Package org.apache.james.mime4j.message

Class AbstractEntity

java.lang.Object

org.apache.james.mime4j.message.AbstractEntity

All Implemented Interfaces:

Disposable, Entity

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractMessage, BodyPart

public abstract class AbstractEntity
extends Object
implements Entity

Abstract MIME entity.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	AbstractEntity()	Creates a new Entity.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected abstract String	calcCharset(ContentTypeField contentType)
protected abstract String	calcMimeType(ContentTypeField child, ContentTypeField parent)
protected abstract String	calcTransferEncoding(ContentTransferEncodingField f)
void	dispose()	Disposes of the body of this entity.
Body	getBody()	Gets the body of this entity.
String	getCharset()	Determines the MIME character set encoding of this Entity.
String	getContentTransferEncoding()	Determines the transfer encoding of this Entity.
String	getDispositionType()	Return the disposition type of the content disposition of this Entity.
String	getFilename()	Returns the filename parameter of the content disposition of this Entity.
Header	getHeader()	Gets the entity header.
String	getMimeType()	Determines the MIME type of this Entity.
Entity	getParent()	Gets the parent entity of this entity.
boolean	isMultipart()	Determines if the MIME type of this Entity is multipart/*.
Body	removeBody()	Removes and returns the body of this entity.
void	setBody(Body body)	Sets the body of this entity.
void	setHeader(Header header)	Sets the entity header.
void	setParent(Entity parent)	Sets the parent entity of this entity.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AbstractEntity

protected AbstractEntity()

Creates a new Entity. Typically invoked implicitly by a subclass constructor.

Method Detail

getParent

public Entity getParent()

Gets the parent entity of this entity. Returns null if this is the root entity.

Specified by:

getParent in interface Entity

Returns:

the parent or null.

setParent

public void setParent(Entity parent)

Sets the parent entity of this entity.

Specified by:

setParent in interface Entity

Parameters:

parent - the parent entity or null if this will be the root entity.

getHeader

public Header getHeader()

Gets the entity header.

Specified by:

getHeader in interface Entity

Returns:

the header.

setHeader

public void setHeader(Header header)

Sets the entity header.

Specified by:

setHeader in interface Entity

Parameters:

header - the header.

getBody

public Body getBody()

Gets the body of this entity.

Specified by:

getBody in interface Entity

Returns:

the body,

setBody

public void setBody(Body body)

Sets the body of this entity.

Specified by:

setBody in interface Entity

Parameters:

body - the body.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if the body has already been set.

removeBody

public Body removeBody()

Removes and returns the body of this entity. The removed body may be attached to another entity. If it is no longer needed it should be disposed of.

Specified by:

removeBody in interface Entity

Returns:

the removed body or null if no body was set.

getMimeType

public String getMimeType()

Description copied from interface: Entity

Determines the MIME type of this Entity. The MIME type is derived by looking at the parent's Content-Type field if no Content-Type field is set for this Entity.

Specified by:

getMimeType in interface Entity

Returns:

the MIME type.

getCharset

public String getCharset()

Determines the MIME character set encoding of this Entity.

Specified by:

getCharset in interface Entity

Returns:

the MIME character set encoding.

getContentTransferEncoding

public String getContentTransferEncoding()

Determines the transfer encoding of this Entity.

Specified by:

getContentTransferEncoding in interface Entity

Returns:

the transfer encoding.

getDispositionType

public String getDispositionType()

Return the disposition type of the content disposition of this Entity.

Specified by:

getDispositionType in interface Entity

Returns:

the disposition type or null if no disposition type has been set.

getFilename

public String getFilename()

Returns the filename parameter of the content disposition of this Entity.

Specified by:

getFilename in interface Entity

Returns:

the filename parameter of the content disposition or null if the filename has not been set.

isMultipart

public boolean isMultipart()

Determines if the MIME type of this Entity is multipart/*. Since multipart-entities must have a boundary parameter in the Content-Type field this method returns false if no boundary exists.

Specified by:

isMultipart in interface Entity

Returns:

true on match, false otherwise.

dispose

public void dispose()

Disposes of the body of this entity. Note that the dispose call does not get forwarded to the parent entity of this Entity. Subclasses that need to free resources should override this method and invoke super.dispose().

Specified by:

dispose in interface Disposable

See Also:

Disposable.dispose()

calcMimeType

protected abstract String calcMimeType(ContentTypeField child,
                                       ContentTypeField parent)

calcTransferEncoding

protected abstract String calcTransferEncoding(ContentTransferEncodingField f)

calcCharset

protected abstract String calcCharset(ContentTypeField contentType)