Java Activation Mimetype Check getMimeTypeForFileName(String filename)

Description

get Mime Type For File Name

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
filename	name of the file (with extension)

Return

the mime type

Declaration

public static String getMimeTypeForFileName(String filename) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import javax.activation.MimetypesFileTypeMap;

public class Main {
    private static final String GENERIC_MIME_TYPE = "application/octet-stream";
    private static final MimetypesFileTypeMap mimeTypes = new MimetypesFileTypeMap();

    /**
     * @param filename
     *            name of the file (with extension)
     * @return the mime type
     */
    public static String getMimeTypeForFileName(String filename) {
        String mimeType = mimeTypes.getContentType(filename);
        if (mimeType != null) {
            return mimeType;
        } else {
            return GENERIC_MIME_TYPE;
        }
    }
}

Related

1. getContentType(String filename)
2. getContentType(String filePath)
3. getContentTypeFromFileName(String fileName)
4. getMimeType(final String filename)
5. getMimetype(String filename)
6. init()
7. initFileTypeMap()
8. isFileImage(String fileName)
9. isImage(String fileName, boolean output)