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package cz.msebera.android.httpclient.entity.mime.content;

/**
 * Represents common content properties.
 */
public interface ContentDescriptor {

    /**
     * Returns the body descriptors MIME type.
     * @see #getMediaType()
     * @see #getSubType()
     * @return The MIME type, which has been parsed from the
     *   content-type definition. Must not be null, but
     *   "text/plain", if no content-type was specified.
     */
    String getMimeType();

    /**
     * Gets the defaulted MIME media type for this content.
     * For example TEXT, IMAGE, MULTIPART
     * @see #getMimeType()
     * @return the MIME media type when content-type specified,
     * otherwise the correct default (TEXT)
     */
    String getMediaType();

    /**
     * Gets the defaulted MIME sub type for this content.
     * @see #getMimeType()
     * @return the MIME media type when content-type is specified,
     * otherwise the correct default (PLAIN)
     */
    String getSubType();

    /**
     * 

The body descriptors character set, defaulted appropriately for the MIME type.

*

* For TEXT types, this will be defaulted to us-ascii. * For other types, when the charset parameter is missing this property will be null. *

* @return Character set, which has been parsed from the * content-type definition. Not null for TEXT types, when unset will * be set to default us-ascii. For other types, when unset, * null will be returned. */ String getCharset(); /** * Returns the body descriptors transfer encoding. * @return The transfer encoding. Must not be null, but "7bit", * if no transfer-encoding was specified. */ String getTransferEncoding(); /** * Returns the body descriptors content-length. * @return Content length, if known, or -1, to indicate the absence of a * content-length header. */ long getContentLength(); }




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