```
public interface MediaType
```
Represent a Media type (rfc6838).

Author:

Julien Viet

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static MediaType`	`ANY`
`static MediaType`	`APPLICATION`
`static MediaType`	`APPLICATION_JSON`
`static MediaType`	`APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM`
`static MediaType`	`TEXT`
`static MediaType`	`TEXT_PLAIN`

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`accepts(MediaType other)`
`String`	`parameter(String name)`	Return a media type parameter
`static MediaType`	`parse(String s)`	Parse a media type.
`static List<MediaType>`	`parseAcceptHeader(String header)`	Parse an accept header which is a list of media types
`String`	`subType()`
`String`	`type()`

- Field Detail
  - ANY
```
static final MediaType ANY
```
  - APPLICATION
```
static final MediaType APPLICATION
```
  - APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM
```
static final MediaType APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM
```
  - APPLICATION_JSON
```
static final MediaType APPLICATION_JSON
```
  - TEXT
```
static final MediaType TEXT
```
  - TEXT_PLAIN
```
static final MediaType TEXT_PLAIN
```
- Method Detail
  - parseAcceptHeader
```
static List<MediaType> parseAcceptHeader(String header)
                                  throws IllegalArgumentException
```
    Parse an accept header which is a list of media types
    
    Parameters:
    
    header - the header
    
    Returns:
    
    the list of media types
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - when the list is not valid
  - parse
```
static MediaType parse(String s)
```
    Parse a media type.
    
    Parameters:
    
    s - the string representation
    
    Returns:
    
    the parsed media type or null when the string to parse is not valid
  - type
```
String type()
```
    Returns:
    
    the type or null when everything is matched (*)
  - subType
```
String subType()
```
    Returns:
    
    the sub type or null when everything is matched (*)
  - accepts
```
boolean accepts(MediaType other)
```
    Returns:
    
    whether the other mime type is accepted
  - parameter
```
String parameter(String name)
```
    Return a media type parameter
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the parameter name
    
    Returns:
    
    the value or null

Interface MediaType

Field Summary

Method Summary

Field Detail

ANY

APPLICATION

APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM

APPLICATION_JSON

TEXT

TEXT_PLAIN

Method Detail

parseAcceptHeader

parse

type

subType

accepts

parameter