FileTypeDetector.ProbeContentType(IPath) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Java.Nio.FileNio.Spi

Assembly:: Mono.Android.dll

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Probes the given file to guess its content type.

[Android.Runtime.Register("probeContentType", "(Ljava/nio/file/Path;)Ljava/lang/String;", "GetProbeContentType_Ljava_nio_file_Path_Handler", ApiSince=26)]
public abstract string? ProbeContentType (Java.Nio.FileNio.IPath? path);

[<Android.Runtime.Register("probeContentType", "(Ljava/nio/file/Path;)Ljava/lang/String;", "GetProbeContentType_Ljava_nio_file_Path_Handler", ApiSince=26)>]
abstract member ProbeContentType : Java.Nio.FileNio.IPath -> string

Parameters

path: IPath

the path to the file to probe

Returns

String

The content type or null if the file type is not recognized

Attributes: RegisterAttribute

Remarks

Probes the given file to guess its content type.

The means by which this method determines the file type is highly implementation specific. It may simply examine the file name, it may use a file attribute, or it may examines bytes in the file.

The probe result is the string form of the value of a Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) content type as defined by RFC 2045: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of Internet Message Bodieshttp://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2045.txt. The string must be parsable according to the grammar in the RFC 2045.

Java documentation for java.nio.file.spi.FileTypeDetector.probeContentType(java.nio.file.Path).

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Applies to