org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.repository

Interface MimeRegistry

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultMimeRegistry

public interface MimeRegistry

The MimeRegistry encodes content-type information and allows to detect or query the file type of a given content item. It also assists in naming files by providing a default suffix for a given mime-type.

Author:

Thomas Morgner

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getMimeType(ContentItem item) Queries the mime-type for a given content-item.
java.lang.String	getSuffix(java.lang.String mimeType) Returns the default suffix for files with the given content type.

Method Detail

getMimeType

java.lang.String getMimeType(ContentItem item)

Queries the mime-type for a given content-item. Some repositories store mime-type information along with the content data, while others might resort to heuristics based on the filename or actual data stored in the item.

Parameters:

item - the content item for which Mime-Data should be queried.

Returns:

the mime-type never null.

getSuffix

java.lang.String getSuffix(java.lang.String mimeType)

Returns the default suffix for files with the given content type.

Parameters:

mimeType - the mime-type for which a suffix is queried.

Returns:

the suffix, never null.