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nsIContentSniffer
| IID: | a5772d1b-fc63-495e-a169-96e8d3311af0 |
| Inherits From: | nsISupports |
Content sniffer interface. Components implementing this interface can determine a MIME type from a chunk of bytes.
This interface is implemented by the following components:
Methods
ACString getMIMETypeFromContent ( nsIRequest request , arrayof PRUint8 data , PRUint32 length )
ACString getMIMETypeFromContent ( nsIRequest request , arrayof PRUint8 data , PRUint32 length )
Given a chunk of data, determines a MIME type. Information from the given request may be used in order to make a better decision.
- Arguments:
- request: The request where this data came from. May be null.
- data: Data to check
- length: Length of the data
- Returns:
- The content type
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