javax.mail.internet
Class ContentType
java.lang.Objectjavax.mail.internet.ContentType
public class ContentType
extends java.lang.Object
This class represents a MIME Content-Type value.
It provides methods to parse a Content-Type string into individual
components and to generate a MIME style Content-Type string.
ContentType
public ContentType()
No-arg Constructor.
ContentType
public ContentType(String s)
throws ParseException Constructor that takes a Content-Type string.
The String is parsed into its constituents: primaryType, subType and
parameters. A ParseException is thrown if the parse fails.
s - the Content-Type string.
ParseException - if the parse fails.
ContentType
public ContentType(String primaryType,
String subType,
ParameterList list) Constructor.
primaryType - the primary typesubType - the subtypelist - the list of additional parameters
getBaseType
public String getBaseType()
Return the MIME type string, without the parameters.
The returned value is basically the concatenation of the primaryType,
the '/' character and the secondaryType.
getParameter
public String getParameter(String name)
Return the specified parameter value.
Returns null if this parameter is absent.
getParameterList
public ParameterList getParameterList()
Return a ParameterList object that holds all the available parameters.
Returns null if no parameters are available.
getPrimaryType
public String getPrimaryType()
Return the primary type.
getSubType
public String getSubType()
Return the subtype.
match
public boolean match(String s)
Match with the specified content-type string.
This method compares only the primaryType and subType.
The parameters of both operands are ignored.
For example, this method will return true when comparing the
ContentType for "text/plain" with "text/plain; charset=foobar".
If the subType of either operand is the special character '*', then
the subtype is ignored during the match.
For example, this method will return true when comparing the
ContentType for "text/plain" with "text/*"
s - the string representation of the content type to match
match
public boolean match(ContentType cType)
Match with the specified ContentType object.
This method compares only the primaryType and subType.
The parameters of both operands are ignored.
For example, this method will return true when comparing the
ContentTypes for "text/plain" and "text/plain; charset=foobar".
If the subType of either operand is the special character '*', then
the subtype is ignored during the match.
For example, this method will return true when comparing the
ContentTypes for "text/plain" and "text/*"
cType - the content type to compare this against
setParameter
public void setParameter(String name,
String value) Set the specified parameter.
If this parameter already exists, it is replaced by this new value.
name - the parameter namevalue - the parameter value
setParameterList
public void setParameterList(ParameterList list)
Set a new parameter list.
list - the Parameter list
setPrimaryType
public void setPrimaryType(String primaryType)
Set the primary type.
Overrides existing primary type.
primaryType - the primary type
setSubType
public void setSubType(String subType)
Set the subtype.
Overrides existing subtype
toString
public String toString()
Retrieve a RFC2045 style string representation of this Content-Type.
Returns null if the conversion failed.
- RFC2045 style string