Module jakarta.activation
Package jakarta.activation

Interface MailcapRegistry

All Known Implementing Classes:
MailcapFile
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 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