org.dmfs.httpessentials.types

Interface MediaType

All Superinterfaces:

Parametrized

public interface MediaType
extends Parametrized

Interface of media types as defined in RFC 2045, Section 5 and RFC 7231, Section 3.1.1.1

By contract MediaTypes are equal if their main and subtype are equal (using case-insensitive comparison). So parameters like charset are not taken into account for comparison. Also Object.hashCode() must return a values that's computed as

 
 return type().toLower(Locale.ENGLISH).hashCode()*31 + subType.toLower(Locale.ENGLISH).hashCode();
 
 

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	charset(java.lang.String defaultCharset) Returns the value of the charset parameter of this content type.
java.lang.String	mainType() Returns the main type.
java.lang.String	subType() Returns the sub-type of this content type.
java.lang.String	type() Returns the content type in the form <maintype>/<subtype>.

Methods inherited from interface org.dmfs.httpessentials.parameters.Parametrized

firstParameter, hasParameter, parameters

Method Detail

type

java.lang.String type()

Returns the content type in the form <maintype>/<subtype>.

Returns:

The content type.

mainType

java.lang.String mainType()

Returns the main type.

Returns:

The main type.

subType

java.lang.String subType()

Returns the sub-type of this content type.

Returns:

The sub-type.

charset

java.lang.String charset(java.lang.String defaultCharset)

Returns the value of the charset parameter of this content type.

Parameters:

defaultCharset - The charset to return if no charset parameter is present.

Returns:

The charset of defaultCharset