christophedelory.content.type
Interface ContentTypeProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

FileNameMapProvider, FileTypeMapProvider, SpecificPlaylistTypeProvider, WebAppProvider

public interface ContentTypeProvider

Provides if possible a content type for a given media content. Concrete classes must have a zero-argument constructor so that they can be instantiated during loading.

Version:

$Revision: 55 $

Author:

Christophe Delory

Method Summary

ContentType

getContentType(String contentName) Returns a content type representing the given content name (file or URL).

Method Detail

getContentType

ContentType getContentType(String contentName)

Returns a content type representing the given content name (file or URL).

Parameters:

contentName - a content (file or URL) name. Shall not be null.

Returns:

a content type. May be null if none was found.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if contentName is null.