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 Detail

      • 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