se.entra.phantom.server.http

Class MimeTypes

java.lang.Object

se.entra.phantom.server.http.MimeTypes

public class MimeTypes
extends Object

This class controls what Internet media types are sent to the client for given file extension(s). Sending the correct media type to the client is important so they know how to handle the content of the file.

Extra types are added in the "mimetype.ini" file in the Server directory.

For more information about Internet media types, please read RFC 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, and 2077. The Internet media type registry is at "ftp://ftp.iana.org/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/".

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	HTML_DOCUMENT_MIME_TYPE The HTML document MIME type ("text/html").
static String	HTML_FORM_REPLY_MIME_TYPE The HTML form MIME type.
static String	JNLP_DOCUMENT_MIME_TYPE The JNLP document MIME type ("application/x-java-jnlp-file").
static String	XML_DOCUMENT_MIME_TYPE The XML document MIME type ("text/xml").

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MimeTypes() Creates the Mime Type class instance used by the web server.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getMimeType(String fileExtension) Gets the MIME type for a file extension.
static boolean	isFormReply(String mimeType) Checks if a type is a form reply, i.e.
boolean	isHTML(String fileExtension) Checks if a file extension is of HTML type.
boolean	isXML(String fileExtension) Checks if a file extension is of XML type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

HTML_DOCUMENT_MIME_TYPE

public static final String HTML_DOCUMENT_MIME_TYPE

The HTML document MIME type ("text/html").

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Constant Field Values

XML_DOCUMENT_MIME_TYPE

public static final String XML_DOCUMENT_MIME_TYPE

The XML document MIME type ("text/xml").

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Constant Field Values

JNLP_DOCUMENT_MIME_TYPE

public static final String JNLP_DOCUMENT_MIME_TYPE

The JNLP document MIME type ("application/x-java-jnlp-file").

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Constant Field Values

HTML_FORM_REPLY_MIME_TYPE

public static final String HTML_FORM_REPLY_MIME_TYPE

The HTML form MIME type. This type is normally sent from browsers in a POST reply from a HTML form. Each field in the answer is separated by "&" character and the content is encoded using java.net.URLEncoder.encode method, decoded with the InternetCharacterConversion.urlDecode method.

See Also:

InternetCharacterConversion.urlDecode(java.lang.String), Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

MimeTypes

public MimeTypes()
          throws IOException

Creates the Mime Type class instance used by the web server.

Throws:

IOException - if the MIME type table "mimetype.ini" cannot be loaded.

Method Detail

isFormReply

public static boolean isFormReply(String mimeType)

Checks if a type is a form reply, i.e. if it is equal to "application/x-www-form-urlencoded". The case does not matter.

getMimeType

public String getMimeType(String fileExtension)

Gets the MIME type for a file extension. If the file extension is null of the file extension is not found, the default "text/plain" is assumed.

isHTML

public boolean isHTML(String fileExtension)

Checks if a file extension is of HTML type.

isXML

public boolean isXML(String fileExtension)

Checks if a file extension is of XML type. This will include XML and JNLP mime types.