Constructor Detail

• ContentType

  public ContentType()

  No-arg Constructor.

• ContentType

  public ContentType(java.lang.String primaryType,
                     java.lang.String subType,
                     ParameterList list)

  Constructor.

  Parameters:

  primaryType - primary type

  subType - subType

  list - ParameterList

• ContentType

  public ContentType(java.lang.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 java.lang.String getPrimaryType()

  Return the primary type.

  Returns:

  the primary type

• getSubType

  public java.lang.String getSubType()

  Return the subType.

  Returns:

  the subType

• getBaseType

  public java.lang.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 java.lang.String getParameter(java.lang.String name)

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

  Parameters:

  name - the parameter name

  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(java.lang.String primaryType)

  Set the primary type. Overrides existing primary type.

  Parameters:

  primaryType - primary type

• setSubType

  public void setSubType(java.lang.String subType)

  Set the subType. Replaces the existing subType.

  Parameters:

  subType - the subType

• setParameter

  public void setParameter(java.lang.String name,
                           java.lang.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 java.lang.String toString()

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

  Overrides:

  toString in class java.lang.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

  Returns:

  true if it matches

• match

  public boolean match(java.lang.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/*"

  Parameters:

  s - the content-type string to match

  Returns:

  true if it matches