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Class MimetypesFileTypeMap

public class MimetypesFileTypeMap
extends FileTypeMap
Implementation of FileTypeMap that uses the mime.types format. File entries are searched for in the following locations and order:
  1. Programmatically added entries to this instance
  2. The file .mime.types in the user's home directory
  3. The file <java.home>/lib/mime.types
  4. The resource META-INF/mime.types
  5. The resource META-INF/mimetypes.default in the JAF distribution

Constructor Summary

MimetypesFileTypeMap()
Default constructor.
MimetypesFileTypeMap(InputStream is)
Constructor specifying an input stream.
MimetypesFileTypeMap(String mimeTypeFileName)
Constructor specifying a filename.

Method Summary

void
addMimeTypes(String mime_types)
Adds entries prorammatically to the registry.
String
getContentType(File f)
Returns the MIME content type of the file.
String
getContentType(String filename)
Returns the MIME type based on the given filename.

Methods inherited from class javax.activation.FileTypeMap

getContentType, getContentType, getDefaultFileTypeMap, setDefaultFileTypeMap

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, extends Object> getClass, finalize, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

MimetypesFileTypeMap

public MimetypesFileTypeMap()
Default constructor.

MimetypesFileTypeMap

public MimetypesFileTypeMap(InputStream is)
Constructor specifying an input stream.
Parameters:
is - the input stream to read mime.types entries from

MimetypesFileTypeMap

public MimetypesFileTypeMap(String mimeTypeFileName)
            throws IOException
Constructor specifying a filename.
Parameters:
mimeTypeFileName - the name of the file to read mime.types entries from

Method Details

addMimeTypes

public void addMimeTypes(String mime_types)
Adds entries prorammatically to the registry.
Parameters:
mime_types - a mime.types formatted entries string

getContentType

public String getContentType(File f)
Returns the MIME content type of the file. This calls getContentType(f.getName()).
Overrides:
getContentType in interface FileTypeMap
Parameters:
f - the file

getContentType

public String getContentType(String filename)
Returns the MIME type based on the given filename. If no entry is found, returns "application/octet-stream".
Overrides:
getContentType in interface FileTypeMap
Parameters:
filename - the filename
MimeTypesFileTypeMap.java -- A file type map using mime.types. Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of GNU Classpath. GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole combination. As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend this exception to your version of the library, but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your version.

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