Java javax.activation Class MimeType（JDK8）

Constructor Detail

• MimeType

  public MimeType()

  Default constructor.

• MimeType

  public MimeType(String rawdata)
           throws MimeTypeParseException

  Constructor that builds a MimeType from a String.

  Parameters:

  rawdata - the MIME type string

  Throws:

  MimeTypeParseException

• MimeType

  public MimeType(String primary,
                  String sub)
           throws MimeTypeParseException

  Constructor that builds a MimeType with the given primary and sub type but has an empty parameter list.

  Parameters:

  primary - the primary MIME type

  sub - the MIME sub-type

  Throws:

  MimeTypeParseException - if the primary type or subtype is not a valid token

Method Detail

• getPrimaryType

  public String getPrimaryType()

  Retrieve the primary type of this object.

  Returns:

  the primary MIME type

• setPrimaryType

  public void setPrimaryType(String primary)
                      throws MimeTypeParseException

  Set the primary type for this object to the given String.

  Parameters:

  primary - the primary MIME type

  Throws:

  MimeTypeParseException - if the primary type is not a valid token

• getSubType

  public String getSubType()

  Retrieve the subtype of this object.

  Returns:

  the MIME subtype

• setSubType

  public void setSubType(String sub)
                  throws MimeTypeParseException

  Set the subtype for this object to the given String.

  Parameters:

  sub - the MIME subtype

  Throws:

  MimeTypeParseException - if the subtype is not a valid token

• getParameters

  public MimeTypeParameterList getParameters()

  Retrieve this object's parameter list.

  Returns:

  a MimeTypeParameterList object representing the parameters

• getParameter

  public String getParameter(String name)

  Retrieve the value associated with the given name, or null if there is no current association.

  Parameters:

  name - the parameter name

  Returns:

  the paramter's value

• setParameter

  public void setParameter(String name,
                           String value)

  Set the value to be associated with the given name, replacing any previous association.

  Parameters:

  name - the parameter name

  value - the paramter's value

• removeParameter

  public void removeParameter(String name)

  Remove any value associated with the given name.

  Parameters:

  name - the parameter name

• toString

  public String toString()

  Return the String representation of this object.

  Overrides:

  toString in class Object

  Returns:

  a string representation of the object.

• getBaseType

  public String getBaseType()

  Return a String representation of this object without the parameter list.

  Returns:

  the MIME type and sub-type

• match

  public boolean match(MimeType type)

  Determine if the primary and sub type of this object is the same as what is in the given type.

  Parameters:

  type - the MimeType object to compare with

  Returns:

  true if they match

• match

  public boolean match(String rawdata)
                throws MimeTypeParseException

  Determine if the primary and sub type of this object is the same as the content type described in rawdata.

  Parameters:

  rawdata - the MIME type string to compare with

  Returns:

  true if they match

  Throws:

  MimeTypeParseException

• writeExternal

  public void writeExternal(ObjectOutput out)
                     throws IOException

  The object implements the writeExternal method to save its contents by calling the methods of DataOutput for its primitive values or calling the writeObject method of ObjectOutput for objects, strings and arrays.

  Specified by:

  writeExternal in interface Externalizable

  Parameters:

  out - the ObjectOutput object to write to

  Throws:

  IOException - Includes any I/O exceptions that may occur

• readExternal

  public void readExternal(ObjectInput in)
                    throws IOException,
                           ClassNotFoundException

  The object implements the readExternal method to restore its contents by calling the methods of DataInput for primitive types and readObject for objects, strings and arrays. The readExternal method must read the values in the same sequence and with the same types as were written by writeExternal.

  Specified by:

  readExternal in interface Externalizable

  Parameters:

  in - the ObjectInput object to read from

  Throws:

  ClassNotFoundException - If the class for an object being restored cannot be found.

  IOException - if I/O errors occur