gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/mime/FileTypeRegistry.java

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package com.google.gerrit.server.mime;

import eu.medsea.mimeutil.MimeType;
import eu.medsea.mimeutil.MimeUtil2;

public interface FileTypeRegistry {
  /**
   * Get the most specific MIME type available for a file.
   *
   * @param path name of the file. The base name (component after the last '/')
   *        may be used to help determine the MIME type, such as by examining
   *        the extension (portion after the last '.' if present).
   * @param content the complete file content. If non-null the content may be
   *        used to guess the MIME type by examining the beginning for common
   *        file headers.
   * @return the MIME type for this content. If the MIME type is not recognized
   *         or cannot be determined, {@link MimeUtil2#UNKNOWN_MIME_TYPE} which
   *         is an alias for {@code application/octet-stream}.
   */
  public abstract MimeType getMimeType(final String path, final byte[] content);

  /**
   * Is this content type safe to transmit to a browser directly?
   *
   * @param type the MIME type of the file content.
   * @return true if the Gerrit administrator wants to permit this content to be
   *         served as-is; false if the administrator does not trust this
   *         content type and wants it to be protected (typically by wrapping
   *         the data in a ZIP archive).
   */
  public abstract boolean isSafeInline(final MimeType type);

}