Mime type of a file

[Java Tip]

The code snippet presented below displays the mime type of a file.

    File f = new File("gumby.gif");
    System.out.println("Mime Type of " + f.getName() + " is " +
                         new MimetypesFileTypeMap().getContentType(f));
    // expected output :
    // "Mime Type of gumby.gif is image/gif"