JavaMail API 1.6.2 · javax.mail.internet.ContentType

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private ParameterList	list
private String	primaryType
private String	subType

Access	Constructor and Description
public	ContentType() No-arg Constructor.
public	ContentType(String primary type primaryType, String subType subType, ParameterList ParameterList list) Constructor.
public	ContentType(String the Content-Type string. s) Constructor that takes a Content-Type string.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
public String	Returns: the type getBaseType() Return the MIME type string, without the parameters.
public String	Returns: parameter value getParameter(String the parameter name name) Return the specified parameter value.
public ParameterList	Returns: ParameterList getParameterList() Return a ParameterList object that holds all the available parameters.
public String	Returns: the primary type getPrimaryType() Return the primary type.
public String	Returns: the subType getSubType() Return the subType.
public boolean	Returns: true if it matches match(ContentType ContentType to compare this against cType) Match with the specified ContentType object.
public boolean	Returns: true if it matches match(String the content-type string to match s) Match with the specified content-type string.
public void	setParameter(String parameter name name, String parameter value value) Set the specified parameter.
public void	setParameterList(ParameterList ParameterList list) Set a new ParameterList.
public void	setPrimaryType(String primary type primaryType) Set the primary type.
public void	setSubType(String the subType subType) Set the subType.
public String	Returns: RFC2045 style string toString() Overrides java.lang.Object.toString. Retrieve a RFC2045 style string representation of this Content-Type.

Inherited from java.lang.Object:: clone equals finalize getClass hashCode notify notifyAll wait wait wait

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private ParameterList list

primaryType	back to summary
private String primaryType

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private String subType

ContentType	back to summary
public ContentType() No-arg Constructor.

ContentType	back to summary
public ContentType(String primaryType, String subType, ParameterList list) Constructor. Parameters primaryType:String primary type subType:String subType list:ParameterList ParameterList

ContentType	back to summary
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:String the Content-Type string. Exceptions ParseException: if the parse fails.

Method Detail

getBaseType	back to summary
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:String the type

getBaseType

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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:String: the type

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public String getParameter(String name) Return the specified parameter value. Returns `null` if this parameter is absent. Parameters name:String the parameter name Returns:String parameter value

public String getParameter(String name)

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

Parameters

name:String: the parameter name

Returns:String

parameter value

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public ParameterList getParameterList() Return a ParameterList object that holds all the available parameters. Returns null if no parameters are available. Returns:ParameterList ParameterList

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public ParameterList getParameterList()

Return a ParameterList object that holds all the available parameters. Returns null if no parameters are available.

Returns:ParameterList: ParameterList

getPrimaryType	back to summary
public String getPrimaryType() Return the primary type. Returns:String the primary type

getPrimaryType

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public String getPrimaryType()

Return the primary type.

Returns:String: the primary type

getSubType	back to summary
public String getSubType() Return the subType. Returns:String the subType

getSubType

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public String getSubType()

Return the subType.

Returns:String: the subType

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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 ContentType to compare this against Returns:boolean true if it matches

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: ContentType to compare this against

Returns:boolean

true if it matches

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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/"** Parameters s:String the content-type string to match Returns:boolean true if it matches

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/*"

Parameters

s:String: the content-type string to match

Returns:boolean

true if it matches

setParameter	back to summary
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:String parameter name value:String parameter value

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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:String: parameter name
value:String: parameter value

setParameterList	back to summary
public void setParameterList(ParameterList list) Set a new ParameterList. Parameters list:ParameterList ParameterList

setParameterList

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public void setParameterList(ParameterList list)

Set a new ParameterList.

Parameters

list:ParameterList: ParameterList

setPrimaryType	back to summary
public void setPrimaryType(String primaryType) Set the primary type. Overrides existing primary type. Parameters primaryType:String primary type

setPrimaryType

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public void setPrimaryType(String primaryType)

Set the primary type. Overrides existing primary type.

Parameters

primaryType:String: primary type

setSubType	back to summary
public void setSubType(String subType) Set the subType. Replaces the existing subType. Parameters subType:String the subType

setSubType

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public void setSubType(String subType)

Set the subType. Replaces the existing subType.

Parameters

subType:String: the subType

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public String toString() Overrides java.lang.Object.toString. Retrieve a RFC2045 style string representation of this Content-Type. Returns an empty string if the conversion failed. Returns:String RFC2045 style string Annotations @Override

toString

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public String toString()

Overrides java.lang.Object.toString.

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

Returns:String

RFC2045 style string

Annotations

@Override

public Class ContentType

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