Module jakarta.activation

Package jakarta.activation

Interface MimeTypeRegistry

public interface MimeTypeRegistry

The MimeTypeRegistry interface is implemented by objects that can be used to store and retrieve MimeTypeEntries.

Application must implement MimeTypeRegistryProvider to create new instances of the MimeTypeRegistry. Implementation of the MimeTypeRegistry can store MimeTypeEntries in different ways and that storage must be accessible through the MimeTypeRegistryProvider methods. Implementation of the MimeTypeRegistry must contain in-memory storage for MimeTypeEntries.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	appendToRegistry(String mime_types)	Appends string of entries to the types registry
MimeTypeEntry	getMimeTypeEntry(String file_ext)	get the MimeTypeEntry based on the file extension
default String	getMIMETypeString(String file_ext)	Get the MIME type string corresponding to the file extension.

Method Details

getMimeTypeEntry

MimeTypeEntry getMimeTypeEntry(String file_ext)

get the MimeTypeEntry based on the file extension

Parameters:

file_ext - the file extension

Returns:

the MimeTypeEntry

getMIMETypeString

default String getMIMETypeString(String file_ext)

Get the MIME type string corresponding to the file extension.

Parameters:

file_ext - the file extension

Returns:

the MIME type string

appendToRegistry

void appendToRegistry(String mime_types)

Appends string of entries to the types registry

Parameters:

mime_types - the mime.types string