Java getting bytes of clipboard

Question

So I want to get the actual bytes of the user's clipboard. I can't find a way of doing this, all I find is how to get the clipboard as a String.

To get the clipboard as a String, I'd have to do something like this:

String data = (String) Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard().getData(DataFlavor.stringFlavor);

Help will be appreciated.

convert String to bytes then using `data.getBytes()`; – Amit Deshpande Oct 26 '12 at 21:32 — Amit Deshpande, Oct 26 '12 at 21:32

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 26 '12 at 21:33

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Once you have the String representation of the clipboard, you can get the bytes via String#getBytes().

byte[] clipboardBytes = clipboardString.getBytes();

answered Oct 26 '12 at 21:33

FThompson

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