Package adams.core.net

Class MimeTypeHelper

java.lang.Object

adams.core.net.MimeTypeHelper

public class MimeTypeHelper
extends Object

Helper class for mime types.

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static String	MIMETYPE_APPLICATION_OCTETSTREAM	mime type: application/octet-stream.
static String	MIMETYPE_PLAIN_TEXT	mime type: plain/text.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MimeTypeHelper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static org.apache.tika.mime.MediaType	getMimeType(File file)	Tries to determine the MIME type of a file by checking its magic bytes.
static org.apache.tika.mime.MediaType	getMimeType(String filename)	Tries to determine the MIME type of a file by checking its magic bytes.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

MIMETYPE_APPLICATION_OCTETSTREAM

public static final String MIMETYPE_APPLICATION_OCTETSTREAM

mime type: application/octet-stream.

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Constant Field Values

MIMETYPE_PLAIN_TEXT

public static final String MIMETYPE_PLAIN_TEXT

mime type: plain/text.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

MimeTypeHelper

public MimeTypeHelper()

Method Detail

getMimeType

public static org.apache.tika.mime.MediaType getMimeType(File file)

Tries to determine the MIME type of a file by checking its magic bytes. Taken from here: http://stackoverflow.com/a/16626396.

Parameters:

file - the file to check

Returns:

the MIME type, MediaType.OCTET_STREAM if it fails

getMimeType

public static org.apache.tika.mime.MediaType getMimeType(String filename)

Tries to determine the MIME type of a file by checking its magic bytes. Taken from here: http://stackoverflow.com/a/16626396.

Parameters:

filename - the file to check

Returns:

the MIME type, MediaType.OCTET_STREAM if it fails