 268     public static final String javaJVMLocalObjectMimeType = "application/x-java-jvm-local-objectref";
 269 
 270     /**
 271      * In order to pass a live link to a Remote object via a Drag and Drop
 272      * <code>ACTION_LINK</code> operation a Mime Content Type of
 273      * application/x-java-remote-object should be used,
 274      * where the representation class of the <code>DataFlavor</code>
 275      * represents the type of the <code>Remote</code> interface to be
 276      * transferred.
 277      */
 278     public static final String javaRemoteObjectMimeType = "application/x-java-remote-object";
 279 
 280     /**
 281      * Represents a piece of an HTML markup. The markup consists of the part
 282      * selected on the source side. Therefore some tags in the markup may be
 283      * unpaired. If the flavor is used to represent the data in
 284      * a {@link Transferable} instance, no additional changes will be made.
 285      * This DataFlavor instance represents the same HTML markup as DataFlavor
 286      * instances which content MIME type does not contain document parameter
 287      * and representation class is the String class.
 288      * <pre>
 289      *     representationClass = String
 290      *     mimeType           = "text/html"
 291      * </pre>
 292      */
 293     public static DataFlavor selectionHtmlFlavor = initHtmlDataFlavor("selection");
 294 
 295     /**
 296      * Represents a piece of an HTML markup. If possible, the markup received
 297      * from a native system is supplemented with pair tags to be
 298      * a well-formed HTML markup. If the flavor is used to represent the data in
 299      * a {@link Transferable} instance, no additional changes will be made.
 300      * <pre>
 301      *     representationClass = String
 302      *     mimeType           = "text/html"
 303      * </pre>
 304      */
 305     public static DataFlavor fragmentHtmlFlavor = initHtmlDataFlavor("fragment");
 306 
 307     /**
 308      * Represents a piece of an HTML markup. If possible, the markup
 309      * received from a native system is supplemented with additional
 310      * tags to make up a well-formed HTML document. If the flavor is used to
 311      * represent the data in a {@link Transferable} instance,
 312      * no additional changes will be made.
 313      * <pre>
 314      *     representationClass = String
 315      *     mimeType           = "text/html"
 316      * </pre>
 317      */
 318     public static  DataFlavor allHtmlFlavor = initHtmlDataFlavor("all");
 319 
 320     /**
 321      * Constructs a new <code>DataFlavor</code>.  This constructor is
 322      * provided only for the purpose of supporting the
 323      * <code>Externalizable</code> interface.  It is not
 324      * intended for public (client) use.
 325      *
 326      * @since 1.2
 327      */
 328     public DataFlavor() {
 329         super();
 330     }
 331 
 332     /**
 333      * Constructs a fully specified <code>DataFlavor</code>.
 334      *
 335      * @exception NullPointerException if either <code>primaryType</code>,
 336      *            <code>subType</code> or <code>representationClass</code> is null
 337      */
 338     private DataFlavor(String primaryType, String subType, MimeTypeParameterList params, Class<?> representationClass, String humanPresentableName) {
 339         super();
 340         if (primaryType == null) {
 341             throw new NullPointerException("primaryType");
 342         }
 343         if (subType == null) {
 344             throw new NullPointerException("subType");
 345         }
 346         if (representationClass == null) {
 347             throw new NullPointerException("representationClass");
 348         }
 349 
 350         if (params == null) params = new MimeTypeParameterList();
 351 
 352         params.set("class", representationClass.getName());
 353 
 354         if (humanPresentableName == null) {
 355             humanPresentableName = params.get("humanPresentableName");
 356 
 357             if (humanPresentableName == null)
 358                 humanPresentableName = primaryType + "/" + subType;
 359         }
 360 
 361         try {
 362             mimeType = new MimeType(primaryType, subType, params);
 363         } catch (MimeTypeParseException mtpe) {
 364             throw new IllegalArgumentException("MimeType Parse Exception: " + mtpe.getMessage());
 365         }
 366 
 367         this.representationClass  = representationClass;
 368         this.humanPresentableName = humanPresentableName;
 369 
 370         mimeType.removeParameter("humanPresentableName");
 371     }
 372 
 373     /**
 374      * Constructs a <code>DataFlavor</code> that represents a Java class.
 375      * <p>
 376      * The returned <code>DataFlavor</code> will have the following
 377      * characteristics:
 378      * <pre>
 379      *    representationClass = representationClass
 380      *    mimeType            = application/x-java-serialized-object
 381      * </pre>
 382      * @param representationClass the class used to transfer data in this flavor
 383      * @param humanPresentableName the human-readable string used to identify
 384      *                 this flavor; if this parameter is <code>null</code>
 385      *                 then the value of the MIME Content Type is used
 386      * @exception NullPointerException if <code>representationClass</code> is null
 387      */
 388     public DataFlavor(Class<?> representationClass, String humanPresentableName) {
 389         this("application", "x-java-serialized-object", null, representationClass, humanPresentableName);
 390         if (representationClass == null) {
 391             throw new NullPointerException("representationClass");
 392         }
 393     }
 394 
 395     /**
 396      * Constructs a <code>DataFlavor</code> that represents a
 397      * <code>MimeType</code>.
 398      * <p>
 399      * The returned <code>DataFlavor</code> will have the following
 400      * characteristics:
 401      * <p>
 402      * If the <code>mimeType</code> is
 403      * "application/x-java-serialized-object; class=&lt;representation class&gt;",
 404      * the result is the same as calling
 405      * <code>new DataFlavor(Class.forName(&lt;representation class&gt;)</code>.
 406      * <p>
 407      * Otherwise:
 408      * <pre>
 409      *     representationClass = InputStream
 410      *     mimeType            = mimeType
 411      * </pre>
 412      * @param mimeType the string used to identify the MIME type for this flavor;
 413      *                 if the <code>mimeType</code> does not specify a
 414      *                 "class=" parameter, or if the class is not successfully
 415      *                 loaded, then an <code>IllegalArgumentException</code>
 416      *                 is thrown
 417      * @param humanPresentableName the human-readable string used to identify
 418      *                 this flavor; if this parameter is <code>null</code>
 419      *                 then the value of the MIME Content Type is used
 420      * @exception IllegalArgumentException if <code>mimeType</code> is
 421      *                 invalid or if the class is not successfully loaded
 422      * @exception NullPointerException if <code>mimeType</code> is null
 423      */
 424     public DataFlavor(String mimeType, String humanPresentableName) {
 425         super();
 426         if (mimeType == null) {
 427             throw new NullPointerException("mimeType");
 428         }
 429         try {
 430             initialize(mimeType, humanPresentableName, this.getClass().getClassLoader());
 431         } catch (MimeTypeParseException mtpe) {
 432             throw new IllegalArgumentException("failed to parse:" + mimeType);
 433         } catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe) {
 434             throw new IllegalArgumentException("can't find specified class: " + cnfe.getMessage());
 435         }
 436     }
 437 
 438     /**
 439      * Constructs a <code>DataFlavor</code> that represents a
 440      * <code>MimeType</code>.
 441      * <p>
 442      * The returned <code>DataFlavor</code> will have the following
 443      * characteristics:
 444      * <p>
 445      * If the mimeType is
 446      * "application/x-java-serialized-object; class=&lt;representation class&gt;",
 447      * the result is the same as calling
 448      * <code>new DataFlavor(Class.forName(&lt;representation class&gt;)</code>.
 449      * <p>
 450      * Otherwise:
 451      * <pre>
 452      *     representationClass = InputStream
 453      *     mimeType            = mimeType
 454      * </pre>
 455      * @param mimeType the string used to identify the MIME type for this flavor
 456      * @param humanPresentableName the human-readable string used to
 457      *          identify this flavor
 458      * @param classLoader the class loader to use
 459      * @exception ClassNotFoundException if the class is not loaded
 460      * @exception IllegalArgumentException if <code>mimeType</code> is
 461      *                 invalid
 462      * @exception NullPointerException if <code>mimeType</code> is null
 463      */
 464     public DataFlavor(String mimeType, String humanPresentableName, ClassLoader classLoader) throws ClassNotFoundException {
 465         super();
 466         if (mimeType == null) {
 467             throw new NullPointerException("mimeType");
 468         }
 469         try {
 470             initialize(mimeType, humanPresentableName, classLoader);
 471         } catch (MimeTypeParseException mtpe) {
 472             throw new IllegalArgumentException("failed to parse:" + mimeType);
 473         }
 474     }
 475 
 476     /**
 477      * Constructs a <code>DataFlavor</code> from a <code>mimeType</code> string.
 478      * The string can specify a "class=&lt;fully specified Java class name&gt;"
 479      * parameter to create a <code>DataFlavor</code> with the desired
 480      * representation class. If the string does not contain "class=" parameter,
 481      * <code>java.io.InputStream</code> is used as default.
 482      *
 483      * @param mimeType the string used to identify the MIME type for this flavor;
 484      *                 if the class specified by "class=" parameter is not
 485      *                 successfully loaded, then an
 486      *                 <code>ClassNotFoundException</code> is thrown
 487      * @exception ClassNotFoundException if the class is not loaded
 488      * @exception IllegalArgumentException if <code>mimeType</code> is
 489      *                 invalid
 490      * @exception NullPointerException if <code>mimeType</code> is null
 491      */
 492     public DataFlavor(String mimeType) throws ClassNotFoundException {
 493         super();
 494         if (mimeType == null) {
 495             throw new NullPointerException("mimeType");
 496         }
 497         try {
 498             initialize(mimeType, null, this.getClass().getClassLoader());
 499         } catch (MimeTypeParseException mtpe) {
 500             throw new IllegalArgumentException("failed to parse:" + mimeType);
 501         }
 502     }
 503 
 504    /**
 505     * Common initialization code called from various constructors.
 506     *
 507     * @param mimeType the MIME Content Type (must have a class= param)
 508     * @param humanPresentableName the human Presentable Name or
 509     *                 <code>null</code>
 510     * @param classLoader the fallback class loader to resolve against
 511     *
 512     * @throws MimeTypeParseException
 513     * @throws ClassNotFoundException
 514     * @throws  NullPointerException if <code>mimeType</code> is null
 515     *
 516     * @see #tryToLoadClass
 517     */
 518     private void initialize(String mimeType, String humanPresentableName, ClassLoader classLoader) throws MimeTypeParseException, ClassNotFoundException {
 519         if (mimeType == null) {
 520             throw new NullPointerException("mimeType");
 521         }
 522 
 523         this.mimeType = new MimeType(mimeType); // throws
 524 
 525         String rcn = getParameter("class");
 526 
 527         if (rcn == null) {
 528             if ("application/x-java-serialized-object".equals(this.mimeType.getBaseType()))
 529 
 530                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("no representation class specified for:" + mimeType);
 531             else
 532                 representationClass = java.io.InputStream.class; // default
 533         } else { // got a class name
 534             representationClass = DataFlavor.tryToLoadClass(rcn, classLoader);
 535         }
 536 
 537         this.mimeType.setParameter("class", representationClass.getName());
 538 
 539         if (humanPresentableName == null) {
 540             humanPresentableName = this.mimeType.getParameter("humanPresentableName");
 541             if (humanPresentableName == null)
 542                 humanPresentableName = this.mimeType.getPrimaryType() + "/" + this.mimeType.getSubType();
 543         }
 544 
 545         this.humanPresentableName = humanPresentableName; // set it.
 546 
 547         this.mimeType.removeParameter("humanPresentableName"); // just in case
 548     }
 549 
 550     /**
 551      * String representation of this <code>DataFlavor</code> and its
 552      * parameters. The resulting <code>String</code> contains the name of
 553      * the <code>DataFlavor</code> class, this flavor's MIME type, and its
 554      * representation class. If this flavor has a primary MIME type of "text",
 555      * supports the charset parameter, and has an encoded representation, the
 556      * flavor's charset is also included. See <code>selectBestTextFlavor</code>
 557      * for a list of text flavors which support the charset parameter.
 558      *
 559      * @return  string representation of this <code>DataFlavor</code>
 560      * @see #selectBestTextFlavor
 561      */
 562     public String toString() {
 563         String string = getClass().getName();
 564         string += "["+paramString()+"]";
 565         return string;
 566     }
 567 
 568     private String paramString() {
 569         String params = "";
 570         params += "mimetype=";
 571         if (mimeType == null) {
 572             params += "null";
 573         } else {
 574             params += mimeType.getBaseType();
 575         }
 576         params += ";representationclass=";
 577         if (representationClass == null) {
 578            params += "null";
 579         } else {
 580            params += representationClass.getName();
 581         }
 582         if (DataFlavorUtil.isFlavorCharsetTextType(this) &&
 583             (isRepresentationClassInputStream() ||
 584              isRepresentationClassByteBuffer() ||
 585              byte[].class.equals(representationClass)))
 586         {
 587             params += ";charset=" + DataFlavorUtil.getTextCharset(this);
 588         }
 589         return params;
 590     }
 591 
 592     /**
 593      * Returns a <code>DataFlavor</code> representing plain text with Unicode
 594      * encoding, where:
 595      * <pre>
 596      *     representationClass = java.io.InputStream
 597      *     mimeType            = "text/plain;
 598      *                            charset=&lt;platform default Unicode encoding&gt;"
 599      * </pre>
 600      * Sun's implementation for Microsoft Windows uses the encoding <code>utf-16le</code>.
 601      * Sun's implementation for Solaris and Linux uses the encoding
 602      * <code>iso-10646-ucs-2</code>.
 603      *
 604      * @return a <code>DataFlavor</code> representing plain text
 605      *    with Unicode encoding
 606      * @since 1.3
 607      */
 608     public static final DataFlavor getTextPlainUnicodeFlavor() {
 609         return new DataFlavor(
 610             "text/plain;charset=" + DataFlavorUtil.getDesktopService().getDefaultUnicodeEncoding()
 611             +";class=java.io.InputStream", "Plain Text");
 612     }
 613 
 614     /**
 615      * Selects the best text <code>DataFlavor</code> from an array of <code>
 616      * DataFlavor</code>s. Only <code>DataFlavor.stringFlavor</code>, and
 617      * equivalent flavors, and flavors that have a primary MIME type of "text",
 618      * are considered for selection.
 619      * <p>
 620      * Flavors are first sorted by their MIME types in the following order:
 621      * <ul>
 622      * <li>"text/sgml"
 623      * <li>"text/xml"
 624      * <li>"text/html"
 625      * <li>"text/rtf"
 626      * <li>"text/enriched"
 627      * <li>"text/richtext"
 628      * <li>"text/uri-list"
 629      * <li>"text/tab-separated-values"
 630      * <li>"text/t140"
 631      * <li>"text/rfc822-headers"
 632      * <li>"text/parityfec"
 633      * <li>"text/directory"
 634      * <li>"text/css"
 635      * <li>"text/calendar"
 636      * <li>"application/x-java-serialized-object"
 637      * <li>"text/plain"
 638      * <li>"text/&lt;other&gt;"
 639      * </ul>
 640      * <p>For example, "text/sgml" will be selected over
 641      * "text/html", and <code>DataFlavor.stringFlavor</code> will be chosen
 642      * over <code>DataFlavor.plainTextFlavor</code>.
 643      * <p>
 644      * If two or more flavors share the best MIME type in the array, then that
 645      * MIME type will be checked to see if it supports the charset parameter.
 646      * <p>
 647      * The following MIME types support, or are treated as though they support,
 648      * the charset parameter:
 649      * <ul>
 650      * <li>"text/sgml"
 651      * <li>"text/xml"
 652      * <li>"text/html"
 653      * <li>"text/enriched"
 654      * <li>"text/richtext"
 655      * <li>"text/uri-list"
 656      * <li>"text/directory"
 657      * <li>"text/css"
 658      * <li>"text/calendar"
 659      * <li>"application/x-java-serialized-object"
 660      * <li>"text/plain"
 661      * </ul>
 662      * The following MIME types do not support, or are treated as though they
 663      * do not support, the charset parameter:
 664      * <ul>
 665      * <li>"text/rtf"
 666      * <li>"text/tab-separated-values"
 667      * <li>"text/t140"
 668      * <li>"text/rfc822-headers"
 669      * <li>"text/parityfec"
 670      * </ul>
 671      * For "text/&lt;other&gt;" MIME types, the first time the JRE needs to
 672      * determine whether the MIME type supports the charset parameter, it will
 673      * check whether the parameter is explicitly listed in an arbitrarily
 674      * chosen <code>DataFlavor</code> which uses that MIME type. If so, the JRE
 675      * will assume from that point on that the MIME type supports the charset
 676      * parameter and will not check again. If the parameter is not explicitly
 677      * listed, the JRE will assume from that point on that the MIME type does
 678      * not support the charset parameter and will not check again. Because
 679      * this check is performed on an arbitrarily chosen
 680      * <code>DataFlavor</code>, developers must ensure that all
 681      * <code>DataFlavor</code>s with a "text/&lt;other&gt;" MIME type specify
 682      * the charset parameter if it is supported by that MIME type. Developers
 683      * should never rely on the JRE to substitute the platform's default
 684      * charset for a "text/&lt;other&gt;" DataFlavor. Failure to adhere to this
 685      * restriction will lead to undefined behavior.
 686      * <p>
 687      * If the best MIME type in the array does not support the charset
 688      * parameter, the flavors which share that MIME type will then be sorted by
 689      * their representation classes in the following order:
 690      * <code>java.io.InputStream</code>, <code>java.nio.ByteBuffer</code>,
 691      * <code>[B</code>, &lt;all others&gt;.
 692      * <p>
 693      * If two or more flavors share the best representation class, or if no
 694      * flavor has one of the three specified representations, then one of those
 695      * flavors will be chosen non-deterministically.
 696      * <p>
 697      * If the best MIME type in the array does support the charset parameter,
 698      * the flavors which share that MIME type will then be sorted by their
 699      * representation classes in the following order:
 700      * <code>java.io.Reader</code>, <code>java.lang.String</code>,
 701      * <code>java.nio.CharBuffer</code>, <code>[C</code>, &lt;all others&gt;.
 702      * <p>
 703      * If two or more flavors share the best representation class, and that
 704      * representation is one of the four explicitly listed, then one of those
 705      * flavors will be chosen non-deterministically. If, however, no flavor has
 706      * one of the four specified representations, the flavors will then be
 707      * sorted by their charsets. Unicode charsets, such as "UTF-16", "UTF-8",
 708      * "UTF-16BE", "UTF-16LE", and their aliases, are considered best. After
 709      * them, the platform default charset and its aliases are selected.
 710      * "US-ASCII" and its aliases are worst. All other charsets are chosen in
 711      * alphabetical order, but only charsets supported by this implementation
 712      * of the Java platform will be considered.
 713      * <p>
 714      * If two or more flavors share the best charset, the flavors will then
 715      * again be sorted by their representation classes in the following order:
 716      * <code>java.io.InputStream</code>, <code>java.nio.ByteBuffer</code>,
 717      * <code>[B</code>, &lt;all others&gt;.
 718      * <p>
 719      * If two or more flavors share the best representation class, or if no
 720      * flavor has one of the three specified representations, then one of those
 721      * flavors will be chosen non-deterministically.
 722      *
 723      * @param availableFlavors an array of available <code>DataFlavor</code>s
 724      * @return the best (highest fidelity) flavor according to the rules
 725      *         specified above, or <code>null</code>,
 726      *         if <code>availableFlavors</code> is <code>null</code>,
 727      *         has zero length, or contains no text flavors
 728      * @since 1.3
 729      */
 730     public static final DataFlavor selectBestTextFlavor(
 731                                        DataFlavor[] availableFlavors) {
 732         if (availableFlavors == null || availableFlavors.length == 0) {
 733             return null;
 734         }
 735 
 736         DataFlavor bestFlavor = Collections.max(Arrays.asList(availableFlavors),
 737                                                 DataFlavorUtil.getTextFlavorComparator());
 738 
 739         if (!bestFlavor.isFlavorTextType()) {
 740             return null;
 741         }
 742 
 743         return bestFlavor;
 744     }
 745 
 746     /**
 747      * Gets a Reader for a text flavor, decoded, if necessary, for the expected
 748      * charset (encoding). The supported representation classes are
 749      * <code>java.io.Reader</code>, <code>java.lang.String</code>,
 750      * <code>java.nio.CharBuffer</code>, <code>[C</code>,
 751      * <code>java.io.InputStream</code>, <code>java.nio.ByteBuffer</code>,
 752      * and <code>[B</code>.
 753      * <p>
 754      * Because text flavors which do not support the charset parameter are
 755      * encoded in a non-standard format, this method should not be called for
 756      * such flavors. However, in order to maintain backward-compatibility,
 757      * if this method is called for such a flavor, this method will treat the
 758      * flavor as though it supports the charset parameter and attempt to
 759      * decode it accordingly. See <code>selectBestTextFlavor</code> for a list
 760      * of text flavors which do not support the charset parameter.
 761      *
 762      * @param transferable the <code>Transferable</code> whose data will be
 763      *        requested in this flavor
 764      *
 765      * @return a <code>Reader</code> to read the <code>Transferable</code>'s
 766      *         data
 767      *
 768      * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the representation class
 769      *            is not one of the seven listed above
 770      * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the <code>Transferable</code>
 771      *            has <code>null</code> data
 772      * @exception NullPointerException if the <code>Transferable</code> is
 773      *            <code>null</code>
 774      * @exception UnsupportedEncodingException if this flavor's representation
 775      *            is <code>java.io.InputStream</code>,
 776      *            <code>java.nio.ByteBuffer</code>, or <code>[B</code> and
 777      *            this flavor's encoding is not supported by this
 778      *            implementation of the Java platform
 779      * @exception UnsupportedFlavorException if the <code>Transferable</code>
 780      *            does not support this flavor
 781      * @exception IOException if the data cannot be read because of an
 782      *            I/O error
 783      * @see #selectBestTextFlavor
 784      * @since 1.3
 785      */
 786     public Reader getReaderForText(Transferable transferable)
 787         throws UnsupportedFlavorException, IOException
 788     {
 789         Object transferObject = transferable.getTransferData(this);
 790         if (transferObject == null) {
 791             throw new IllegalArgumentException
 792                 ("getTransferData() returned null");
 793         }
 794 
 795         if (transferObject instanceof Reader) {
 796             return (Reader)transferObject;
 797         } else if (transferObject instanceof String) {
 798             return new StringReader((String)transferObject);
 799         } else if (transferObject instanceof CharBuffer) {
 800             CharBuffer buffer = (CharBuffer)transferObject;
 801             int size = buffer.remaining();
 802             char[] chars = new char[size];
 803             buffer.get(chars, 0, size);
 804             return new CharArrayReader(chars);
 805         } else if (transferObject instanceof char[]) {
 806             return new CharArrayReader((char[])transferObject);
 807         }
 808 
 809         InputStream stream = null;
 810 
 811         if (transferObject instanceof InputStream) {
 812             stream = (InputStream)transferObject;
 813         } else if (transferObject instanceof ByteBuffer) {
 814             ByteBuffer buffer = (ByteBuffer)transferObject;
 815             int size = buffer.remaining();
 816             byte[] bytes = new byte[size];
 817             buffer.get(bytes, 0, size);
 818             stream = new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes);
 819         } else if (transferObject instanceof byte[]) {
 820             stream = new ByteArrayInputStream((byte[])transferObject);
 821         }
 822 
 823         if (stream == null) {
 824             throw new IllegalArgumentException("transfer data is not Reader, String, CharBuffer, char array, InputStream, ByteBuffer, or byte array");
 825         }
 826 
 827         String encoding = getParameter("charset");
 828         return (encoding == null)
 829             ? new InputStreamReader(stream)
 830             : new InputStreamReader(stream, encoding);
 831     }
 832 
 833     /**
 834      * Returns the MIME type string for this <code>DataFlavor</code>.
 835      * @return the MIME type string for this flavor
 836      */
 837     public String getMimeType() {
 838         return (mimeType != null) ? mimeType.toString() : null;
 839     }
 840 
 841     /**
 842      * Returns the <code>Class</code> which objects supporting this
 843      * <code>DataFlavor</code> will return when this <code>DataFlavor</code>
 844      * is requested.
 845      * @return the <code>Class</code> which objects supporting this
 846      * <code>DataFlavor</code> will return when this <code>DataFlavor</code>
 847      * is requested
 848      */
 849     public Class<?> getRepresentationClass() {
 850         return representationClass;
 851     }
 852 
 853     /**
 854      * Returns the human presentable name for the data format that this
 855      * <code>DataFlavor</code> represents.  This name would be localized
 856      * for different countries.
 857      * @return the human presentable name for the data format that this
 858      *    <code>DataFlavor</code> represents
 859      */
 860     public String getHumanPresentableName() {
 861         return humanPresentableName;
 862     }
 863 
 864     /**
 865      * Returns the primary MIME type for this <code>DataFlavor</code>.
 866      * @return the primary MIME type of this <code>DataFlavor</code>
 867      */
 868     public String getPrimaryType() {
 869         return (mimeType != null) ? mimeType.getPrimaryType() : null;
 870     }
 871 
 872     /**
 873      * Returns the sub MIME type of this <code>DataFlavor</code>.
 874      * @return the Sub MIME type of this <code>DataFlavor</code>
 875      */
 876     public String getSubType() {
 877         return (mimeType != null) ? mimeType.getSubType() : null;
 878     }
 879 
 880     /**
 881      * Returns the human presentable name for this <code>DataFlavor</code>
 882      * if <code>paramName</code> equals "humanPresentableName".  Otherwise
 883      * returns the MIME type value associated with <code>paramName</code>.
 884      *
 885      * @param paramName the parameter name requested
 886      * @return the value of the name parameter, or <code>null</code>
 887      *  if there is no associated value
 888      */
 889     public String getParameter(String paramName) {
 890         if (paramName.equals("humanPresentableName")) {
 891             return humanPresentableName;
 892         } else {
 893             return (mimeType != null)
 894                 ? mimeType.getParameter(paramName) : null;
 895         }
 896     }
 897 
 898     /**
 899      * Sets the human presentable name for the data format that this
 900      * <code>DataFlavor</code> represents. This name would be localized
 901      * for different countries.
 902      * @param humanPresentableName the new human presentable name
 903      */
 904     public void setHumanPresentableName(String humanPresentableName) {
 905         this.humanPresentableName = humanPresentableName;
 906     }
 907 
 908     /**
 909      * {@inheritDoc}
 910      * <p>
 911      * The equals comparison for the {@code DataFlavor} class is implemented
 912      * as follows: Two <code>DataFlavor</code>s are considered equal if and
 913      * only if their MIME primary type and subtype and representation class are
 914      * equal. Additionally, if the primary type is "text", the subtype denotes
 915      * a text flavor which supports the charset parameter, and the
 916      * representation class is not <code>java.io.Reader</code>,
 917      * <code>java.lang.String</code>, <code>java.nio.CharBuffer</code>, or
 918      * <code>[C</code>, the <code>charset</code> parameter must also be equal.
 919      * If a charset is not explicitly specified for one or both
 920      * <code>DataFlavor</code>s, the platform default encoding is assumed. See
 921      * <code>selectBestTextFlavor</code> for a list of text flavors which
 922      * support the charset parameter.
 923      *
 924      * @param o the <code>Object</code> to compare with <code>this</code>
 925      * @return <code>true</code> if <code>that</code> is equivalent to this
 926      *         <code>DataFlavor</code>; <code>false</code> otherwise
 927      * @see #selectBestTextFlavor
 928      */
 929     public boolean equals(Object o) {
 930         return ((o instanceof DataFlavor) && equals((DataFlavor)o));
 931     }
 932 
 933     /**
 934      * This method has the same behavior as {@link #equals(Object)}.
 935      * The only difference being that it takes a {@code DataFlavor} instance
 936      * as a parameter.
 937      *
 938      * @param that the <code>DataFlavor</code> to compare with
 939      *        <code>this</code>
 940      * @return <code>true</code> if <code>that</code> is equivalent to this
 941      *         <code>DataFlavor</code>; <code>false</code> otherwise
 942      * @see #selectBestTextFlavor
 943      */
 944     public boolean equals(DataFlavor that) {
 945         if (that == null) {
 946             return false;
 947         }
 948         if (this == that) {
 949             return true;
 950         }
 951 
 952         if (!Objects.equals(this.getRepresentationClass(), that.getRepresentationClass())) {
 953             return false;
 954         }
 955 
 956         if (mimeType == null) {
 957             if (that.mimeType != null) {
 958                 return false;
 959             }
 960         } else {
 961             if (!mimeType.match(that.mimeType)) {
 962                 return false;
 963             }
 964 
 965             if ("text".equals(getPrimaryType())) {
 966                 if (DataFlavorUtil.doesSubtypeSupportCharset(this)
 967                         && representationClass != null
 968                         && !isStandardTextRepresentationClass()) {
 969                     String thisCharset =
 970                             DataFlavorUtil.canonicalName(this.getParameter("charset"));
 971                     String thatCharset =
 972                             DataFlavorUtil.canonicalName(that.getParameter("charset"));
 973                     if (!Objects.equals(thisCharset, thatCharset)) {
 974                         return false;
 975                     }
 976                 }
 977 
 978                 if ("html".equals(getSubType())) {
 979                     String thisDocument = this.getParameter("document");
 980                     String thatDocument = that.getParameter("document");
 981                     if (!Objects.equals(thisDocument, thatDocument)) {
 982                         return false;
 983                     }
 984                 }
 985             }
 986         }
 987 
 988         return true;
 989     }
 990 
 991     /**
 992      * Compares only the <code>mimeType</code> against the passed in
 993      * <code>String</code> and <code>representationClass</code> is
 994      * not considered in the comparison.
 995      *
 996      * If <code>representationClass</code> needs to be compared, then
 997      * <code>equals(new DataFlavor(s))</code> may be used.
 998      * @deprecated As inconsistent with <code>hashCode()</code> contract,
 999      *             use <code>isMimeTypeEqual(String)</code> instead.
1000      * @param s the {@code mimeType} to compare.
1001      * @return true if the String (MimeType) is equal; false otherwise or if
1002      *         {@code s} is {@code null}
1003      */
1004     @Deprecated
1005     public boolean equals(String s) {
1006         if (s == null || mimeType == null)
1007             return false;
1008         return isMimeTypeEqual(s);
1009     }
1010 
1011     /**
1012      * Returns hash code for this <code>DataFlavor</code>.
1013      * For two equal <code>DataFlavor</code>s, hash codes are equal.
1014      * For the <code>String</code>
1015      * that matches <code>DataFlavor.equals(String)</code>, it is not
1016      * guaranteed that <code>DataFlavor</code>'s hash code is equal
1017      * to the hash code of the <code>String</code>.
1018      *
1019      * @return a hash code for this <code>DataFlavor</code>
1020      */
1021     public int hashCode() {
1022         int total = 0;
1023 
1024         if (representationClass != null) {
1025             total += representationClass.hashCode();
1026         }
1027 
1028         if (mimeType != null) {
1029             String primaryType = mimeType.getPrimaryType();
1030             if (primaryType != null) {
1031                 total += primaryType.hashCode();
1032             }
1033 
1034             // Do not add subType.hashCode() to the total. equals uses
1035             // MimeType.match which reports a match if one or both of the
1036             // subTypes is '*', regardless of the other subType.
1037 
1038             if ("text".equals(primaryType)) {
1039                 if (DataFlavorUtil.doesSubtypeSupportCharset(this)
1040                         && representationClass != null
1041                         && !isStandardTextRepresentationClass()) {
1042                     String charset = DataFlavorUtil.canonicalName(getParameter("charset"));
1043                     if (charset != null) {
1044                         total += charset.hashCode();
1045                     }
1046                 }
1047 
1048                 if ("html".equals(getSubType())) {
1049                     String document = this.getParameter("document");
1050                     if (document != null) {
1051                         total += document.hashCode();
1052                     }
1053                 }
1054             }
1055         }
1056 
1057         return total;
1058     }
1059 
1060     /**
1061      * Identical to {@link #equals(DataFlavor)}.
1062      *
1063      * @param that the <code>DataFlavor</code> to compare with
1064      *        <code>this</code>
1065      * @return <code>true</code> if <code>that</code> is equivalent to this
1066      *         <code>DataFlavor</code>; <code>false</code> otherwise
1067      * @see #selectBestTextFlavor
1068      * @since 1.3
1069      */
1070     public boolean match(DataFlavor that) {
1071         return equals(that);
1072     }
1073 
1074     /**
1075      * Returns whether the string representation of the MIME type passed in
1076      * is equivalent to the MIME type of this <code>DataFlavor</code>.
1077      * Parameters are not included in the comparison.
1078      *
1079      * @param mimeType the string representation of the MIME type
1080      * @return true if the string representation of the MIME type passed in is
1081      *         equivalent to the MIME type of this <code>DataFlavor</code>;
1082      *         false otherwise
1083      * @throws NullPointerException if mimeType is <code>null</code>
1084      */
1085     public boolean isMimeTypeEqual(String mimeType) {
1086         // JCK Test DataFlavor0117: if 'mimeType' is null, throw NPE
1087         if (mimeType == null) {
1088             throw new NullPointerException("mimeType");
1089         }
1090         if (this.mimeType == null) {
1091             return false;
1092         }
1093         try {
1094             return this.mimeType.match(new MimeType(mimeType));
1095         } catch (MimeTypeParseException mtpe) {
1096             return false;
1097         }
1098     }
1099 
1100     /**
1101      * Compares the <code>mimeType</code> of two <code>DataFlavor</code>
1102      * objects. No parameters are considered.
1103      *
1104      * @param dataFlavor the <code>DataFlavor</code> to be compared
1105      * @return true if the <code>MimeType</code>s are equal,
1106      *  otherwise false
1107      */
1108 
1109     public final boolean isMimeTypeEqual(DataFlavor dataFlavor) {
1110         return isMimeTypeEqual(dataFlavor.mimeType);
1111     }
1112 
1113     /**
1114      * Compares the <code>mimeType</code> of two <code>DataFlavor</code>
1115      * objects.  No parameters are considered.
1116      *
1117      * @return true if the <code>MimeType</code>s are equal,
1118      *  otherwise false
1119      */
1120 
1121     private boolean isMimeTypeEqual(MimeType mtype) {
1122         if (this.mimeType == null) {
1123             return (mtype == null);
1124         }
1125         return mimeType.match(mtype);
1126     }
1127 
1128     /**
1129      * Checks if the representation class is one of the standard text
1130      * representation classes.
1131      *
1132      * @return true if the representation class is one of the standard text
1133      *              representation classes, otherwise false
1134      */
1135     private boolean isStandardTextRepresentationClass() {
1136         return isRepresentationClassReader()
1137                 || String.class.equals(representationClass)
1138                 || isRepresentationClassCharBuffer()
1139                 || char[].class.equals(representationClass);
1140     }
1141 
1142    /**
1143     * Does the <code>DataFlavor</code> represent a serialized object?
1144     * @return whether or not a serialized object is represented
1145     */
1146     public boolean isMimeTypeSerializedObject() {
1147         return isMimeTypeEqual(javaSerializedObjectMimeType);
1148     }
1149 
1150     /**
1151      * Returns the default representation class.
1152      * @return the default representation class
1153      */
1154     public final Class<?> getDefaultRepresentationClass() {
1155         return ioInputStreamClass;
1156     }
1157 
1158     /**
1159      * Returns the name of the default representation class.
1160      * @return the name of the default representation class
1161      */
1162     public final String getDefaultRepresentationClassAsString() {
1163         return getDefaultRepresentationClass().getName();
1164     }
1165 
1166    /**
1167     * Does the <code>DataFlavor</code> represent a
1168     * <code>java.io.InputStream</code>?
1169     * @return whether or not this {@code DataFlavor} represent a
1170     * {@code java.io.InputStream}
1171     */
1172     public boolean isRepresentationClassInputStream() {
1173         return ioInputStreamClass.isAssignableFrom(representationClass);
1174     }
1175 
1176     /**
1177      * Returns whether the representation class for this
1178      * <code>DataFlavor</code> is <code>java.io.Reader</code> or a subclass
1179      * thereof.
1180      * @return whether or not the representation class for this
1181      * {@code DataFlavor} is {@code java.io.Reader} or a subclass
1182      * thereof
1183      *
1184      * @since 1.4
1185      */
1186     public boolean isRepresentationClassReader() {
1187         return java.io.Reader.class.isAssignableFrom(representationClass);
1188     }
1189 
1190     /**
1191      * Returns whether the representation class for this
1192      * <code>DataFlavor</code> is <code>java.nio.CharBuffer</code> or a
1193      * subclass thereof.
1194      * @return whether or not the representation class for this
1195      * {@code DataFlavor} is {@code java.nio.CharBuffer} or a subclass
1196      * thereof
1197      *
1198      * @since 1.4
1199      */
1200     public boolean isRepresentationClassCharBuffer() {
1201         return java.nio.CharBuffer.class.isAssignableFrom(representationClass);
1202     }
1203 
1204     /**
1205      * Returns whether the representation class for this
1206      * <code>DataFlavor</code> is <code>java.nio.ByteBuffer</code> or a
1207      * subclass thereof.
1208      * @return whether or not the representation class for this
1209      * {@code DataFlavor} is {@code java.nio.ByteBuffer} or a subclass
1210      * thereof
1211      *
1212      * @since 1.4
1213      */
1214     public boolean isRepresentationClassByteBuffer() {
1215         return java.nio.ByteBuffer.class.isAssignableFrom(representationClass);
1216     }
1217 
1218    /**
1219     * Returns true if the representation class can be serialized.
1220     * @return true if the representation class can be serialized
1221     */
1222 
1223     public boolean isRepresentationClassSerializable() {
1224         return java.io.Serializable.class.isAssignableFrom(representationClass);
1225     }
1226 
1227    /**
1228     * Returns true if the representation class is <code>Remote</code>.
1229     * @return true if the representation class is <code>Remote</code>
1230     */
1231     public boolean isRepresentationClassRemote() {
1232         return DataFlavorUtil.RMI.isRemote(representationClass);
1233     }
1234 
1235    /**
1236     * Returns true if the <code>DataFlavor</code> specified represents
1237     * a serialized object.
1238     * @return true if the <code>DataFlavor</code> specified represents
1239     *   a Serialized Object
1240     */
1241 
1242     public boolean isFlavorSerializedObjectType() {
1243         return isRepresentationClassSerializable() && isMimeTypeEqual(javaSerializedObjectMimeType);
1244     }
1245 
1246     /**
1247      * Returns true if the <code>DataFlavor</code> specified represents
1248      * a remote object.
1249      * @return true if the <code>DataFlavor</code> specified represents
1250      *  a Remote Object
1251      */
1252 
1253     public boolean isFlavorRemoteObjectType() {
1254         return isRepresentationClassRemote()
1255             && isRepresentationClassSerializable()
1256             && isMimeTypeEqual(javaRemoteObjectMimeType);
1257     }
1258 
1259 
1260    /**
1261     * Returns true if the <code>DataFlavor</code> specified represents
1262     * a list of file objects.
1263     * @return true if the <code>DataFlavor</code> specified represents
1264     *   a List of File objects
1265     */
1266 
1267    public boolean isFlavorJavaFileListType() {
1268         if (mimeType == null || representationClass == null)
1269             return false;
1270         return java.util.List.class.isAssignableFrom(representationClass) &&
1271                mimeType.match(javaFileListFlavor.mimeType);
1272 
1273    }
1274 
1275     /**
1276      * Returns whether this <code>DataFlavor</code> is a valid text flavor for
1277      * this implementation of the Java platform. Only flavors equivalent to
1278      * <code>DataFlavor.stringFlavor</code> and <code>DataFlavor</code>s with
1279      * a primary MIME type of "text" can be valid text flavors.
1280      * <p>
1281      * If this flavor supports the charset parameter, it must be equivalent to
1282      * <code>DataFlavor.stringFlavor</code>, or its representation must be
1283      * <code>java.io.Reader</code>, <code>java.lang.String</code>,
1284      * <code>java.nio.CharBuffer</code>, <code>[C</code>,
1285      * <code>java.io.InputStream</code>, <code>java.nio.ByteBuffer</code>, or
1286      * <code>[B</code>. If the representation is
1287      * <code>java.io.InputStream</code>, <code>java.nio.ByteBuffer</code>, or
1288      * <code>[B</code>, then this flavor's <code>charset</code> parameter must
1289      * be supported by this implementation of the Java platform. If a charset
1290      * is not specified, then the platform default charset, which is always
1291      * supported, is assumed.
1292      * <p>
1293      * If this flavor does not support the charset parameter, its
1294      * representation must be <code>java.io.InputStream</code>,
1295      * <code>java.nio.ByteBuffer</code>, or <code>[B</code>.
1296      * <p>
1297      * See <code>selectBestTextFlavor</code> for a list of text flavors which
1298      * support the charset parameter.
1299      *
1300      * @return <code>true</code> if this <code>DataFlavor</code> is a valid
1301      *         text flavor as described above; <code>false</code> otherwise
1302      * @see #selectBestTextFlavor
1303      * @since 1.4
1304      */
1305     public boolean isFlavorTextType() {
1306         return (DataFlavorUtil.isFlavorCharsetTextType(this) ||
1307                 DataFlavorUtil.isFlavorNoncharsetTextType(this));
1308     }
1309 
1310    /**
1311     * Serializes this <code>DataFlavor</code>.
1312     */
1313 
1314    public synchronized void writeExternal(ObjectOutput os) throws IOException {
1315        if (mimeType != null) {
1316            mimeType.setParameter("humanPresentableName", humanPresentableName);
1317            os.writeObject(mimeType);
1318            mimeType.removeParameter("humanPresentableName");
1319        } else {
1320            os.writeObject(null);
1321        }
1322 
1323        os.writeObject(representationClass);
1324    }
1325 
1326    /**
1327     * Restores this <code>DataFlavor</code> from a Serialized state.
1328     */
1329 
1330    public synchronized void readExternal(ObjectInput is) throws IOException , ClassNotFoundException {
1331        String rcn = null;
1332         mimeType = (MimeType)is.readObject();
1333 
1334         if (mimeType != null) {
1335             humanPresentableName =
1336                 mimeType.getParameter("humanPresentableName");
1337             mimeType.removeParameter("humanPresentableName");
1338             rcn = mimeType.getParameter("class");
1339             if (rcn == null) {
1340                 throw new IOException("no class parameter specified in: " +
1341                                       mimeType);
1342             }
1343         }
1344 
1345         try {
1346             representationClass = (Class)is.readObject();
1347         } catch (OptionalDataException ode) {
1348             if (!ode.eof || ode.length != 0) {
1349                 throw ode;
1350             }
1351             // Ensure backward compatibility.
1352             // Old versions didn't write the representation class to the stream.
1353             if (rcn != null) {
1354                 representationClass =
1355                     DataFlavor.tryToLoadClass(rcn, getClass().getClassLoader());
1356             }
1357         }
1358    }
1359 
1360    /**
1361     * Returns a clone of this <code>DataFlavor</code>.
1362     * @return a clone of this <code>DataFlavor</code>
1363     */
1364 
1365     public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
1366         Object newObj = super.clone();
1367         if (mimeType != null) {
1368             ((DataFlavor)newObj).mimeType = (MimeType)mimeType.clone();
1369         }
1370         return newObj;
1371     } // clone()
1372 
1373    /**
1374     * Called on <code>DataFlavor</code> for every MIME Type parameter
1375     * to allow <code>DataFlavor</code> subclasses to handle special
1376     * parameters like the text/plain <code>charset</code>
1377     * parameters, whose values are case insensitive.  (MIME type parameter
1378     * values are supposed to be case sensitive.
1379     * <p>
1380     * This method is called for each parameter name/value pair and should
1381     * return the normalized representation of the <code>parameterValue</code>.
1382     *
1383     * This method is never invoked by this implementation from 1.1 onwards.
1384     *
1385     * @param parameterName the parameter name
1386     * @param parameterValue the parameter value
1387     * @return the parameter value
1388     * @deprecated
1389     */
1390     @Deprecated
1391     protected String normalizeMimeTypeParameter(String parameterName, String parameterValue) {
1392         return parameterValue;
1393     }
1394 
1395    /**
1396     * Called for each MIME type string to give <code>DataFlavor</code> subtypes
1397     * the opportunity to change how the normalization of MIME types is
1398     * accomplished.  One possible use would be to add default
1399     * parameter/value pairs in cases where none are present in the MIME
1400     * type string passed in.
1401     *
1402     * This method is never invoked by this implementation from 1.1 onwards.
1403     *
1404     * @param mimeType the mime type
1405     * @return the mime type
1406     * @deprecated
1407     */
1408     @Deprecated
1409     protected String normalizeMimeType(String mimeType) {
1410         return mimeType;
1411     }
1412 
1413     /*
1414      * fields
1415      */
1416 
1417     /* placeholder for caching any platform-specific data for flavor */
1418 
1419     transient int       atom;
1420 
1421     /* Mime Type of DataFlavor */
1422 
1423     MimeType            mimeType;
1424 
1425     private String      humanPresentableName;
1426 
1427     /** Java class of objects this DataFlavor represents **/
1428 
1429     private Class<?>       representationClass;
1430 
1431 } // class DataFlavor