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+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2014 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * 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
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.intellij.openapi.editor;
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.components.ServiceManager;
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.TextRange;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+import java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable;
+
+/**
+ * Support for data transfer between editor and clipboard.
+ */
+public abstract class EditorCopyPasteHelper {
+  public static EditorCopyPasteHelper getInstance() {
+    return ServiceManager.getService(EditorCopyPasteHelper.class);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Copies text selected in editor to clipboard.
+   */
+  public abstract void copySelectionToClipboard(@NotNull Editor editor);
+
+  /**
+   * Pastes from clipboard into editor at caret(s) position.
+   *
+   * @return ranges of text in the document, corresponding to pasted fragments, if paste succeeds, or <code>null</code> otherwise
+   */
+  @Nullable
+  public abstract TextRange[] pasteFromClipboard(@NotNull Editor editor);
+
+  /**
+   * Pastes given Transferable instance into editor at caret(s) position.
+   *
+   * @return ranges of text in the document, corresponding to pasted fragments, if paste succeeds, or <code>null</code> otherwise
+   */
+  @Nullable
+  public abstract TextRange[] pasteTransferable(@NotNull Editor editor, @NotNull Transferable content);
+}