Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 16:56:05 +0300
From: "Danila A. Sinopalnikov" <###@###.###>
To: David Mendenhall <###@###.###>
Cc: ###@###.###
Subject: Re: Fix for 4250859

[...]

There is one inconsistency in handling null return value of
Transferable.getTransferData():

MTextAreaPeer.pasteFromClipboard() does nothing if getTransferData() returns
null, while MTextFieldPeer.pasteFromClipboard() and
MFileDialogPeer.pasteFromClipboard() delete the currently selected text.

[...]

Danila.

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I have verified that this same inconsistency exists on Windows. The following
test case can be used to reproduce the inconsistency. Paste into the Components
using:
  Solaris-- Paste key
  Windows-- CTRL-V or the popup context menu (right mouse click)

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.datatransfer.*;

public class Test {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Frame f = new Frame();
        f.setBounds(50, 50, 200, 200);
        f.setLayout(new GridLayout());
        f.add(new TextArea());
        f.add(new TextField());
        Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard().setContents
            (new StringSelection(null), null);
        f.show();
    }
}

david.mendenhall@east 2001-01-04