Why calling to Java class methods from MATLAB gives undefined variable error in R2015b

I am trying to call 'getDefaultToolkit.getSystemClipboard()' method from MATLAB after importing the required libraries:

>> import java.awt.Toolkit.* 

>> cb = getDefaultToolkit.getSystemClipboard();

However, this gives the following error in R2015b:

(This issue happens only in R2015b, the method runs without any error in R2015a and R2014a.)

    Undefined variable "getDefaultToolkit" or class "getDefaultToolkit.getSystemClipboard".

Why is this happening?

 

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

You can only import classes, not methods. Try this instead:

>> import java.awt.Toolkit

>> cb = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit.getSystemClipboard();

Calling of static methods without qualifying the class (prefixing the method with the class name followed by a dot) in previous versions may have worked but this is neither intentional, nor supported.