org.exoplatform.common.util
Class MediaType

java.lang.Object
  org.exoplatform.common.util.MediaType

public class MediaType
extends java.lang.Object

Created by The eXo Platform SAS Author : eXoPlatform exo@exoplatform.com Jun 25, 2010

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	MEDIA_TYPE_WILDCARD Wildcard type.
static java.lang.String	WILDCARD

Constructor Summary

MediaType(java.lang.String mediaType)
Creates an instance of specified mediatype.

MediaType(java.lang.String type, java.lang.String subtype)
Creates an instance of mediatype with specified type and subtype.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getSubtype()
java.lang.String	getType()
boolean	isCompatible(MediaType other) Check if this media type is compatible with another media type.
void	setSubtype(java.lang.String subtype)
void	setType(java.lang.String type)
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

MEDIA_TYPE_WILDCARD

public static final java.lang.String MEDIA_TYPE_WILDCARD

Wildcard type.

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Constant Field Values

WILDCARD

public static final java.lang.String WILDCARD

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

MediaType

public MediaType(java.lang.String mediaType)

Creates an instance of specified mediatype.

Parameters:

mediaType - mediatype, f.e.: text/plain

MediaType

public MediaType(java.lang.String type,
                 java.lang.String subtype)

Creates an instance of mediatype with specified type and subtype.

Parameters:

type - main type f.e. 'text' in 'text/xml'.

subtype - subtype f.e. 'xmk' in 'text/xml'.

Method Detail

getType

public java.lang.String getType()

setType

public void setType(java.lang.String type)

getSubtype

public java.lang.String getSubtype()

setSubtype

public void setSubtype(java.lang.String subtype)

isCompatible

public boolean isCompatible(MediaType other)

Check if this media type is compatible with another media type. E.g. image/* is compatible with image/jpeg, image/png, etc. Media type parameters are ignored. The function is commutative.

Parameters:

other - the media type to compare with

Returns:

true if the types are compatible, false otherwise.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object