This class provides access to the pasteboard server, which allows applications to share data with one another. A general purpose pasteboard is obtained using the class method generalPasteboard. Alternatively, clients can access one of the standard pasteboards (general, font, ruler, find, and drag), or create a private pasteboard using the class method pasteboardWithName:.

Data is read and written to a pasteboard using the methods dataForType: and setData:forType, respectively.

@interface NSPasteboard : NSObject
// Convenience Constructors
+ (NSPasteboard *)pasteboardByFilteringData:(NSData *)data ofType:(NSString *)type;
+ (NSPasteboard *)pasteboardByFilteringFile:(NSString *)filename;
+ (NSPasteboard *)pasteboardByFilteringTypesInPasteboard:(NSPasteboard *)pboard;
+ (NSPasteboard *)pasteboardWithName:(NSString *)name;
+ (NSPasteboard *)pasteboardWithUniqueName;
// Accessor Methods
- (BOOL)setString:(NSString *)string forType:(NSString *)dataType;
- (BOOL)setData:(NSData *)data forType:(NSString *)dataType;
- (BOOL)setPropertyList:(id)plist forType:(NSString *)dataType;
// Class Methods
+ (NSPasteboard *)generalPasteboard;
+ (NSArray *)typesFilterableTo:(NSString *)type;
// Instance Methods
- (NSString *)availableTypeFromArray:(NSArray *)types;
- (int)addTypes:(NSArray *)newTypes owner:(id)newOwner;
- (int)changeCount;
- (NSData *)dataForType:(NSString *)dataType;
- (int)declareTypes:(NSArray *)newTypes owner:(id)newOwner;
- (NSString *)name;
- (id)propertyListForType:(NSString *)dataType;
- (NSString *)readFileContentsType:(NSString *)type toFile:(NSString *)filename;
- (NSFileWrapper *)readFileWrapper;
- (void)releaseGlobally;
- (NSString *)stringForType:(NSString *)dataType;
- (NSArray *)types;
- (BOOL)writeFileContents:(NSString *)filename;
- (BOOL)writeFileWrapper:(NSFileWrapper *)wrapper;