javax.media.protocol

Class ContentDescriptor

java.lang.Object

javax.media.protocol.ContentDescriptor

public class ContentDescriptor
extends Object

A ContentDescriptor identifies media data containers.

Version:

1.13, 98/03/28.

See Also:

SourceStream

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	CONTENT_UNKNOWN
protected String	typeName

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ContentDescriptor(String cdName) Create a content descriptor with the specified name.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getContentType() Obtain a string that represents the content-name for this descriptor.
static String	mimeTypeToPackageName(String mimeType) Map a MIME content-type to an equivalent string of class-name components.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

CONTENT_UNKNOWN

public static final String CONTENT_UNKNOWN

See Also:

Constant Field Values

typeName

protected String typeName

Constructor Detail

ContentDescriptor

public ContentDescriptor(String cdName)

Create a content descriptor with the specified name.

To create a ContentDescriptor from a MIME type, use the mimeTypeToPackageName static member.

Parameters:

cdName - The name of the content-type.

Method Detail

getContentType

public String getContentType()

Obtain a string that represents the content-name for this descriptor.

Returns:

The content-type name.

mimeTypeToPackageName

public static final String mimeTypeToPackageName(String mimeType)

Map a MIME content-type to an equivalent string of class-name components.

The MIME type is mapped to a string by:

1. Replacing all slashes with a period.
2. Converting all alphabetic characters to lower case.
3. Converting all non-alpha-numeric characters other than periods to underscores (_).

For example, "text/html" would be converted to "text.html"

Parameters:

mimeType - The MIME type to map to a string.