/*
 * FileTypeMap.java
 * Copyright (C) 2004 The Free Software Foundation
 * 
 * This file is part of GNU Java Activation Framework (JAF), a library.
 * 
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 */
package javax.activation;

import java.io.File;

/**
 * Classifier for the MIME content type of files.
 *
 * @author <a href='mailto:dog@gnu.org'>Chris Burdess</a>
 * @version 1.0.2
 */
public abstract class FileTypeMap
{

    /* Class scope */
    
    private static FileTypeMap defaultMap;

    /**
     * Returns the system default file type map.
     * If one has not been set, this returns a MimetypesFileTypeMap.
     */
    public static FileTypeMap getDefaultFileTypeMap()
    {
        if (defaultMap == null)
            defaultMap = new MimetypesFileTypeMap();
        return defaultMap;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the default file type map.
     * @param map the new file type map
     */
    public static void setDefaultFileTypeMap(FileTypeMap map)
    {
        SecurityManager security = System.getSecurityManager();
        if (security != null)
        {
            try
            {
                security.checkSetFactory();
            }
            catch (SecurityException e)
            {
                if (map != null && FileTypeMap.class.getClassLoader() !=
                        map.getClass().getClassLoader())
                    throw e;
            }
        }
        defaultMap = map;
    }

    /* Instance scope */

    /**
     * Returns the content type of the specified file.
     * @param file the file to classify
     */
    public abstract String getContentType(File file);

    /**
     * Returns the content type of the specified file path.
     * @param filename the path of the file to classify
     */
    public abstract String getContentType(String filename);

}
