how to detect a pasting of file in JAVA

Question

I am able to detect how to get path of file which is in clipboard, but how can i detect a paste of file, Like If i paste a file/folder in D drive, then java should detect as

D:\\Filename.jpg

You want to [Watch a Directory for Changes](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/io/notification.html) — AxelH, May 11 '18 at 07:48
Is the user pasting his file through your application? Or are you trying to build a software that will monitor his file system? — Turtle, May 11 '18 at 07:49
have used this one some years ago: https://dzone.com/articles/how-watch-file-system-changes — Walter Kuhn, May 11 '18 at 07:51
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/io/notification.html — this_is_om_vm, May 11 '18 at 07:54

GhostCat · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-11T08:08:35.607

Simple: whenever something gets pasted, you could try to use that string as filename, and see if that works.

As outlined here for example.

In other words: if you find that some string represents a file name, then its a file. If not, then not. That would be to figure if the string denotes an existing file.

Beyond that, you could check if the string could be a valid file name. See here for that option.

And finally, if you are talking about a true file being dropped into a file system folder, then you have to learn how to create a watch service that keeps watching the file system (see here for that).

how to detect a pasting of file in JAVA

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