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+// Copyright 2016 Avraham Weinstock
+//
+// 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.
+
+use std::error::Error;
+
+// TODO: come up with some platform-agnostic API for richer types
+/// Trait for clipboard access
+pub trait ClipboardProvider: Send {
+    /// Method to get the clipboard contents as a String
+    fn get_contents(&mut self) -> Result<String, Box<dyn Error>>;
+    /// Method to set the clipboard contents as a String
+    fn set_contents(&mut self, String) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>>;
+}