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17
18 package org.apache.any23.mime;
19
20 import java.io.InputStream;
21
22 /**
23 * This detector is able to estimate the <code>MIME</code> type of some given raw data.
24 */
25 public interface MIMETypeDetector {
26
27 /**
28 * Estimates the <code>MIME</code> type of the content of input file.
29 *
30 * @param fileName
31 * name of the file.
32 * @param input
33 * content of the file.
34 * @param mimeTypeFromMetadata
35 * mimetype declared in metadata.
36 *
37 * @return the supposed mime type or <code>null</code> if nothing appropriate found.
38 */
39 public MIMEType.html#MIMEType">MIMEType guessMIMEType(String fileName, InputStream input, MIMEType mimeTypeFromMetadata);
40
41 }