javax.activation

Class ActivationDataFlavor

java.lang.Object

javax.activation.ActivationDataFlavor

public class ActivationDataFlavor
extends Object

The ActivationDataFlavor class is a special subclass of java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor. It allows the JAF to set all three values stored by the DataFlavor class via a new constructor. It also contains improved MIME parsing in the equals method. Except for the improved parsing, its semantics are identical to that of the JDK's DataFlavor class.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ActivationDataFlavor(Class representationClass, String humanPresentableName) Construct a DataFlavor that represents a MimeType.
ActivationDataFlavor(Class representationClass, String mimeType, String humanPresentableName) Construct a DataFlavor that represents an arbitrary Java object.
ActivationDataFlavor(String mimeType, String humanPresentableName) Construct a DataFlavor that represents a MimeType.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(ActivationDataFlavor dataFlavor) Compares the DataFlavor passed in with this DataFlavor; calls the isMimeTypeEqual method.
String	getHumanPresentableName() Return the Human Presentable name.
String	getMimeType() Return the MIME type for this DataFlavor.
Class	getRepresentationClass() Return the representation class.
boolean	isMimeTypeEqual(String mimeType) Is the string representation of the MIME type passed in equivalent to the MIME type of this DataFlavor.
protected String	normalizeMimeType(String mimeType) Deprecated.
protected String	normalizeMimeTypeParameter(String parameterName, String parameterValue) Deprecated.
void	setHumanPresentableName(String humanPresentableName) Set the human presentable name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ActivationDataFlavor

public ActivationDataFlavor(Class representationClass,
                            String mimeType,
                            String humanPresentableName)

Construct a DataFlavor that represents an arbitrary Java object. This constructor is an extension of the JDK's DataFlavor in that it allows the explicit setting of all three DataFlavor attributes.

The returned DataFlavor will have the following characteristics:

representationClass = representationClass
mimeType = mimeType
humanName = humanName

Parameters:

representationClass - the class used in this DataFlavor

mimeType - the MIME type of the data represented by this class

humanPresentableName - the human presentable name of the flavor

ActivationDataFlavor

public ActivationDataFlavor(Class representationClass,
                            String humanPresentableName)

Construct a DataFlavor that represents a MimeType.

The returned DataFlavor will have the following characteristics:

If the mimeType is "application/x-java-serialized-object; class=", the result is the same as calling new DataFlavor(Class.forName()) as above.

otherwise:

representationClass = InputStream

mimeType = mimeType

Parameters:

representationClass - the class used in this DataFlavor

humanPresentableName - the human presentable name of the flavor

ActivationDataFlavor

public ActivationDataFlavor(String mimeType,
                            String humanPresentableName)

Construct a DataFlavor that represents a MimeType.

The returned DataFlavor will have the following characteristics:

If the mimeType is "application/x-java-serialized-object; class=", the result is the same as calling new DataFlavor(Class.forName()) as above, otherwise:

representationClass = InputStream

mimeType = mimeType

Parameters:

mimeType - the MIME type of the data represented by this class

humanPresentableName - the human presentable name of the flavor

Method Detail

getMimeType

public String getMimeType()

Return the MIME type for this DataFlavor.

Returns:

the MIME type

getRepresentationClass

public Class getRepresentationClass()

Return the representation class.

Returns:

the representation class

getHumanPresentableName

public String getHumanPresentableName()

Return the Human Presentable name.

Returns:

the human presentable name

setHumanPresentableName

public void setHumanPresentableName(String humanPresentableName)

Set the human presentable name.

Parameters:

humanPresentableName - the name to set

equals

public boolean equals(ActivationDataFlavor dataFlavor)

Compares the DataFlavor passed in with this DataFlavor; calls the isMimeTypeEqual method.

Parameters:

dataFlavor - the DataFlavor to compare with

Returns:

true if the MIME type and representation class are the same

isMimeTypeEqual

public boolean isMimeTypeEqual(String mimeType)

Is the string representation of the MIME type passed in equivalent to the MIME type of this DataFlavor.

ActivationDataFlavor delegates the comparison of MIME types to the MimeType class included as part of the JavaBeans Activation Framework. This provides a more robust comparison than is normally available in the DataFlavor class.

Parameters:

mimeType - the MIME type

Returns:

true if the same MIME type

normalizeMimeTypeParameter

protected String normalizeMimeTypeParameter(String parameterName,
                                            String parameterValue)

Deprecated.

Called on DataFlavor for every MIME Type parameter to allow DataFlavor subclasses to handle special parameters like the text/plain charset parameters, whose values are case insensitive. (MIME type parameter values are supposed to be case sensitive).

This method is called for each parameter name/value pair and should return the normalized representation of the parameterValue. This method is never invoked by this implementation.

Parameters:

parameterName - the parameter name

parameterValue - the parameter value

Returns:

the normalized parameter value

normalizeMimeType

protected String normalizeMimeType(String mimeType)

Deprecated.

Called for each MIME type string to give DataFlavor subtypes the opportunity to change how the normalization of MIME types is accomplished. One possible use would be to add default parameter/value pairs in cases where none are present in the MIME type string passed in. This method is never invoked by this implementation.

Parameters:

mimeType - the MIME type

Returns:

the normalized MIME type