Java Activation Mimetype Check equal(String string1, String string2)

Description

Returns true if the given MIME type strings are considered equivalent because their types and subtypes match (parameters are not considered in the comparison).

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
string1	The first MIME type string to be compare.
string2	The second MIME type string to be compared.

Exception

Parameter	Description
MimeTypeParseException	If either of the MIME type strings are malformed.

Return

True if the two MIME type strings are considered equal, otherwise false.

Declaration

public static boolean equal(String string1, String string2) throws MimeTypeParseException

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*w w w . j a  va 2  s .  co m*/
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 * Copyright (c) 2015 Lachlan Dowding
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import javax.activation.MimeType;

import javax.activation.MimeTypeParseException;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns true if the given MIME type strings are considered equivalent because their types and subtypes match
     * (parameters are not considered in the comparison).
     *
     * @param string1 The first MIME type string to be compare.
     * @param string2 The second MIME type string to be compared.
     * @return True if the two MIME type strings are considered equal, otherwise false.
     * @throws MimeTypeParseException If either of the MIME type strings are malformed.
     */
    public static boolean equal(String string1, String string2) throws MimeTypeParseException {
        if (string1 == null && string2 == null)
            return true;
        if (string1 == null || string2 == null)
            return false;

        MimeType mimeType1 = new MimeType(string1);
        MimeType mimeType2 = new MimeType(string2);

        return mimeType1.match(mimeType2);
    }
}