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package javax.activation;

import java.io.File;

/**

 * The FileTypeMap is an abstract class that provides a data typing

 * interface for files. Implementations of this class will

 * implement the getContentType methods which will derive a content

 * type from a file name or a File object. FileTypeMaps could use any

 * scheme to determine the data type, from examining the file extension

 * of a file (like the MimetypesFileTypeMap) to opening the file and

 * trying to derive its type from the contents of the file. The

 * FileDataSource class uses the default FileTypeMap (a MimetypesFileTypeMap

 * unless changed) to determine the content type of files.

 *

 * @see javax.activation.FileTypeMap

 * @see javax.activation.FileDataSource

 * @see javax.activation.MimetypesFileTypeMap

 *

 * @since 1.6

 */

public abstract class FileTypeMap {

    private static FileTypeMap defaultMap = null;

    /**

     * The default constructor.

     */

    public FileTypeMap() {

        super();

    }

    /**

     * Return the type of the file object. This method should

     * always return a valid MIME type.

     *

     * @param file A file to be typed.

     * @return The content type.

     */

    abstract public String getContentType(File file);

    /**

     * Return the type of the file passed in.  This method should

     * always return a valid MIME type.

     *

     * @param filename the pathname of the file.

     * @return The content type.

     */

    abstract public String getContentType(String filename);

    /**

     * Sets the default FileTypeMap for the system. This instance

     * will be returned to callers of getDefaultFileTypeMap.

     *

     * @exception SecurityException if the caller doesn't have permission

     *                                  to change the default

     */

        SecurityManager security = System.getSecurityManager();

        if (security != null) {

            try {

                // if it's ok with the SecurityManager, it's ok with me...

                security.checkSetFactory();

            } catch (SecurityException ex) {

                // otherwise, we also allow it if this code and the

                // the JAF classes were loaded with the applet classes).

                    throw ex;

            }

        }

    }

    /**

     * Return the default FileTypeMap for the system.

     * If setDefaultFileTypeMap was called, return

     * that instance, otherwise return an instance of

     * <code>MimetypesFileTypeMap</code>.

     *

     * @return The default FileTypeMap

     * @see javax.activation.FileTypeMap#setDefaultFileTypeMap

     */

    }

}