взято с http://www.java-forums.org/java-awt-datatransfer/7...objects-through-clipboard.html

сам код далее

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard;
import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor;
import java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable;
import java.awt.datatransfer.UnsupportedFlavorException;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.io.IOException;

import javax.swing.Icon;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.TransferHandler;

public class ClipImage {

public static void main(String args[]) {

JFrame frame = new JFrame("Clip Image");
Container contentPane = frame.getContentPane();

final Clipboard clipboard = frame.getToolkit().getSystemClipboard();

Icon icon = new ImageIcon("jaeger.jpg");
final JLabel label = new JLabel(icon);
label.setTransferHandler(new ImageSelection());

JScrollPane pane = new JScrollPane(label);
contentPane.add(pane, BorderLayout.CENTER);

JButton copy = new JButton("Copy");
copy.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
TransferHandler handler = label.getTransferHandler();
handler.exportToClipboard(label, clipboard,
TransferHandler.COPY);
}
});

JButton clear = new JButton("Clear");
clear.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
label.setIcon(null);
}
});

JButton paste = new JButton("Paste");
paste.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
Transferable clipData = clipboard.getContents(clipboard);
if (clipData != null) {
if (clipData.isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor.imageFlavor)) {
TransferHandler handler = label.getTransferHandler();
handler.importData(label, clipData);
}
}
}
});

JPanel p = new JPanel();
p.add(copy);
p.add(clear);
p.add(paste);
contentPane.add(p, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
frame.setSize(300, 300);
frame.show();
}
}

class ImageSelection extends TransferHandler implements Transferable {

private static final DataFlavor flavors[] = { DataFlavor.imageFlavor };

private JLabel source;

private Image image;

public int getSourceActions(JComponent c) {
return TransferHandler.COPY;
}

public boolean canImport(JComponent comp, DataFlavor flavor[]) {
if (!(comp instanceof JLabel)) {
return false;
}
for (int i = 0, n = flavor.length; i < n; i++) {
for (int j = 0, m = flavors.length; j < m; j++) {
if (flavor[i].equals(flavors[j])) {
return true;
}
}
}
return false;
}

public Transferable createTransferable(JComponent comp) {
// Clear
source = null;
image = null;

if (comp instanceof JLabel) {
JLabel label = (JLabel) comp;
Icon icon = label.getIcon();
if (icon instanceof ImageIcon) {
image = ((ImageIcon) icon).getImage();
source = label;
return this;
}
}
return null;
}

public boolean importData(JComponent comp, Transferable t) {
if (comp instanceof JLabel) {
JLabel label = (JLabel) comp;
if (t.isDataFlavorSupported(flavors[0])) {
try {
image = (Image) t.getTransferData(flavors[0]);
ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon(image);
label.setIcon(icon);
return true;
} catch (UnsupportedFlavorException ignored) {
} catch (IOException ignored) {
}
}
}
return false;
}

// Transferable
public Object getTransferData(DataFlavor flavor) {
if (isDataFlavorSupported(flavor)) {
return image;
}
return null;
}

public DataFlavor[] getTransferDataFlavors() {
return flavors;
}

public boolean isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor flavor) {
return flavor.equals(DataFlavor.imageFlavor);
}
}