javax.mail.internet

Class ContentType

java.lang.Object

javax.mail.internet.ContentType

public class ContentType
extends 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.

Author:

John Mani

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ContentType() No-arg Constructor.
ContentType(String s) Constructor that takes a Content-Type string.
ContentType(String primaryType, String subType, ParameterList list) Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getBaseType() Return the MIME type string, without the parameters.
String	getParameter(String name) Return the specified parameter value.
ParameterList	getParameterList() Return a ParameterList object that holds all the available parameters.
String	getPrimaryType() Return the primary type.
String	getSubType() Return the subType.
boolean	match(ContentType cType) Match with the specified ContentType object.
boolean	match(String s) Match with the specified content-type string.
void	setParameter(String name, String value) Set the specified parameter.
void	setParameterList(ParameterList list) Set a new ParameterList.
void	setPrimaryType(String primaryType) Set the primary type.
void	setSubType(String subType) Set the subType.
String	toString() Retrieve a RFC2045 style string representation of this Content-Type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ContentType

public ContentType()

No-arg Constructor.

ContentType

public ContentType(String primaryType,
                   String subType,
                   ParameterList list)

Constructor.

Parameters:

primaryType - primary type

subType - subType

list - ParameterList

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.

Parameters:

s - the Content-Type string.

Throws:

ParseException - if the parse fails.

Method Detail

getPrimaryType

public String getPrimaryType()

Return the primary type.

Returns:

the primary type

getSubType

public String getSubType()

Return the subType.

Returns:

the subType

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.

Returns:

the type

getParameter

public String getParameter(String name)

Return the specified parameter value. Returns null if this parameter is absent.

Returns:

parameter value

getParameterList

public ParameterList getParameterList()

Return a ParameterList object that holds all the available parameters. Returns null if no parameters are available.

Returns:

ParameterList

setPrimaryType

public void setPrimaryType(String primaryType)

Set the primary type. Overrides existing primary type.

Parameters:

primaryType - primary type

setSubType

public void setSubType(String subType)

Set the subType. Replaces the existing subType.

Parameters:

subType - the subType

setParameter

public void setParameter(String name,
                         String value)

Set the specified parameter. If this parameter already exists, it is replaced by this new value.

Parameters:

name - parameter name

value - parameter value

setParameterList

public void setParameterList(ParameterList list)

Set a new ParameterList.

Parameters:

list - ParameterList

toString

public String toString()

Retrieve a RFC2045 style string representation of this Content-Type. Returns an empty string if the conversion failed.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

RFC2045 style string

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/*"

Parameters:

cType - ContentType to compare this against

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/*"