Fix various copy to clipboard issues

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ We refer to [GitHub issues](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues) by using `#
 - We fixed an exception which occured when trying to open a non existing file from the "Recent files"-menu [#5334](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/5334)
 - The context menu for fields in the entry editor is back. [#5254](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/5254)
 - We fixed an exception which occurred when trying to open a non existing file from the "Recent files"-menu [#5334](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/5334)
+- We fixed various issues (including [#5263](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/5263)) related to copying entries to the clipboard
 
 ### Removed
 

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/exporter/ExportToClipboardAction.java

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@
 import org.jabref.gui.util.BackgroundTask;
 import org.jabref.logic.exporter.Exporter;
 import org.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization;
+import org.jabref.logic.util.FileType;
 import org.jabref.logic.util.OS;
 import org.jabref.model.entry.BibEntry;
 import org.jabref.preferences.JabRefPreferences;
@@ -31,6 +33,9 @@ public class ExportToClipboardAction extends SimpleCommand {
 
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ExportToClipboardAction.class);
 
+    // Only text based exporters can be used
+    private static final List<String> SUPPORTED_FILETYPES = Arrays.asList("txt", "rtf", "rdf", "xml", "html", "htm", "csv", "ris");
+
     private JabRefFrame frame;
     private final DialogService dialogService;
     private BasePanel panel;
@@ -59,6 +64,7 @@ public void execute() {
 
         List<Exporter> exporters = Globals.exportFactory.getExporters().stream()
                                                         .sorted(Comparator.comparing(Exporter::getName))
+                                                        .filter(exporter -> SUPPORTED_FILETYPES.containsAll(exporter.getFileType().getExtensions()))
                                                         .collect(Collectors.toList());
 
         //Find default choice, if any
@@ -73,10 +79,9 @@ public void execute() {
         selectedExporter.ifPresent(exporter -> BackgroundTask.wrap(() -> exportToClipboard(exporter))
                                                              .onSuccess(this::setContentToClipboard)
                                                              .executeWith(Globals.TASK_EXECUTOR));
-
     }
 
-    private String exportToClipboard(Exporter exporter) {
+    private ExportResult exportToClipboard(Exporter exporter) throws Exception {
         // Set the global variable for this database's file directory before exporting,
         // so formatters can resolve linked files correctly.
         // (This is an ugly hack!)
@@ -102,7 +107,7 @@ private String exportToClipboard(Exporter exporter) {
                             entries);
             // Read the file and put the contents on the clipboard:
 
-            return readFileToString(tmp);
+            return new ExportResult(readFileToString(tmp), exporter.getFileType());
         } catch (Exception e) {
             LOGGER.error("Error exporting to clipboard", e);
         } finally {
@@ -115,12 +120,20 @@ private String exportToClipboard(Exporter exporter) {
                 }
             }
         }
-        return "";
+        throw new Exception("export failed.");
     }
 
-    private void setContentToClipboard(String content) {
+    private void setContentToClipboard(ExportResult result) {
         ClipboardContent clipboardContent = new ClipboardContent();
-        clipboardContent.putRtf(content);
+        List<String> extensions = result.fileType.getExtensions();
+        if (extensions.contains("html")) {
+            clipboardContent.putHtml(result.content);
+        } else if (extensions.contains("rtf")) {
+            clipboardContent.putRtf(result.content);
+        } else if (extensions.contains("rdf")) {
+            clipboardContent.putRtf(result.content);
+        }
+        clipboardContent.putString(result.content);
         Globals.clipboardManager.setContent(clipboardContent);
 
         dialogService.notify(Localization.lang("Entries exported to clipboard") + ": " + entries.size());
@@ -135,4 +148,14 @@ private String readFileToString(Path tmp) throws IOException {
             return reader.lines().collect(Collectors.joining(OS.NEWLINE));
         }
     }
+
+    private class ExportResult {
+        final String content;
+        final FileType fileType;
+
+        ExportResult(String content, FileType fileType) {
+            this.content = content;
+            this.fileType = fileType;
+        }
+    }
 }

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preview/CitationStyleToClipboardWorker.java

@@ -87,8 +87,11 @@ private List<String> generateCitations() throws IOException {
      * Generates a plain text string out of the preview and copies it additionally to the html to the clipboard
      * (WYSIWYG Editors use the HTML, plain text editors the text)
      */
-    protected static String processPreview(List<String> citations) {
-        return String.join(CitationStyleOutputFormat.HTML.getLineSeparator(), citations);
+    protected static ClipboardContent processPreview(List<String> citations) {
+        ClipboardContent content = new ClipboardContent();
+        content.putHtml(String.join(CitationStyleOutputFormat.HTML.getLineSeparator(), citations));
+        content.putString(String.join(CitationStyleOutputFormat.HTML.getLineSeparator(), citations));
+        return content;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -108,6 +111,7 @@ protected static ClipboardContent processRtf(List<String> citations) {
                         String.join(CitationStyleOutputFormat.RTF.getLineSeparator(), citations) +
                         "}";
         ClipboardContent content = new ClipboardContent();
+        content.putString(result);
         content.putRtf(result);
         return content;
     }
@@ -134,6 +138,7 @@ protected static ClipboardContent processXslFo(List<String> citations) {
                   "</fo:root>" + OS.NEWLINE;
 
         ClipboardContent content = new ClipboardContent();
+        content.putString(result);
         content.put(ClipBoardManager.XML, result);
         return content;
     }
@@ -155,14 +160,15 @@ protected static ClipboardContent processHtml(List<String> citations) {
                   "</html>" + OS.NEWLINE;
 
         ClipboardContent content = new ClipboardContent();
+        content.putString(result);
         content.putHtml(result);
         return content;
     }
 
     private void setClipBoardContent(List<String> citations) {
         // if it's not a citation style take care of the preview
         if (!(style instanceof  CitationStylePreviewLayout)) {
-            clipBoardManager.setHtmlContent(processPreview(citations));
+            clipBoardManager.setContent(processPreview(citations));
         } else {
             // if it's generated by a citation style take care of each output format
             ClipboardContent content;

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preview/PreviewViewer.java

@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
-import org.w3c.dom.Element;
-import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
 
 /**
  * Displays an BibEntry using the given layout format.
@@ -175,16 +173,8 @@ public void copyPreviewToClipBoard() {
         StringBuilder previewStringContent = new StringBuilder();
         Document document = previewView.getEngine().getDocument();
 
-        NodeList nodeList = document.getElementsByTagName("html");
-
-        //Nodelist does not implement iterable
-        for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {
-            Element element = (Element) nodeList.item(i);
-            previewStringContent.append(element.getTextContent());
-        }
-
         ClipboardContent content = new ClipboardContent();
-        content.putString(previewStringContent.toString());
+        content.putString(document.getElementById("content").getTextContent());
         content.putHtml((String) previewView.getEngine().executeScript("document.documentElement.outerHTML"));
 
         clipBoardManager.setContent(content);

src/test/java/org/jabref/gui/preview/CitationStyleToClipboardWorkerTest.java

@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ void processPreviewText() throws Exception {
                 OS.NEWLINE +
                 "Abstract:  This entry describes a test scenario which may be useful in JabRef. By providing a test entry it is possible to see how certain things will look in this graphical BIB-file mananger. ";
 
-        String actual = CitationStyleToClipboardWorker.processPreview(Arrays.asList(citation, citation));
+        ClipboardContent clipboardContent = CitationStyleToClipboardWorker.processPreview(Arrays.asList(citation, citation));
+        String actual = clipboardContent.getString();
 
         assertEquals(expected, actual);
     }
@@ -91,8 +92,8 @@ void processPreviewHtml() throws Exception {
                 "</dd>" + OS.NEWLINE +
                 "<p></p></font>";
 
-        String actual = CitationStyleToClipboardWorker.processPreview(Arrays.asList(citation, citation));
-
+        ClipboardContent clipboardContent = CitationStyleToClipboardWorker.processPreview(Arrays.asList(citation, citation));
+        String actual = clipboardContent.getString();
         assertEquals(expected, actual);
     }