Egon,
Thanks for your response. My comments below.
> On Tuesday 10 September 2002 11:28, Michael T Howard wrote:
>> > In case of webservers attaching a mime-type this is mostly not a
>> > problem, because the server administrator knows which format the
>> > served .mol files have.
>>
>> If I understand you correctly, you are saying that a web administrator
>> might map the extension .mol to something other than
>> chemical/x-mdl-molfile.OK ... that seems curious ... but I guess I
>> asked for it :-)
>
> That is true... a web server just maps a filename extension with a mime
> type.
Understood.
The part I am still struggling with is that
1. web servers/applications depend on file content being
consistent with filename extensions
2. you guys are doing a great job of building an application
in a web world with web tools
3. it is a shame that you feel you can't depend on file extension
being correct
Just an honest opinion/feedback from a newcomer.
>
>> So, in an applet context, does jmol use the mime-type information? Or
>> does it try to deduce the file type from the input stream using the
>> ReaderFactory mechanism?
>
> No, I do not believe this is currently done. A patch is not difficult
> though (attached)... Note that it depends on who you trust more...
> Jmol or the web server administrator... Moreover, I think the
> ReaderFactory should better return a Reader based on the MIME type
> (unlike the patch)...
I'm sorry, I don't understand which you are saying you prefer.
Do you prefer using the mime type?
Or do you prefer having the ReaderFactory make the decision?
>
> Egon
>
Thanks,
Michael
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