MimeType (Apache Tika 1.4 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.tika.mime.MimeType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<MimeType>
```
public final class MimeType
extends Object
implements Comparable<MimeType>, Serializable
```
Internet media type.

See Also:
Serialized Form

Method Summary

Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`int`	`compareTo(MimeType mime)`
`boolean`	`equals(Object o)`
`String`	`getAcronym()` Returns an acronym for this mime type.
`String`	`getDescription()` Returns the description of this media type.
`String`	`getExtension()` Returns the preferred file extension of this type, or an empty string if no extensions are known.
`List<String>`	`getExtensions()` Returns the list of all known file extensions of this media type.
`List<URI>`	`getLinks()` Get a list of links to help document this mime type
`String`	`getName()` Returns the name of this media type.
`MediaType`	`getType()` Returns the normalized media type name.
`String`	`getUniformTypeIdentifier()` Get the UTI for this mime type.
`int`	`hashCode()`
`boolean`	`hasMagic()`
`static boolean`	`isValid(String name)` Checks that the given string is a valid Internet media type name based on rules from RFC 2054 section 5.3.
`boolean`	`matches(byte[] data)`
`boolean`	`matchesMagic(byte[] data)`
`void`	`setDescription(String description)` Set the description of this media type.
`String`	`toString()` Returns the name of this media type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - isValid
```
public static boolean isValid(String name)
```
    Checks that the given string is a valid Internet media type name based on rules from RFC 2054 section 5.3. For validation purposes the rules can be simplified to the following:
```
 name := token "/" token
 token := 1*<any (US-ASCII) CHAR except SPACE, CTLs, or tspecials>
 tspecials :=  "(" / ")" / "<" / ">" / "@" / "," / ";" / ":" /
               "\" / <"> / "/" / "[" / "]" / "?" / "="
 
```
    Parameters:
    name - name string
    
    Returns:
    true if the string is a valid media type name, false otherwise
  - getType
```
public MediaType getType()
```
    Returns the normalized media type name.
    
    Returns:
    media type
  - getName
```
public String getName()
```
    Returns the name of this media type.
    
    Returns:
    media type name (lower case)
  - getDescription
```
public String getDescription()
```
    Returns the description of this media type.
    
    Returns:
    media type description
  - setDescription
```
public void setDescription(String description)
```
    Set the description of this media type.
    
    Parameters:
    description - media type description
  - getAcronym
```
public String getAcronym()
```
    Returns an acronym for this mime type.
    
    Returns:
    mime type acronym
  - getUniformTypeIdentifier
```
public String getUniformTypeIdentifier()
```
    Get the UTI for this mime type.
    
    Returns:
    The Uniform Type Identifier
    See Also:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Type_Identifier
  - getLinks
```
public List<URI> getLinks()
```
    Get a list of links to help document this mime type
    
    Returns:
    an array of links (will never be null)
  - hasMagic
```
public boolean hasMagic()
```
  - matchesMagic
```
public boolean matchesMagic(byte[] data)
```
  - matches
```
public boolean matches(byte[] data)
```
  - compareTo
```
public int compareTo(MimeType mime)
```
    Specified by:
    
    compareTo in interface Comparable<MimeType>
  - equals
```
public boolean equals(Object o)
```
    Overrides:
    
    equals in class Object
  - hashCode
```
public int hashCode()
```
    Overrides:
    
    hashCode in class Object
  - toString
```
public String toString()
```
    Returns the name of this media type.
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object
    
    Returns:
    media type name
  - getExtension
```
public String getExtension()
```
    Returns the preferred file extension of this type, or an empty string if no extensions are known. Use the getExtensions() method to get the full list of known extensions of this type.
    
    Returns:
    preferred file extension or empty string
    Since:
    
    Apache Tika 0.9
  - getExtensions
```
public List<String> getExtensions()
```
    Returns the list of all known file extensions of this media type.
    
    Returns:
    known extensions in order of preference (best first)
    Since:
    
    Apache Tika 0.10

Class MimeType

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Method Detail

isValid

getType

getName

getDescription

setDescription

getAcronym

getUniformTypeIdentifier

getLinks

hasMagic

matchesMagic

matches

compareTo

equals

hashCode

toString

getExtension

getExtensions