FileNameMap.java revision fdb2704414a9ed92394ada0d1395e4db86889465 
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17
18package java.net;
19
20/**
21 * Defines a scheme for mapping a filename type to a MIME content type. Mainly
22 * used by <code>URLStreamHandler</code> for determining the right content
23 * handler to handle the resource.
24 *
25 * @see ContentHandler
26 * @see URLConnection#getFileNameMap()
27 * @see URLConnection#guessContentTypeFromName(String)
28 * @see URLStreamHandler
29 */
30public interface FileNameMap {
31
32    /**
33     * Determines the MIME types for a file <code>fileName</code> of a
34     * <code>URL</code>.
35     *
36     * @param fileName
37     *            the name of the file to consider.
38     *
39     * @return the mime type
40     */
41    public String getContentTypeFor(String fileName);
42}
43