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• ClipBoardManager.cs

// <copyright file="ClipBoardManager.cs" company="Automate The Planet Ltd.">
// Copyright 2016 Automate The Planet Ltd.
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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// limitations under the License.
// </copyright>
// <author>Anton Angelov</author>
// <site>http://automatetheplanet.com/</site>
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace ImplementCopyPaste
{
    public class ClipBoardManager<T> where T : class
    {
        public static T GetFromClipboard()
        {
            T retrievedObj = null;
            var dataObj = Clipboard.GetDataObject();
            var format = typeof(T).FullName;
            if (dataObj.GetDataPresent(format))
            {
                retrievedObj = dataObj.GetData(format) as T;
            }
            return retrievedObj;
        }
        
        public static void CopyToClipboard(T objectToCopy)
        {
            var format = DataFormats.GetFormat(typeof(T).FullName);
            IDataObject dataObj = new DataObject();
            dataObj.SetData(format.Name, false, objectToCopy);
            Clipboard.SetDataObject(dataObj, false);
        }

        public static void Clear()
        {
            Clipboard.Clear();
        }
    }
}