To get the mime type, we have defined FileNameMap interface, that is a simple interface and available into the java.net package.

Java Get Mime Type

     

To get the mime type, we have defined FileNameMap interface, that is a simple interface and available into the java.net package. FileNameMap interface includes all the mechanism to map between a file name and mime type string in Java. 

Go through the given example to find out, how to get mime type.

 

 

Syntax for getting mime type in Java

import java.net.*; public class GetMimeType { public static void main(String[] args) {  FileNameMap fileNameMap = URLConnection.getFileNameMap();  String mimeType = fileNameMap.getContentTypeFor("alert.gif");  System.out.println("mimeType="+ mimeType);  } }

Output will be displayed as:

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