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

Methods
`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.