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19 package org.apache.rat.api;
20
21 import java.io.IOException;
22 import java.io.InputStream;
23
24 /**
25 * Discovers the mime type of content.
26 */
27 public interface MimeTyper {
28
29 /**
30 * Guesses the mime type for the given content.
31 * @param inputStream not null
32 * @param name possibly null
33 * @return guessed content type, not null.
34 * @throws IOException in case of I/O errors.
35 */
36 ContentType type(final InputStream inputStream, String name) throws IOException;
37 }