Java File Mime Type getMimeType(File file)

Description

get Mime Type

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String getMimeType(File file) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from  w ww  .  j av a  2s .c om*/
 * Syncany, www.syncany.org
 * Copyright (C) 2011 Philipp C. Heckel <philipp.heckel@gmail.com> 
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

import java.io.*;

import java.nio.file.Files;

public class Main {
    public static String getMimeType(File file) {

        String mimetype = null;
        try {
            mimetype = Files.probeContentType(file.toPath());
        } catch (IOException ex) {

        }

        if (mimetype == null) {
            mimetype = "unknown";
        }
        return mimetype;
    }
}

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1. detectFileType(String location)
2. getFileType(String fileName)
3. getImageType(File file)
4. getMime(File file)
5. getMimeType(String fileName)
6. getType(File file)
7. isMP3(File file)
8. isValidImage(File file)