use MIME::Types; my $mimetypes = MIME::Types->new; my MIME::Type $plaintext = $mimetypes->type('text/plain'); print $plaintext->mediaType; # text print $plaintext->subType; # plain my @ext = $plaintext->extensions; print "@ext" # txt asc c cc h hh cpp print $plaintext->encoding # 8bit if($plaintext->isBinary) # false if($plaintext->isAscii) # true if($plaintext->equals('text/plain') {...} if($plaintext eq 'text/plain') # same print MIME::Type->simplified('x-appl/x-zip') # 'appl/zip'
MIME types are used in MIME entities, for instance as part of e-mail
and HTTP traffic. Sometimes real knowledge about a mime-type is need.
Objects of MIME::Type
store the information on one such type.