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6.3. Drag-and-Drop

Java 1.2 adds drag-and-drop support to Java. Drag-and-drop requires quite a bit more infrastructure than cut-and-paste, and this infrastructure is added in a package of its own, java.awt.dnd. Despite the complexity of the infrastructure, drag-and-drop is built upon the same data transfer architecture as cut-and-paste. The key classes are still DataFlavor and Transferable.

Here's the general outline of a drag-and-drop transaction from the standpoint of the initiating or dragging application or component:

A drag-and-drop transaction looks somewhat different from the standpoint of a receiving application or component:



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