org.apache.tika.mime
Class MimeTypes

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.tika.mime.MimeTypes

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, Detector

public final class MimeTypes
extends java.lang.Object
implements Detector, java.io.Serializable

This class is a MimeType repository. It gathers a set of MimeTypes and enables to retrieves a content-type from its name, from a file name, or from a magic character sequence.

The MIME type detection methods that take an InputStream as an argument will never reads more than getMinLength() bytes from the stream. Also the given stream is never closed, marked, or reset by the methods. Thus a client can use the mark feature of the stream (if available) to restore the stream back to the state it was before type detection if it wants to process the stream based on the detected type.

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	OCTET_STREAM Name of the root type, application/octet-stream.
static java.lang.String	PLAIN_TEXT Name of the text type, text/plain.
static java.lang.String	XML Name of the xml type, application/xml.

Constructor Summary

MimeTypes()

Method Summary

void	addPattern(MimeType type, java.lang.String pattern) Adds a file name pattern for the given media type.
void	addPattern(MimeType type, java.lang.String pattern, boolean isRegex) Adds a file name pattern for the given media type.
MediaType	detect(java.io.InputStream input, Metadata metadata) Automatically detects the MIME type of a document based on magic markers in the stream prefix and any given metadata hints.
MimeType	forName(java.lang.String name) Returns the registered media type with the given name (or alias).
static MimeTypes	getDefaultMimeTypes() Get the default MimeTypes
MediaTypeRegistry	getMediaTypeRegistry()
MimeType	getMimeType(byte[] data) Deprecated. Use the Tika.detect(byte[]) method
MimeType	getMimeType(java.io.File file) Deprecated. Use the Tika.detect(File) method
MimeType	getMimeType(java.io.InputStream stream) Deprecated. Use the Tika.detect(InputStream) method
MimeType	getMimeType(java.lang.String name) Deprecated. Use the Tika.detect(String) method
MimeType	getMimeType(java.lang.String name, byte[] data) Deprecated. Use the Tika.detect(byte[], String) method
MimeType	getMimeType(java.lang.String name, java.io.InputStream stream) Deprecated. Use the Tika.detect(InputStream,String) method
MimeType	getMimeType(java.net.URL url) Deprecated. Use the Tika.detect(URL) method
int	getMinLength() Return the minimum length of data to provide to analyzing methods based on the document's content in order to check all the known MimeTypes.
java.lang.String	getType(java.lang.String typeName, java.lang.String url, byte[] data) Deprecated. Use the Tika#detect(InputStream, Metadata)) method
java.lang.String	getType(java.net.URL url) Deprecated. Use the Tika.detect(URL) method
void	setSuperType(MimeType type, MediaType parent)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

OCTET_STREAM

public static final java.lang.String OCTET_STREAM

Name of the root type, application/octet-stream.

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Constant Field Values

PLAIN_TEXT

public static final java.lang.String PLAIN_TEXT

Name of the text type, text/plain.

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Constant Field Values

XML

public static final java.lang.String XML

Name of the xml type, application/xml.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

MimeTypes

public MimeTypes()

Method Detail

getMimeType

public MimeType getMimeType(java.io.File file)

Deprecated. Use the Tika.detect(File) method

Find the Mime Content Type of a file.

Parameters:

file - to analyze.

Returns:

the Mime Content Type of the specified file, or null if none is found.

getMimeType

public MimeType getMimeType(java.net.URL url)

Deprecated. Use the Tika.detect(URL) method

Find the Mime Content Type of a document from its URL.

Parameters:

url - of the document to analyze.

Returns:

the Mime Content Type of the specified document URL, or null if none is found.

getMimeType

public MimeType getMimeType(java.lang.String name)

Deprecated. Use the Tika.detect(String) method

Find the Mime Content Type of a document from its name. Returns application/octet-stream if no better match is found.

Parameters:

name - of the document to analyze.

Returns:

the Mime Content Type of the specified document name

getMimeType

public MimeType getMimeType(byte[] data)

Deprecated. Use the Tika.detect(byte[]) method

Returns the MIME type that best matches the given first few bytes of a document stream. Returns application/octet-stream if no better match is found.

The given byte array is expected to be at least getMinLength() long, or shorter only if the document stream itself is shorter.

Parameters:

data - first few bytes of a document stream

Returns:

matching MIME type

getMimeType

public MimeType getMimeType(java.io.InputStream stream)
                     throws java.io.IOException

Deprecated. Use the Tika.detect(InputStream) method

Returns the MIME type that best matches the first few bytes of the given document stream.

Parameters:

stream - document stream

Returns:

matching MIME type, or null if no match is found

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the stream can be read

getType

public java.lang.String getType(java.lang.String typeName,
                                java.lang.String url,
                                byte[] data)

Deprecated. Use the Tika#detect(InputStream, Metadata)) method

getType

public java.lang.String getType(java.net.URL url)
                         throws java.io.IOException

Deprecated. Use the Tika.detect(URL) method

Determines the MIME type of the resource pointed to by the specified URL. Examines the file's header, and if it cannot determine the MIME type from the header, guesses the MIME type from the URL extension (e.g. "pdf).

Parameters:

url - URL of the document

Returns:

type of the document

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the document can not be accessed

getMimeType

public MimeType getMimeType(java.lang.String name,
                            byte[] data)

Deprecated. Use the Tika.detect(byte[], String) method

Find the Mime Content Type of a document from its name and its content. The policy used to guess the Mime Content Type is:

1. Try to find the type based on the provided data.
2. If a type is found, then return it, otherwise try to find the type based on the file name

Parameters:

name - of the document to analyze.

data - are the first bytes of the document's content.

Returns:

the Mime Content Type of the specified document, or null if none is found.

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getMinLength()

getMimeType

public MimeType getMimeType(java.lang.String name,
                            java.io.InputStream stream)
                     throws java.io.IOException

Deprecated. Use the Tika.detect(InputStream,String) method

Returns the MIME type that best matches the given document name and the first few bytes of the given document stream.

Parameters:

name - document name

stream - document stream

Returns:

matching MIME type, or null if no match is found

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the stream can not be read

See Also:

getMimeType(String, byte[])

forName

public MimeType forName(java.lang.String name)
                 throws MimeTypeException

Returns the registered media type with the given name (or alias). The named media type is automatically registered (and returned) if it doesn't already exist.

Parameters:

name - media type name (case-insensitive)

Returns:

the registered media type with the given name or alias

Throws:

MimeTypeException - if the given media type name is invalid

setSuperType

public void setSuperType(MimeType type,
                         MediaType parent)

addPattern

public void addPattern(MimeType type,
                       java.lang.String pattern)
                throws MimeTypeException

Adds a file name pattern for the given media type. Assumes that the pattern being added is not a JDK standard regular expression.

Parameters:

type - media type

pattern - file name pattern

Throws:

MimeTypeException - if the pattern conflicts with existing ones

addPattern

public void addPattern(MimeType type,
                       java.lang.String pattern,
                       boolean isRegex)
                throws MimeTypeException

Adds a file name pattern for the given media type. The caller can specify whether the pattern being added is or is not a JDK standard regular expression via the isRegex parameter. If the value is set to true, then a JDK standard regex is assumed, otherwise the freedesktop glob type is assumed.

Parameters:

type - media type

pattern - file name pattern

isRegex - set to true if JDK std regexs are desired, otherwise set to false.

Throws:

MimeTypeException - if the pattern conflicts with existing ones.

getMediaTypeRegistry

public MediaTypeRegistry getMediaTypeRegistry()

getMinLength

public int getMinLength()

Return the minimum length of data to provide to analyzing methods based on the document's content in order to check all the known MimeTypes.

Returns:

the minimum length of data to provide.

See Also:

getMimeType(byte[]), getMimeType(String, byte[])

detect

public MediaType detect(java.io.InputStream input,
                        Metadata metadata)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Automatically detects the MIME type of a document based on magic markers in the stream prefix and any given metadata hints.

The given stream is expected to support marks, so that this method can reset the stream to the position it was in before this method was called.

Specified by:

detect in interface Detector

Parameters:

input - document stream, or null

metadata - metadata hints

Returns:

MIME type of the document

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the document stream could not be read

getDefaultMimeTypes

public static MimeTypes getDefaultMimeTypes()

Get the default MimeTypes

Returns:

MimeTypes

Throws:

MimeTypeException

java.io.IOException