fix for 17494

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT Drag and Drop/win32/org/eclipse/swt/dnd/Clipboard.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT Drag and Drop/win32/org/eclipse/swt/dnd/Clipboard.java
index f19be162ca..ce7cc77ea0 100755
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT Drag and Drop/win32/org/eclipse/swt/dnd/Clipboard.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT Drag and Drop/win32/org/eclipse/swt/dnd/Clipboard.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public void dispose () {
 }

 

 /**

- *  Get the data from the clipboard.

+ *  Retrieve the data of the specified type currently available on the system clipboard.

  * 

  *  <code><pre>

  * 	Clipboard clipboard = new Clipboard(display);

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ public void dispose () {
  * </code></pre>

  * 

  * @param transfer the transfer agent for the type of data being requested

+ * 

  * @return the data obtained from the clipboard or null if no data of this type is available

  */

 public Object getContents(Transfer transfer) {

@@ -105,7 +106,10 @@ public Object getContents(Transfer transfer) {
 	return transfer.nativeToJava(match);

 }

 /**

- * Set the data onto the clipboard.  

+ * Place data of the specified type on the system clipboard.  More than one type of

+ * data can be placed on the system clipboard at the same time.  Setting the data 

+ * clears any previous data of the same type from the system clipboard and also

+ * clears data of any other type currently on the system clipboard.

  * 

  * <p>NOTE: On some platforms, the data is immediately copied to the system

  * clipboard but on other platforms it is provided upon request.  As a result, if the