MimeTypeMapper.h

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// $Header: /cvsroot/acdk/acdk/acdk_net/src/acdk/net/MimeTypeMapper.h,v 1.10 2005/04/30 14:06:54 kommer Exp $
#ifndef acdk_net_MimeTypeMapper_h
#define acdk_net_MimeTypeMapper_h

#include "net.h"
#include <acdk/util/HashMap.h>
#include "FileNameMap.h"

namespace acdk {
namespace net {

using namespace acdk::lang;
using namespace acdk::util;

ACDK_DECL_CLASS(MimeTypeMapper);

class ACDK_NET_PUBLIC MimeTypeMapper
: extends acdk::lang::Object,
  implements FileNameMap
  
{
  ACDK_WITH_METAINFO(MimeTypeMapper)
protected:

/**
  * This array of strings is used to identify a MIME type based on a file 
  * extension.  This is list is based on the Apache mime.types file.
  */
  foreign static char* mime_strings[][2];
private:
/**
  * The MIME types above are put into this Hashtable for faster lookup.
  */
  static RHashMap __mime_types;
  static RHashMap mime_types();
public:

  MimeTypeMapper()
    : acdk::lang::Object()
  {
  }

/**
  * The method returns the MIME type of the filename passed as an argument.
  * The value returned is based on the extension of the filename.  The 
  * default content type returned if this method cannot determine the
  * actual content type is "
  *
  * @param filename The name of the file to return the MIME type for
  *
  * @return The MIME type
  */

  virtual RString getContentTypeFor(IN(RString) filename);
};

} // namespace acdk
} // namespace net
#endif //acdk_net_MimeTypeMapper_h