diff -r 115e09b7a004 -r 3acf8e5e2ca0 jdk/src/share/classes/sun/nio/fs/MimeType.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2008-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code 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
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+package sun.nio.fs;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a MIME type for the purposes of validation and matching. For
+ * now this class is implemented using the javax.activation.MimeType class but
+ * this dependency can easily be eliminated when required.
+ */
+
+public class MimeType {
+    private final javax.activation.MimeType type;
+
+    private MimeType(javax.activation.MimeType type) {
+        this.type = type;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Parses the given string as a MIME type.
+     *
+     * @throws  IllegalArgumentException
+     *          If the string is not a valid MIME type
+     */
+    public static MimeType parse(String type) {
+        try {
+            return new MimeType(new javax.activation.MimeType(type));
+        } catch (javax.activation.MimeTypeParseException x) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(x);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns {@code true} if this MIME type has parameters.
+     */
+    public boolean hasParameters() {
+        return !type.getParameters().isEmpty();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Matches this MIME type against a given MIME type. This method returns
+     * true if the given string is a MIME type and it matches this type.
+     */
+    public boolean match(String other) {
+        try {
+            return type.match(other);
+        } catch (javax.activation.MimeTypeParseException x) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+}