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-rw-r--r--org.eclipse.mylyn.tasks.ui/src/org/eclipse/mylyn/internal/tasks/ui/util/ClipboardCopier.java8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/org.eclipse.mylyn.tasks.ui/src/org/eclipse/mylyn/internal/tasks/ui/util/ClipboardCopier.java b/org.eclipse.mylyn.tasks.ui/src/org/eclipse/mylyn/internal/tasks/ui/util/ClipboardCopier.java
index 59737850b..f2e087cb3 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.mylyn.tasks.ui/src/org/eclipse/mylyn/internal/tasks/ui/util/ClipboardCopier.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.mylyn.tasks.ui/src/org/eclipse/mylyn/internal/tasks/ui/util/ClipboardCopier.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ package org.eclipse.mylyn.internal.tasks.ui.util;
import java.util.Iterator;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Assert;
import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.IStructuredSelection;
import org.eclipse.swt.dnd.Clipboard;
import org.eclipse.swt.dnd.TextTransfer;
@@ -63,6 +64,13 @@ public class ClipboardCopier {
}
public void copy(String text) {
+ Assert.isNotNull(text);
+
+ // Gtk does support copying empty strings to the clipboard
+ if (text.length() == 0) {
+ return;
+ }
+
if (clipboard == null) {
Display display = PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getDisplay();
clipboard = new Clipboard(display);

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