Module java.datatransfer
Package java.awt.datatransfer

# Interface FlavorMap

All Known Subinterfaces:
  `FlavorTable`

All Known Implementing Classes:
  `SystemFlavorMap`

public interface FlavorMap
A two-way Map between "natives" (Strings), which correspond to platform-specific data formats, and "flavors" (DataFlavors), which correspond to platform-independent MIME types. FlavorMaps need not be symmetric, but typically are.

Since:
  1.2

## Method Summary

Modifier and Type
Method
Description
`Map<String,DataFlavor>`
`getFlavorsForNatives(String[] natives)`
Returns a `Map` of the specified `String` natives to their corresponding `DataFlavor`.
`Map<DataFlavor,String>`
`getNativesForFlavors(DataFlavor[] flavors)`
Returns a `Map` of the specified `DataFlavor`s to their corresponding `String` native.

## Method Details

### getNativesForFlavors

Map<DataFlavor,String> getNativesForFlavors(DataFlavor[] flavors)
Returns a `Map` of the specified `DataFlavor`s to their corresponding `String` native. The returned `Map` is a modifiable copy of this `FlavorMap`'s internal data. Client code is free to modify the `Map` without affecting this object.

Parameters:
  `flavors` - an array of `DataFlavor`s which will be the key set of the returned `Map`. If `null` is specified, a mapping of all `DataFlavor`s currently known to this `FlavorMap` to their corresponding `String` natives will be returned.
Returns:
  a `java.util.Map` of `DataFlavor`s to `String` natives

### getFlavorsForNatives

Map<String,DataFlavor> getFlavorsForNatives(String[] natives)
Returns a `Map` of the specified `String` natives to their corresponding `DataFlavor`. The returned `Map` is a modifiable copy of this `FlavorMap`'s internal data. Client code is free to modify the `Map` without affecting this object.

Parameters:
  `natives` - an array of `String`s which will be the key set of the returned `Map`. If `null` is specified, a mapping of all `String` natives currently known to this `FlavorMap` to their corresponding `DataFlavor`s will be returned.
Returns:
  a `java.util.Map` of `String` natives to `DataFlavor`s