Package 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.

  • Constructor Details

    • 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 Details

    • 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/*"