Module jakarta.activation

Package jakarta.activation

Interface MailcapRegistry

public interface MailcapRegistry

The MailcapRegistry interface is implemented by objects that can be used to store and retrieve MailcapEntries.

Application must implement MailcapRegistryProvider to create new instances of the MailcapRegistry. Implementation of the MailcapRegistry can store MailcapEntries in different ways and that storage must be accessible through the MailcapRegistryProvider methods. Implementation of the MailcapRegistry must contain in-memory storage for MailcapEntries.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	appendToMailcap(String mail_cap)	appendToMailcap: Append to this Mailcap DB, use the mailcap format: Comment == "# comment string" Entry == "mimetype; javabeanclass" Example: # this is a comment image/gif jaf.viewers.ImageViewer
Map<String,List<String>>	getMailcapFallbackList(String mime_type)	Get the Map of fallback MailcapEntries based on the MIME type.
Map<String,List<String>>	getMailcapList(String mime_type)	Get the Map of MailcapEntries based on the MIME type.
String[]	getMimeTypes()	Return all the MIME types known to this mailcap file.
String[]	getNativeCommands(String mime_type)	Return all the native comands for the given MIME type.

Method Details

getMailcapList

Map<String,List<String>> getMailcapList(String mime_type)

Get the Map of MailcapEntries based on the MIME type.

Semantics: First check for the literal mime type, if that fails looks for wildcard <type>/\* and return that. Return the list of all that hit.

Parameters:

mime_type - the MIME type

Returns:

the map of MailcapEntries

getMailcapFallbackList

Map<String,List<String>> getMailcapFallbackList(String mime_type)

Get the Map of fallback MailcapEntries based on the MIME type.

Semantics: First check for the literal mime type, if that fails looks for wildcard <type>/\* and return that. Return the list of all that hit.

Parameters:

mime_type - the MIME type

Returns:

the map of fallback MailcapEntries

getMimeTypes

String[] getMimeTypes()

Return all the MIME types known to this mailcap file.

Returns:

a String array of the MIME types

getNativeCommands

String[] getNativeCommands(String mime_type)

Return all the native comands for the given MIME type.

Parameters:

mime_type - the MIME type

Returns:

a String array of the commands

appendToMailcap

void appendToMailcap(String mail_cap)

appendToMailcap: Append to this Mailcap DB, use the mailcap format: Comment == "# comment string" Entry == "mimetype; javabeanclass" Example: # this is a comment image/gif jaf.viewers.ImageViewer

Parameters:

mail_cap - the mailcap string