src/java.desktop/macosx/classes/sun/lwawt/macosx/CDataTransferer.java

@@ -24,19 +24,18 @@
  */
 
 package sun.lwawt.macosx;
 
 import java.awt.*;
-import java.awt.image.*;
-import sun.awt.image.ImageRepresentation;
 
 import java.io.*;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.text.Normalizer;
 import java.text.Normalizer.Form;
 import java.util.*;
+import java.util.regex.*;
 
 import java.awt.datatransfer.*;
 import sun.awt.datatransfer.*;
 
 public class CDataTransferer extends DataTransferer {

@@ -123,30 +122,56 @@
 
     @Override
     public Object translateBytes(byte[] bytes, DataFlavor flavor,
                                     long format, Transferable transferable) throws IOException {
 
-            if (format == CF_URL && URL.class.equals(flavor.getRepresentationClass()))
-            {
+        if (format == CF_URL && URL.class.equals(flavor.getRepresentationClass())) {
                 String charset = Charset.defaultCharset().name();
                 if (transferable != null && transferable.isDataFlavorSupported(javaTextEncodingFlavor)) {
                     try {
-                        charset = new String((byte[])transferable.getTransferData(javaTextEncodingFlavor), "UTF-8");
+                    charset = new String((byte[]) transferable.getTransferData(javaTextEncodingFlavor), "UTF-8");
                     } catch (UnsupportedFlavorException cannotHappen) {
                     }
                 }
-
-                return new URL(new String(bytes, charset));
+            String xml = new String(bytes, charset);
+            // macosx pasteboard returns a property list that consists of one URL
+            // let's extract it.
+            return new URL(extractURL(xml));
             }
 
             if (format == CF_STRING) {
                 bytes = Normalizer.normalize(new String(bytes, "UTF8"), Form.NFC).getBytes("UTF8");
             }
 
             return super.translateBytes(bytes, flavor, format, transferable);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Macosx pasteboard returns xml document that contains one URL, for exmple:
+     * <pre>
+     *     {@code
+     * <?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>
+     * <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC \"-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN\" \"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd\">
+     * <plist version=\"1.0\">
+     *      <array>
+     *          <string>file:///path_to_file</string>
+     *          <string></string>
+     *      </array>
+     * </plist>
+     *     }
+     * </pre>
+     */
+    private String extractURL(String xml) {
+        Pattern urlExtractorPattern = Pattern.compile("<string>(.*)</string>");
+        Matcher matcher = urlExtractorPattern.matcher(xml);
+        if (matcher.find()) {
+            return matcher.group(1);
+        } else {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     synchronized protected Long getFormatForNativeAsLong(String str) {
         Long format = predefinedClipboardNameMap.get(str);
 
         if (format == null) {