org.mycore.datamodel.ifs
Class MCRFileContentType

java.lang.Object
  org.mycore.datamodel.ifs.MCRFileContentType

public class MCRFileContentType
extends Object

Instances of this class represent information about the content type of a file.

Author:

Frank Lützenkirchen

Field Summary

protected String	ID The unique ID of this file content type
protected String	label The label of this file content type
protected String	mimeType The MIME type used to deliver this file type to a client browser
protected String	url The URL where information such as a plug-in download page can be found

Constructor Summary

MCRFileContentType(String ID, String label, String url, String mimeType)
Constructs a new file content type instance.

Method Summary

String	getID() Returns the unique ID of this file content type
String	getLabel() Returns the label of this file content type
String	getMimeType() Returns the MIME type used to deliver this file type to a client browser.
String	getURL() Returns the URL where additional information like a plug-in download page can be found
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ID

protected String ID

The unique ID of this file content type

label

protected String label

The label of this file content type

url

protected String url

The URL where information such as a plug-in download page can be found

mimeType

protected String mimeType

The MIME type used to deliver this file type to a client browser

Constructor Detail

MCRFileContentType

MCRFileContentType(String ID,
                   String label,
                   String url,
                   String mimeType)

Constructs a new file content type instance. The list of known file content types is defined in an XML file that is specified in the property MCR.IFS.FileContentTypes.DefinitionFile, and that file is searched in the CLASSPATH directories or JAR files and parsed by MCRFileContentTypeFactory.

Parameters:

ID - the unique content type ID

label - the label of this content type

url - the url where information like a plug-in can be found

mimeType - the MIME type used for this content type

See Also:

MCRFileContentTypeFactory

Method Detail

getID

public String getID()

Returns the unique ID of this file content type

Returns:

the unique ID of this file content type

getLabel

public String getLabel()

Returns the label of this file content type

Returns:

the label of this file content type

getMimeType

public String getMimeType()

Returns the MIME type used to deliver this file type to a client browser. If no MIME type is set, the default type "application/octet-stream" for binary content is returned.

Returns:

the MIME type used to deliver this file type to a client browser

getURL

public String getURL()

Returns the URL where additional information like a plug-in download page can be found

Returns:

the URL of additional information, or null

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object