## org.apache.http.entity.mime.content
Interface ContentDescriptor

All Known Subinterfaces:
  ContentBody

All Known Implementing Classes:
  AbstractContentBody, ByteArrayBody, FileBody, InputStreamBody, StringBody

    public interface ContentDescriptor

Represents common content properties.

Method Summary
`String` `getCharset()` The body descriptors character set, defaulted appropriately for the MIME type.
`long` `getContentLength()` Returns the body descriptors content-length.
`String` `getMediaType()` Gets the defaulted MIME media type for this content.
`String` `getMimeType()` Returns the body descriptors MIME type.
`String` `getSubType()` Gets the defaulted MIME sub type for this content.
`String` `getTransferEncoding()` Returns the body descriptors transfer encoding.

Method Detail

### getMimeType

    String getMimeType()

  Returns the body descriptors MIME type.

  Returns:
    The MIME type, which has been parsed from the content-type definition. Must not be null, but "text/plain", if no content-type was specified.
  See Also:
    `getMediaType()`, `getSubType()`

### getMediaType

    String getMediaType()

  Gets the defaulted MIME media type for this content. For example `TEXT`, `IMAGE`, `MULTIPART`

  Returns:
    the MIME media type when content-type specified, otherwise the correct default (`TEXT`)
  See Also:
    `getMimeType()`

### getSubType

    String getSubType()

  Gets the defaulted MIME sub type for this content.

  Returns:
    the MIME media type when content-type is specified, otherwise the correct default (`PLAIN`)
  See Also:
    `getMimeType()`

### getCharset

    String getCharset()

  The body descriptors character set, defaulted appropriately for the MIME type.

  For `TEXT` types, this will be defaulted to `us-ascii`. For other types, when the charset parameter is missing this property will be null.

  Returns:
    Character set, which has been parsed from the content-type definition. Not null for `TEXT` types, when unset will be set to default `us-ascii`. For other types, when unset, null will be returned.

### getTransferEncoding

    String getTransferEncoding()

  Returns the body descriptors transfer encoding.

  Returns:
    The transfer encoding. Must not be null, but "7bit", if no transfer-encoding was specified.

### getContentLength

    long getContentLength()

  Returns the body descriptors content-length.

  Returns:
    Content length, if known, or -1, to indicate the absence of a content-length header.

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