Class MailcapCommandMap

java.lang.Object
- javax.activation.CommandMap
- - javax.activation.MailcapCommandMap

public class MailcapCommandMap

extends CommandMap

Implementation of a command map using a mailcap file (RFC 1524). Mailcap files are searched for in the following places:

Programmatically added entries to this interface
the file .mailcap in the user's home directory
the file <java.home>/lib/mailcap
the resource META-INF/mailcap
the resource META-INF/mailcap.default in the JAF distribution

Constructor Summary

MailcapCommandMap(): Default constructor.

MailcapCommandMap(InputStream is): Constructor specifying an input stream.

MailcapCommandMap(String fileName): Constructor specifying a filename.

Method Summary

void

addMailcap(String mail_cap): Adds entries programmatically to the registry.

DataContentHandler

createDataContentHandler(String mimeType): Returns the DCH for the specified MIME type.

CommandInfo[]

getAllCommands(String mimeType): Returns all commands for the given MIME type.

CommandInfo

getCommand(String mimeType, String cmdName): Returns the command with the specified name for the given MIME type.

String[]

getNativeCommands(String mimeType): Get the native commands for the given MIME type.

CommandInfo[]

getPreferredCommands(String mimeType): Returns the list of preferred commands for a given MIME type.

Methods inherited from class javax.activation.CommandMap

createDataContentHandler, createDataContentHandler, getAllCommands, getAllCommands, getCommand, getCommand, getDefaultCommandMap, getMimeTypes, getPreferredCommands, getPreferredCommands, setDefaultCommandMap

Constructor Details

MailcapCommandMap

public MailcapCommandMap()

Default constructor.

MailcapCommandMap

public MailcapCommandMap(InputStream is)

Constructor specifying an input stream.
Parameters:
is - the input stream to read mailcap entries from

MailcapCommandMap

public MailcapCommandMap(String fileName)
 throws IOException

Constructor specifying a filename.
Parameters:
fileName - the name of the file to read mailcap entries from

Method Details

addMailcap

public void addMailcap(String mail_cap)

Adds entries programmatically to the registry.
Parameters:
mail_cap - a mailcap string

createDataContentHandler

public DataContentHandler createDataContentHandler(String mimeType)

Returns the DCH for the specified MIME type.
Overrides:
createDataContentHandler in interface CommandMap
Parameters:
mimeType - the MIME type

getAllCommands

public CommandInfo[] getAllCommands(String mimeType)

Returns all commands for the given MIME type.
Overrides:
getAllCommands in interface CommandMap
Parameters:
mimeType - the MIME type

getCommand

public CommandInfo getCommand(String mimeType,
 String cmdName)

Returns the command with the specified name for the given MIME type.
Overrides:
getCommand in interface CommandMap
Parameters:
mimeType - the MIME type
cmdName - the command verb

getNativeCommands

public String[] getNativeCommands(String mimeType)

Get the native commands for the given MIME type. Returns an array of strings where each string is an entire mailcap file entry. The application will need to parse the entry to extract the actual command as well as any attributes it needs. See RFC 1524 for details of the mailcap entry syntax. Only mailcap entries that specify a view command for the specified MIME type are returned.
Returns:
array of native command entries
Since:
JAF 1.1

getPreferredCommands

public CommandInfo[] getPreferredCommands(String mimeType)

Returns the list of preferred commands for a given MIME type.
Overrides:
getPreferredCommands in interface CommandMap
Parameters:
mimeType - the MIME type

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