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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2004, 2009 Tasktop Technologies and others.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *     Tasktop Technologies - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+
+package org.eclipse.mylyn.commons.ui;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Assert;
+import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.IStructuredSelection;
+import org.eclipse.swt.dnd.Clipboard;
+import org.eclipse.swt.dnd.TextTransfer;
+import org.eclipse.swt.dnd.Transfer;
+import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
+
+/**
+ * A helper class for copying text to the clipboard.
+ * 
+ * @author Steffen Pingel
+ * @since 3.7
+ */
+public class ClipboardCopier {
+
+	/**
+	 * Provides a textual representation when copying objects to the clipboard.
+	 */
+	public interface TextProvider {
+
+		public abstract String getTextForElement(Object element);
+
+	}
+
+	private static ClipboardCopier instance = new ClipboardCopier();
+
+	public static String LINE_SEPARATOR = System.getProperty("line.separator", "\n"); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the default instance.
+	 */
+	public static ClipboardCopier getDefault() {
+		return instance;
+	}
+
+	private Clipboard clipboard;
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructs a new instance. Instances must be disposed by invoking {@link #dispose()} when they are no longer
+	 * needed.
+	 */
+	public ClipboardCopier() {
+	}
+
+	public void copy(IStructuredSelection selection, TextProvider provider) {
+		copy(selection.toList(), provider);
+	}
+
+	public void copy(List<?> selection, TextProvider provider) {
+		if (!selection.isEmpty()) {
+			StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+			for (Object item : selection) {
+				String textForElement = provider.getTextForElement(item);
+				if (textForElement != null) {
+					if (sb.length() > 0) {
+						sb.append(LINE_SEPARATOR);
+						sb.append(LINE_SEPARATOR);
+					}
+					sb.append(textForElement);
+				}
+			}
+			if (sb.length() > 0) {
+				copy(sb.toString());
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	public void copy(String text) {
+		Assert.isNotNull(text);
+		Assert.isTrue(text.length() > 0);
+
+		if (clipboard == null) {
+			clipboard = new Clipboard(Display.getDefault());
+		}
+
+		TextTransfer textTransfer = TextTransfer.getInstance();
+		clipboard.setContents(new Object[] { text }, new Transfer[] { textTransfer });
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Frees resources.
+	 */
+	public void dispose() {
+		if (clipboard != null) {
+			clipboard.dispose();
+			clipboard = null;
+		}
+	}
+
+}