first version of simple clipboard API, #217

src/vs/vscode.proposed.d.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,19 @@ declare module 'vscode' {
 		export function sampleFunction(): Thenable<any>;
 	}
 
+	//#region Joh - clipboard https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/217
+
+	export interface Clipboard {
+		readText(): Promise<string>;
+		writeText(value: string): Promise<void>;
+	}
+
+	export namespace env {
+		export const clipboard: Clipboard;
+	}
+
+	//#endregion
+
 	//#region Joh - read/write in chunks
 
 	export interface FileSystemProvider {

src/vs/workbench/api/electron-browser/extensionHost.contribution.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { LanguageConfigurationFileHandler } from 'vs/workbench/parts/codeEditor/
 
 // --- mainThread participants
 import 'vs/workbench/api/node/apiCommands';
+import './mainThreadClipboard';
 import './mainThreadCommands';
 import './mainThreadConfiguration';
 import './mainThreadDebugService';

src/vs/workbench/api/electron-browser/mainThreadClipboard.ts

+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+ *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+'use strict';
+
+import { clipboard } from 'electron';
+import { extHostNamedCustomer } from 'vs/workbench/api/electron-browser/extHostCustomers';
+import { MainContext, MainThreadClipboardShape } from '../node/extHost.protocol';
+
+@extHostNamedCustomer(MainContext.MainThreadClipboard)
+export class MainThreadCommands implements MainThreadClipboardShape {
+
+	dispose(): void {
+		// nothing
+	}
+
+	$readText(): Promise<string> {
+		return Promise.resolve(clipboard.readText());
+	}
+
+	$writeText(value: string): Promise<void> {
+		clipboard.writeText(value);
+		return undefined;
+	}
+}

src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHost.api.impl.ts

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ import { ExtHostComments } from './extHostComments';
 import { ExtHostSearch } from './extHostSearch';
 import { ExtHostUrls } from './extHostUrls';
 import { localize } from 'vs/nls';
+import { ExtHostClipboard } from 'vs/workbench/api/node/extHostClipboard';
 
 export interface IExtensionApiFactory {
 	(extension: IExtensionDescription): typeof vscode;
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ export function createApiFactory(
 	rpcProtocol.assertRegistered(expected);
 
 	// Other instances
+	const extHostClipboard = new ExtHostClipboard(rpcProtocol);
 	const extHostMessageService = new ExtHostMessageService(rpcProtocol);
 	const extHostDialogs = new ExtHostDialogs(rpcProtocol);
 	const extHostStatusBar = new ExtHostStatusBar(rpcProtocol);
@@ -237,6 +239,10 @@ export function createApiFactory(
 			get onDidChangeLogLevel() {
 				checkProposedApiEnabled(extension);
 				return extHostLogService.onDidChangeLogLevel;
+			},
+			get clipboard(): vscode.Clipboard {
+				checkProposedApiEnabled(extension);
+				return extHostClipboard;
 			}
 		});
 

src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHost.protocol.ts

@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ export interface IMainContext extends IRPCProtocol {
 
 // --- main thread
 
+export interface MainThreadClipboardShape extends IDisposable {
+	$readText(): Promise<string>;
+	$writeText(value: string): Promise<void>;
+}
+
 export interface MainThreadCommandsShape extends IDisposable {
 	$registerCommand(id: string): void;
 	$unregisterCommand(id: string): void;
@@ -1014,6 +1019,7 @@ export interface ExtHostCommentsShape {
 // --- proxy identifiers
 
 export const MainContext = {
+	MainThreadClipboard: <ProxyIdentifier<MainThreadClipboardShape>>createMainId<MainThreadClipboardShape>('MainThreadClipboard'),
 	MainThreadCommands: <ProxyIdentifier<MainThreadCommandsShape>>createMainId<MainThreadCommandsShape>('MainThreadCommands'),
 	MainThreadComments: createMainId<MainThreadCommentsShape>('MainThreadComments'),
 	MainThreadConfiguration: createMainId<MainThreadConfigurationShape>('MainThreadConfiguration'),

src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostClipboard.ts

+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+ *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+'use strict';
+
+import { IMainContext, MainContext, MainThreadClipboardShape } from 'vs/workbench/api/node/extHost.protocol';
+import * as vscode from 'vscode';
+
+export class ExtHostClipboard implements vscode.Clipboard {
+
+	private readonly _proxy: MainThreadClipboardShape;
+
+	constructor(mainContext: IMainContext) {
+		this._proxy = mainContext.getProxy(MainContext.MainThreadClipboard);
+	}
+
+	readText(): Promise<string> {
+		return this._proxy.$readText();
+	}
+
+	writeText(value: string): Promise<void> {
+		return this._proxy.$writeText(value);
+	}
+}