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## java.awt.datatransfer
Class DataFlavor

    java.lang.Object
      java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Cloneable, Externalizable, Serializable

public class DataFlavor
extends Object
implements Externalizable, Cloneable

Each instance represents the opaque concept of a data format as would appear on a clipboard, during drag and drop, or in a file system.

`DataFlavor` objects are constant and never change once instantiated.

See Also:
  Serialized Form

Field Summary
`static DataFlavor` | `imageFlavor` The `DataFlavor` representing a Java Image class, where:
`static DataFlavor` | `javaFileListFlavor` To transfer a list of files to/from Java (and the underlying platform) a `DataFlavor` of this type/subtype and representation class of `java.util.List` is used.
`static String` | `javaJVMLocalObjectMimeType` To transfer a reference to an arbitrary Java object reference that has no associated MIME Content-type, across a `Transferable` interface WITHIN THE SAME JVM, a `DataFlavor` with this type/subtype is used, with a `representationClass` equal to the type of the class/interface being passed across the `Transferble`.
`static String` | `javaRemoteObjectMimeType` In order to pass a live link to a Remote object via a Drag and Drop `ACTION_LINK` operation a Mime Content Type of application/x-java-remote-object should be used, where the representation class of the `DataFlavor` represents the type of the `Remote` interface to be transferred.
`static String` | `javaSerializedObjectMimeType` A MIME Content-Type of application/x-java-serialized-object represents a graph of Java object(s) that have been made persistent.
`static DataFlavor` | `plainTextFlavor` Deprecated. as of 1.3. Use `DataFlavor.getReaderForText( Transferable)` instead of `Transferable. getTransferData(DataFlavor.plainTextFlavor)`.
`static DataFlavor` | `stringFlavor` The `DataFlavor` representing a Java Unicode String class, where:

Constructor Summary
`DataFlavor()` Constructs a new `DataFlavor`.
`DataFlavor(Class representationClass, String humanPresentableName)` Constructs a `DataFlavor` that represents a Java class.
`DataFlavor(String mimeType)` Constructs a `DataFlavor` from a `mimeType` string.
`DataFlavor(String mimeType, String humanPresentableName)` Constructs a `DataFlavor` that represents a `MimeType`.
`DataFlavor(String mimeType, String humanPresentableName, ClassLoader classLoader)` Constructs a `DataFlavor` that represents a `MimeType`.

Method Summary
`Object` | `clone()` Returns a clone of this `DataFlavor`.
`boolean` | `equals(DataFlavor that)` Tests a `DataFlavor` to this `DataFlavor` for equality.
`boolean` | `equals(Object o)` Tests an arbitrary `Object` to this `DataFlavor` for equality.
`boolean` | `equals(String s)` Deprecated. As inconsistent with `hashCode()` contract, use `isMimeTypeEqual(String)` instead.
`Class` | `getDefaultRepresentationClass()`
`String` | `getDefaultRepresentationClassAsString()`
`String` | `getHumanPresentableName()` Returns the human presentable name for the data format that this `DataFlavor` represents.
`String` | `getMimeType()` Returns the MIME type string for this `DataFlavor`.
`String` | `getParameter(String paramName)` Returns the human presentable name for this `DataFlavor` if `paramName` equals "humanPresentableName".
`String` | `getPrimaryType()` Returns the primary MIME type for this `DataFlavor`.
`Reader` | `getReaderForText(Transferable transferable)` Gets a Reader for a text flavor, decoded, if necessary, for the expected charset (encoding).
`Class` | `getRepresentationClass()` Returns the `Class` which objects supporting this `DataFlavor` will return when this `DataFlavor` is requested.
`String` | `getSubType()` Returns the sub MIME type of this `DataFlavor`.
`static DataFlavor` | `getTextPlainUnicodeFlavor()` Returns a `DataFlavor` representing plain text with Unicode encoding, where:
`int` | `hashCode()` Returns hash code for this `DataFlavor`.
`boolean` | `isFlavorJavaFileListType()` Returns true if the `DataFlavor` specified represents a list of file objects.
`boolean` | `isFlavorRemoteObjectType()` Returns true if the `DataFlavor` specified represents a remote object.
`boolean` | `isFlavorSerializedObjectType()` Returns true if the `DataFlavor` specified represents a serialized object.
`boolean` | `isFlavorTextType()` Returns whether this `DataFlavor` is a valid text flavor for this implementation of the Java platform.
`boolean` | `isMimeTypeEqual(DataFlavor dataFlavor)` Compares the `mimeType` of two `DataFlavor` objects.
`boolean` | `isMimeTypeEqual(String mimeType)` Returns whether the string representation of the MIME type passed in is equivalent to the MIME type of this `DataFlavor`.
`boolean` | `isMimeTypeSerializedObject()` Does the `DataFlavor` represent a serialized object?
`boolean` | `isRepresentationClassByteBuffer()` Returns whether the representation class for this `DataFlavor` is `java.nio.ByteBuffer` or a subclass thereof.
`boolean` | `isRepresentationClassCharBuffer()` Returns whether the representation class for this `DataFlavor` is `java.nio.CharBuffer` or a subclass thereof.
`boolean` | `isRepresentationClassInputStream()` Does the `DataFlavor` represent a `java.io.InputStream`?
`boolean` | `isRepresentationClassReader()` Returns whether the representation class for this `DataFlavor` is `java.io.Reader` or a subclass thereof.
`boolean` | `isRepresentationClassRemote()` Returns true if the representation class is `Remote`.
`boolean` | `isRepresentationClassSerializable()` Returns true if the representation class can be serialized.
`boolean` | `match(DataFlavor that)` Tests a `DataFlavor` to this `DataFlavor` for equality.
`protected String` | `normalizeMimeType(String mimeType)` Deprecated.
`protected String` | `normalizeMimeTypeParameter(String parameterName, String parameterValue)` Deprecated.
`void` | `readExternal(ObjectInput is)` Restores this `DataFlavor` from a Serialized state.
`static DataFlavor` | `selectBestTextFlavor(DataFlavor[] availableFlavors)` Selects the best text `DataFlavor` from an array of `DataFlavor`s.
`void` | `setHumanPresentableName(String humanPresentableName)` Sets the human presentable name for the data format that this `DataFlavor` represents.
`String` | `toString()` String representation of this `DataFlavor` and its parameters.
`protected static Class` | `tryToLoadClass(String className, ClassLoader fallback)` Tries to load a class from: the bootstrap loader, the system loader, the context loader (if one is present) and finally the loader specified.
`void` | `writeExternal(ObjectOutput os)` Serializes this `DataFlavor`.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

### stringFlavor

    public static final DataFlavor stringFlavor

  The `DataFlavor` representing a Java Unicode String class, where:

           representationClass = java.lang.String
           mimeType           = "application/x-java-serialized-object"

### imageFlavor

    public static final DataFlavor imageFlavor

  The `DataFlavor` representing a Java Image class, where:

           representationClass = java.awt.Image
           mimeType            = "image/x-java-image"

### plainTextFlavor

    public static final DataFlavor plainTextFlavor

  Deprecated. as of 1.3. Use `DataFlavor.getReaderForText( Transferable)` instead of `Transferable. getTransferData(DataFlavor.plainTextFlavor)`.

  The `DataFlavor` representing plain text with Unicode encoding, where:

           representationClass = InputStream
           mimeType            = "text/plain; charset=unicode"

  This `DataFlavor` has been deprecated because (1) Its representation is an InputStream, an 8-bit based representation, while Unicode is a 16-bit character set; and (2) The charset "unicode" is not well-defined. "unicode" implies a particular platform's implementation of Unicode, not a cross-platform implementation.

### javaSerializedObjectMimeType

    public static final String javaSerializedObjectMimeType

  A MIME Content-Type of application/x-java-serialized-object represents a graph of Java object(s) that have been made persistent. The representation class associated with this `DataFlavor` identifies the Java type of an object returned as a reference from an invocation `java.awt.datatransfer.getTransferData`.

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

### javaFileListFlavor

    public static final DataFlavor javaFileListFlavor

  To transfer a list of files to/from Java (and the underlying platform) a `DataFlavor` of this type/subtype and representation class of `java.util.List` is used. Each element of the list is required/guaranteed to be of type `java.io.File`.

### javaJVMLocalObjectMimeType

    public static final String javaJVMLocalObjectMimeType

  To transfer a reference to an arbitrary Java object reference that has no associated MIME Content-type, across a `Transferable` interface WITHIN THE SAME JVM, a `DataFlavor` with this type/subtype is used, with a `representationClass` equal to the type of the class/interface being passed across the `Transferble`.

  The object reference returned from `Transferable.getTransferData` for a `DataFlavor` with this MIME Content-Type is required to be an instance of the representation Class of the `DataFlavor`.

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

### javaRemoteObjectMimeType

    public static final String javaRemoteObjectMimeType

  In order to pass a live link to a Remote object via a Drag and Drop `ACTION_LINK` operation a Mime Content Type of application/x-java-remote-object should be used, where the representation class of the `DataFlavor` represents the type of the `Remote` interface to be transferred.

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

### DataFlavor

    public DataFlavor()

  Constructs a new `DataFlavor`. This constructor is provided only for the purpose of supporting the `Externalizable` interface. It is not intended for public (client) use.

Since:
  1.2

### DataFlavor

    public DataFlavor(Class representationClass,
                      String humanPresentableName)

  Constructs a `DataFlavor` that represents a Java class.

  The returned `DataFlavor` will have the following characteristics:

          representationClass = representationClass
          mimeType            = application/x-java-serialized-object

Parameters:
  `representationClass` - the class used to transfer data in this flavor
  `humanPresentableName` - the human-readable string used to identify this flavor; if this parameter is `null` then the value of the the MIME Content Type is used
Throws:
  `NullPointerException` - if `representationClass` is null

### DataFlavor

    public DataFlavor(String mimeType,
                      String humanPresentableName)

  Constructs a `DataFlavor` that represents a `MimeType`.

  The returned `DataFlavor` will have the following characteristics:

  If the `mimeType` is "application/x-java-serialized-object; class=<representation class>", the result is the same as calling `new DataFlavor(Class:forName(<representation class>)`.

  Otherwise:

           representationClass = InputStream
           mimeType            = mimeType

Parameters:
  `mimeType` - the string used to identify the MIME type for this flavor; if the the `mimeType` does not specify a "class=" parameter, or if the class is not successfully loaded, then an `IllegalArgumentException` is thrown
  `humanPresentableName` - the human-readable string used to identify this flavor; if this parameter is `null` then the value of the the MIME Content Type is used
Throws:
  `IllegalArgumentException` - if `mimeType` is invalid or if the class is not successfully loaded
  `NullPointerException` - if `mimeType` is null

### DataFlavor

    public DataFlavor(String mimeType,
                      String humanPresentableName,
                      ClassLoader classLoader)
               throws ClassNotFoundException

  Constructs a `DataFlavor` that represents a `MimeType`.

  The returned `DataFlavor` will have the following characteristics:

  If the mimeType is "application/x-java-serialized-object; class=<representation class>", the result is the same as calling `new DataFlavor(Class:forName(<representation class>)`.

  Otherwise:

           representationClass = InputStream
           mimeType            = mimeType

Parameters:
  `mimeType` - the string used to identify the MIME type for this flavor
  `humanPresentableName` - the human-readable string used to identify this flavor
  `classLoader` - the class loader to use
Throws:
  `ClassNotFoundException` - if the class is not loaded
  `IllegalArgumentException` - if `mimeType` is invalid
  `NullPointerException` - if `mimeType` is null

### DataFlavor

    public DataFlavor(String mimeType)
               throws ClassNotFoundException

  Constructs a `DataFlavor` from a `mimeType` string. The string can specify a "class=" parameter to create a `DataFlavor` with the desired representation class. If the string does not contain "class=" parameter, `java.io.InputStream` is used as default.

Parameters:
  `mimeType` - the string used to identify the MIME type for this flavor; if the class specified by "class=" parameter is not successfully loaded, then an `ClassNotFoundException` is thrown
Throws:
  `ClassNotFoundException` - if the class is not loaded
  `IllegalArgumentException` - if `mimeType` is invalid
  `NullPointerException` - if `mimeType` is null

Method Detail

### tryToLoadClass

    protected static final Class tryToLoadClass(String className,
                                                ClassLoader fallback)
                                         throws ClassNotFoundException

  Tries to load a class from: the bootstrap loader, the system loader, the context loader (if one is present) and finally the loader specified.

  Parameters:
    `className` - the name of the class to be loaded
    `fallback` - the fallback loader
  Returns:
    the class loaded
  Throws:
    `ClassNotFoundException` - if class is not found

### toString

    public String toString()

  String representation of this `DataFlavor` and its parameters. The resulting `String` contains the name of the `DataFlavor` class, this flavor's MIME type, and its representation class. If this flavor has a primary MIME type of "text", supports the charset parameter, and has an encoded representation, the flavor's charset is also included. See `selectBestTextFlavor` for a list of text flavors which support the charset parameter.

  Overrides:
    `toString` in class `Object`
  Returns:
    string representation of this `DataFlavor`
  See Also:
    `selectBestTextFlavor(java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor[])`

### getTextPlainUnicodeFlavor

    public static final DataFlavor getTextPlainUnicodeFlavor()

  Returns a `DataFlavor` representing plain text with Unicode encoding, where:

           representationClass = java.io.InputStream
           mimeType            = "text/plain;
                                  charset=<platform default Unicode encoding>"

  Sun's implementation for Microsoft Windows use the encoding `utf-16le`. Sun's implementation for Solaris and Linux use the encoding `iso-10646-ucs-2`.

  Returns:
    a `DataFlavor` representing plain text with Unicode encoding

### selectBestTextFlavor

    public static final DataFlavor selectBestTextFlavor(DataFlavor[] availableFlavors)

  Selects the best text `DataFlavor` from an array of `DataFlavor`s. Only `DataFlavor.stringFlavor`, and equivalent flavors, and flavors that have a primary MIME type of "text", are considered for selection.

  Flavors are first sorted by their MIME types in the following order:

  - "text/sgml"
  - "text/xml"
  - "text/html"
  - "text/rtf"
  - "text/enriched"
  - "text/richtext"
  - "text/uri-list"
  - "text/tab-separated-values"
  - "text/t140"
  - "text/rfc822-headers"
  - "text/parityfec"
  - "text/directory"
  - "text/css"
  - "text/calendar"
  - "application/x-java-serialized-object"
  - "text/plain"
  - "text/<other>"

  For example, "text/sgml" will be selected over "text/html", and `DataFlavor.stringFlavor` will be chosen over `DataFlavor.plainTextFlavor`.

  If two or more flavors share the best MIME type in the array, then that MIME type will be checked to see if it supports the charset parameter.

  The following MIME types support, or are treated as though they support, the charset parameter:

  - "text/sgml"
  - "text/xml"
  - "text/html"
  - "text/enriched"
  - "text/richtext"
  - "text/uri-list"
  - "text/directory"
  - "text/css"
  - "text/calendar"
  - "application/x-java-serialized-object"
  - "text/plain"
  The following MIME types do not support, or are treated as though they do not support, the charset parameter:
  - "text/rtf"
  - "text/tab-separated-values"
  - "text/t140"
  - "text/rfc822-headers"
  - "text/parityfec"
  For "text/<other>" MIME types, the first time the JRE needs to determine whether the MIME type supports the charset parameter, it will check whether the parameter is explicitly listed in an arbitrarily chosen `DataFlavor` which uses that MIME type. If so, the JRE will assume from that point on that the MIME type supports the charset parameter and will not check again. If the parameter is not explicitly listed, the JRE will assume from that point on that the MIME type does not support the charset parameter and will not check again. Because this check is performed on an arbitrarily chosen `DataFlavor`, developers must ensure that all `DataFlavor`s with a "text/<other>" MIME type specify the charset parameter if it is supported by that MIME type. Developers should never rely on the JRE to substitute the platform's default charset for a "text/<other>" DataFlavor. Failure to adhere to this restriction will lead to undefined behavior.

  If the best MIME type in the array does not support the charset parameter, the flavors which share that MIME type will then be sorted by their representation classes in the following order: `java.io.InputStream`, `java.nio.ByteBuffer`, `[B`, <all others>.

  If two or more flavors share the best representation class, or if no flavor has one of the three specified representations, then one of those flavors will be chosen non-deterministically.

  If the best MIME type in the array does support the charset parameter, the flavors which share that MIME type will then be sorted by their representation classes in the following order: `java.io.Reader`, `java.lang.String`, `java.nio.CharBuffer`, `[C`, <all others>.

  If two or more flavors share the best representation class, and that representation is one of the four explicitly listed, then one of those flavors will be chosen non-deterministically. If, however, no flavor has one of the four specified representations, the flavors will then be sorted by their charsets. Unicode charsets, such as "UTF-16", "UTF-8", "UTF-16BE", "UTF-16LE", and their aliases, are considered best. After them, the platform default charset and its aliases are selected. "US-ASCII" and its aliases are worst. All other charsets are chosen in alphabetical order, but only charsets supported by this implementation of the Java platform will be considered.

  If two or more flavors share the best charset, the flavors will then again be sorted by their representation classes in the following order: `java.io.InputStream`, `java.nio.ByteBuffer`, `[B`, <all others>.

  If two or more flavors share the best representation class, or if no flavor has one of the three specified representations, then one of those flavors will be chosen non-deterministically.

  Parameters:
    `availableFlavors` - an array of available `DataFlavor`s
  Returns:
    the best (highest fidelity) flavor according to the rules specified above, or `null`, if `availableFlavors` is `null`, has zero length, or contains no text flavors
  Since:
    1.3

### getReaderForText

    public Reader getReaderForText(Transferable transferable)
                            throws UnsupportedFlavorException,
                                   IOException

  Gets a Reader for a text flavor, decoded, if necessary, for the expected charset (encoding). The supported representation classes are `java.io.Reader`, `java.lang.String`, `java.nio.CharBuffer`, `[C`, `java.io.InputStream`, `java.nio.ByteBuffer`, and `[B`.

  Because text flavors which do not support the charset parameter are encoded in a non-standard format, this method should not be called for such flavors. However, in order to maintain backward-compatibility, if this method is called for such a flavor, this method will treat the flavor as though it supports the charset parameter and attempt to decode it accordingly. See `selectBestTextFlavor` for a list of text flavors which do not support the charset parameter.

  Parameters:
    `transferable` - the `Transferable` whose data will be requested in this flavor
  Returns:
    a `Reader` to read the `Transferable`'s data
  Throws:
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if the representation class is not one of the seven listed above
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if the `Transferable` has `null` data
    `NullPointerException` - if the `Transferable` is `null`
    `UnsupportedEncodingException` - if this flavor's representation is `java.io.InputStream`, `java.nio.ByteBuffer`, or `[B` and this flavor's encoding is not supported by this implementation of the Java platform
    `UnsupportedFlavorException` - if the `Transferable` does not support this flavor
    `IOException` - if the data cannot be read because of an I/O error
  Since:
    1.3
  See Also:
    `selectBestTextFlavor(java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor[])`

### getMimeType

    public String getMimeType()

  Returns the MIME type string for this `DataFlavor`.

  Returns:
    the MIME type string for this flavor

### getRepresentationClass

    public Class getRepresentationClass()

  Returns the `Class` which objects supporting this `DataFlavor` will return when this `DataFlavor` is requested.

  Returns:
    the `Class` which objects supporting this `DataFlavor` will return when this `DataFlavor` is requested

### getHumanPresentableName

    public String getHumanPresentableName()

  Returns the human presentable name for the data format that this `DataFlavor` represents. This name would be localized for different countries.

  Returns:
    the human presentable name for the data format that this `DataFlavor` represents

### getPrimaryType

    public String getPrimaryType()

  Returns the primary MIME type for this `DataFlavor`.

  Returns:
    the primary MIME type of this `DataFlavor`

### getSubType

    public String getSubType()

  Returns the sub MIME type of this `DataFlavor`.

  Returns:
    the Sub MIME type of this `DataFlavor`

### getParameter

    public String getParameter(String paramName)

  Returns the human presentable name for this `DataFlavor` if `paramName` equals "humanPresentableName". Otherwise returns the MIME type value associated with `paramName`.

  Parameters:
    `paramName` - the parameter name requested
  Returns:
    the value of the name parameter, or `null` if there is no associated value
  See Also:
    `MimeType#getParameter()`

### setHumanPresentableName

    public void setHumanPresentableName(String humanPresentableName)

  Sets the human presentable name for the data format that this `DataFlavor` represents. This name would be localized for different countries.

  Parameters:
    `humanPresentableName` - the new human presentable name

### equals

    public boolean equals(Object o)

  Tests an arbitrary `Object` to this `DataFlavor` for equality. Two `DataFlavor`s are considered equal if and only if their MIME primary type and subtype and representation class are equal. Additionally, if the primary type is "text", the subtype denotes a text flavor which supports the charset parameter, and the representation class is not `java.io.Reader`, `java.lang.String`, `java.nio.CharBuffer`, or `[C`, the `charset` parameter must also be equal. If a charset is not explicitly specified for one or both `DataFlavor`s, the platform default encoding is assumed. See `selectBestTextFlavor` for a list of text flavors which support the charset parameter.

  Overrides:
    `equals` in class `Object`
  Parameters:
    `o` - the `Object` to compare with `this`
  Returns:
    `true` if `that` is equivalent to this `DataFlavor`; `false` otherwise
  See Also:
    `selectBestTextFlavor(java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor[])`

### equals

    public boolean equals(DataFlavor that)

  Tests a `DataFlavor` to this `DataFlavor` for equality. Two `DataFlavor`s are considered equal if and only if their MIME primary type and subtype and representation class are equal. Additionally, if the primary type is "text", the subtype denotes a text flavor which supports the charset parameter, and the representation class is not `java.io.Reader`, `java.lang.String`, `java.nio.CharBuffer`, or `[C`, the `charset` parameter must also be equal. If a charset is not explicitly specified for one or both `DataFlavor`s, the platform default encoding is assumed. See `selectBestTextFlavor` for a list of text flavors which support the charset parameter.

  Parameters:
    `that` - the `DataFlavor` to compare with `this`
  Returns:
    `true` if `that` is equivalent to this `DataFlavor`; `false` otherwise
  See Also:
    `selectBestTextFlavor(java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor[])`

### equals

    public boolean equals(String s)

  Deprecated. As inconsistent with `hashCode()` contract, use `isMimeTypeEqual(String)` instead.

  Compares only the `mimeType` against the passed in `String` and `representationClass` is not considered in the comparison. If `representationClass` needs to be compared, then `equals(new DataFlavor(s))` may be used.

  Returns:
    true if the String (MimeType) is equal

### hashCode

    public int hashCode()

  Returns hash code for this `DataFlavor`. For two equal `DataFlavor`s, hash codes are equal. For the `String` that matches `DataFlavor.equals(String)`, it is not guaranteed that `DataFlavor`'s hash code is equal to the hash code of the `String`.

  Overrides:
    `hashCode` in class `Object`
  Returns:
    a hash code for this `DataFlavor`
  See Also:
    `Object.equals(java.lang.Object)`, `Hashtable`

### match

    public boolean match(DataFlavor that)

  Tests a `DataFlavor` to this `DataFlavor` for equality. Two `DataFlavor`s are considered equal if and only if their MIME primary type and subtype and representation class are equal. Additionally, if the primary type is "text", the subtype denotes a text flavor which supports the charset parameter, and the representation class is not `java.io.Reader`, `java.lang.String`, `java.nio.CharBuffer`, or `[C`, the `charset` parameter must also be equal. If a charset is not explicitly specified for one or both `DataFlavor`s, the platform default encoding is assumed. See `selectBestTextFlavor` for a list of text flavors which support the charset parameter.

  Parameters:
    `that` - the `DataFlavor` to compare with `this`
  Returns:
    `true` if `that` is equivalent to this `DataFlavor`; `false` otherwise
  See Also:
    `selectBestTextFlavor(java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor[])`

### isMimeTypeEqual

    public boolean isMimeTypeEqual(String mimeType)

  Returns whether the string representation of the MIME type passed in is equivalent to the MIME type of this `DataFlavor`. Parameters are not included in the comparison.

  Parameters:
    `mimeType` - the string representation of the MIME type
  Returns:
    true if the string representation of the MIME type passed in is equivalent to the MIME type of this `DataFlavor`; false otherwise
  Throws:
    `NullPointerException` - if mimeType is `null`

### isMimeTypeEqual

    public final boolean isMimeTypeEqual(DataFlavor dataFlavor)

  Compares the `mimeType` of two `DataFlavor` objects. No parameters are considered.

  Parameters:
    `dataFlavor` - the `DataFlavor` to be compared
  Returns:
    true if the `MimeType`s are equal, otherwise false

### isMimeTypeSerializedObject

    public boolean isMimeTypeSerializedObject()

  Does the `DataFlavor` represent a serialized object?

### getDefaultRepresentationClass

    public final Class getDefaultRepresentationClass()

### getDefaultRepresentationClassAsString

    public final String getDefaultRepresentationClassAsString()

### isRepresentationClassInputStream

    public boolean isRepresentationClassInputStream()

  Does the `DataFlavor` represent a `java.io.InputStream`?

### isRepresentationClassReader

    public boolean isRepresentationClassReader()

  Returns whether the representation class for this `DataFlavor` is `java.io.Reader` or a subclass thereof.

  Since:
    1.4

### isRepresentationClassCharBuffer

    public boolean isRepresentationClassCharBuffer()

  Returns whether the representation class for this `DataFlavor` is `java.nio.CharBuffer` or a subclass thereof.

  Since:
    1.4

### isRepresentationClassByteBuffer

    public boolean isRepresentationClassByteBuffer()

  Returns whether the representation class for this `DataFlavor` is `java.nio.ByteBuffer` or a subclass thereof.

  Since:
    1.4

### isRepresentationClassSerializable

    public boolean isRepresentationClassSerializable()

  Returns true if the representation class can be serialized.

  Returns:
    true if the representation class can be serialized

### isRepresentationClassRemote

    public boolean isRepresentationClassRemote()

  Returns true if the representation class is `Remote`.

  Returns:
    true if the representation class is `Remote`

### isFlavorSerializedObjectType

    public boolean isFlavorSerializedObjectType()

  Returns true if the `DataFlavor` specified represents a serialized object.

  Returns:
    true if the `DataFlavor` specified represents a Serialized Object

### isFlavorRemoteObjectType

    public boolean isFlavorRemoteObjectType()

  Returns true if the `DataFlavor` specified represents a remote object.

  Returns:
    true if the `DataFlavor` specified represents a Remote Object

### isFlavorJavaFileListType

    public boolean isFlavorJavaFileListType()

  Returns true if the `DataFlavor` specified represents a list of file objects.

  Returns:
    true if the `DataFlavor` specified represents a List of File objects

### isFlavorTextType

    public boolean isFlavorTextType()

  Returns whether this `DataFlavor` is a valid text flavor for this implementation of the Java platform. Only flavors equivalent to `DataFlavor.stringFlavor` and `DataFlavor`s with a primary MIME type of "text" can be valid text flavors.

  If this flavor supports the charset parameter, it must be equivalent to `DataFlavor.stringFlavor`, or its representation must be `java.io.Reader`, `java.lang.String`, `java.nio.CharBuffer`, `[C`, `java.io.InputStream`, `java.nio.ByteBuffer`, or `[B`. If the representation is `java.io.InputStream`, `java.nio.ByteBuffer`, or `[B`, then this flavor's `charset` parameter must be supported by this implementation of the Java platform. If a charset is not specified, then the platform default charset, which is always supported, is assumed.

  If this flavor does not support the charset parameter, its representation must be `java.io.InputStream`, `java.nio.ByteBuffer`, or `[B`.

  See `selectBestTextFlavor` for a list of text flavors which support the charset parameter.

  Returns:
    `true` if this `DataFlavor` is a valid text flavor as described above; `false` otherwise
  Since:
    1.4
  See Also:
    `selectBestTextFlavor(java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor[])`

### writeExternal

    public void writeExternal(ObjectOutput os)
                       throws IOException

  Serializes this `DataFlavor`.

  Specified by:
    `writeExternal` in interface `Externalizable`
  Parameters:
    `os` - the stream to write the object to
  Throws:
    `IOException` - Includes any I/O exceptions that may occur

### readExternal

    public void readExternal(ObjectInput is)
                      throws IOException,
                             ClassNotFoundException

  Restores this `DataFlavor` from a Serialized state.

  Specified by:
    `readExternal` in interface `Externalizable`
  Parameters:
    `is` - the stream to read data from in order to restore the object
  Throws:
    `IOException` - if I/O errors occur
    `ClassNotFoundException` - If the class for an object being restored cannot be found.

### clone

    public Object clone()
                 throws CloneNotSupportedException

  Returns a clone of this `DataFlavor`.

  Overrides:
    `clone` in class `Object`
  Returns:
    a clone of this `DataFlavor`
  Throws:
    `CloneNotSupportedException` - if the object's class does not support the `Cloneable` interface. Subclasses that override the `clone` method can also throw this exception to indicate that an instance cannot be cloned.
  See Also:
    `Cloneable`

### normalizeMimeTypeParameter

    protected String normalizeMimeTypeParameter(String parameterName,
                                                String parameterValue)

  Deprecated.

  Called on `DataFlavor` for every MIME Type parameter to allow `DataFlavor` subclasses to handle special parameters like the text/plain `charset` parameters, whose values are case insensitive. (MIME type parameter values are supposed to be case sensitive.

  This method is called for each parameter name/value pair and should return the normalized representation of the `parameterValue`. This method is never invoked by this implementation from 1.1 onwards.

### normalizeMimeType

    protected String normalizeMimeType(String mimeType)

  Deprecated.

  Called for each MIME type string to give `DataFlavor` subtypes the opportunity to change how the normalization of MIME types is accomplished. One possible use would be to add default parameter/value pairs in cases where none are present in the MIME type string passed in. This method is never invoked by this implementation from 1.1 onwards.

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