Package org.apache.http.entity.mime.content

Interface ContentDescriptor

    • Method Detail

      • getMimeType

        String getMimeType()
        Returns the body descriptors MIME type.
        Returns:
        The MIME type, which has been parsed from the content-type definition. Must not be null, but "text/plain", if no content-type was specified.
        See Also:
        getMediaType(), getSubType()

      • getMediaType

        String getMediaType()
        Gets the defaulted MIME media type for this content. For example TEXT, IMAGE, MULTIPART
        Returns:
        the MIME media type when content-type specified, otherwise the correct default (TEXT)
        See Also:
        getMimeType()

      • getSubType

        String getSubType()
        Gets the defaulted MIME sub type for this content.
        Returns:
        the MIME media type when content-type is specified, otherwise the correct default (PLAIN)
        See Also:
        getMimeType()

      • getCharset

        String getCharset()

        The body descriptors character set, defaulted appropriately for the MIME type.

        For TEXT types, this will be defaulted to us-ascii. For other types, when the charset parameter is missing this property will be null.

        Returns:
        Character set, which has been parsed from the content-type definition. Not null for TEXT types, when unset will be set to default us-ascii. For other types, when unset, null will be returned.

      • getTransferEncoding

        String getTransferEncoding()
        Returns the body descriptors transfer encoding.
        Returns:
        The transfer encoding. Must not be null, but "7bit", if no transfer-encoding was specified.

      • getContentLength

        long getContentLength()
        Returns the body descriptors content-length.
        Returns:
        Content length, if known, or -1, to indicate the absence of a content-length header.