MimeType.getExtension() and mailcap's mime.types
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Key: TIKA-573
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TIKA-573
Project: Tika
Issue Type: Improvement
Components: mime
Reporter: Maxim Valyanskiy
This patch adds getExtension() method to MimeType and support for reading
mime-types from mime.types format.
I added mime.types file from Fedora Linux, license says that it is public
domain file:
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Red Hat disclaims any copyright on the "mailcap" and "mime-types" files and
places them in the public domain. You are
free to do whatever you wish with these files.
The mailcap.4 man page is under an MIT license:
Copyright (c) 1991 Bell Communications Research, Inc. (Bellcore)
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this material
for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided
that the above copyright notice and this permission notice
appear in all copies, and that the name of Bellcore not be
used in advertising or publicity pertaining to this
material without the specific, prior written permission
of an authorized representative of Bellcore. BELLCORE
MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR SUITABILITY
OF THIS MATERIAL FOR ANY PURPOSE. IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS",
WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES.
Tom Callaway, Fedora Legal, Red Hat
Thu Sep 17, 2009
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(we do not need man page, only mime.types file)
getExtension() method can be used for creating friendly filename for
OLE-embedded files, streams and other cases when name is not known
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