Package org.millscript.commons.vfs.mime

This package provides MIME type support for the virtual filesystem.

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Description

Interface Summary

MIMETypeHandler

This interface specifies a virtual filesystem MIME type handler, for resolving a specified MIME type into a new virtual filesystem object.

Class Summary

AbstractMIMETypeHandler	This class provides a base for classes implementing the MIMETypeHandler interface.
AbstractMIMEVVolume	The class provides a skeletal virtual filesystem volume, intended for easing support for different MIME types.

Package org.millscript.commons.vfs.mime Description

This package provides MIME type support for the virtual filesystem. In this context MIME type support means the automatic handling of filesystem entries with a supported MIME type.

This package provides the support for most compressed archives and files. e.g. ZIP, JAR and TAR archives, plus GZIP and BZIP2 compresed files. Providing that you use file extensions properly, the intention is that you should be able to mix and match these different types and the VFS will handle everything automatically. e.g. a GZIP'd TAR file with an extension of .tar.gz.

One interesting feature is that the VFS should properly handle nested types transparently. e.g. a ZIP file contains a JAR file which contains another ZIP file, or maybe a BZIP'd TAR file which contains a collection of ZIP files?

You can also add support for your own MIME types using the Java activation framework. See the MIMETypeHandler class for more information.