MimeType Class

IT Hit WebDAV Classes Reference

Provides functionality for getting mime type by file extension.

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
ITHit.WebDAV.ServerMimeType

Namespace: ITHit.WebDAV.Server
Assembly: ITHit.WebDAV.Server (in ITHit.WebDAV.Server.dll) Version: 13.3.13068

Syntax

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public static class MimeType

Public NotInheritable Class MimeType

public ref class MimeType abstract sealed

[<AbstractClassAttribute>]
[<SealedAttribute>]
type MimeType =  class end

The MimeType type exposes the following members.

Methods

	Name	Description
	ExtendTypesTable	Extends the list of content types or replaces existing value with a new one.
	GetMimeType	Returns the mime type corresponding to file extension.

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Remarks

The GetMimeType(String) static method of this class returns mime type by provided file extension. The class is usually utilized in ContentType implementation. The mime-type is returned in a Content-Type header with GET request. The set of values can be extended with using ExtendTypesTable(String, String) method.

When deciding which action to perform when downloading a file some WebDAV clients and browsers (such as Internet Explorer) rely on file extension, while others (such as Firefox) rely on Content-Type header returned by server. For identical behavior in all browsers and WebDAV clients your server must return a correct mime-type with a requested file.

Examples

The code below is part of 'WebDAVServer.FileSystemStorage.AspNet' C# & VB samples provided with the SDK.

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public string ContentType
{
    get { return MimeType.GetMimeType(fileSystemInfo.Extension) ?? "application/octet-stream"; }
}

Public ReadOnly Property ContentType As String Implements IContent.ContentType
    Get
        Return If(MimeType.GetMimeType(fileSystemInfo.Extension), "application/octet-stream")
    End Get
End Property

Reference

ITHit.WebDAV.Server Namespace