TypeDetector.java

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 * Copyright 2012-2014 Brian Matthews
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package com.btmatthews.leabharlann.service;

/**
 * Implementations are responsible for detecting the content type of file contents.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:brian@btmatthews.com">Brian Matthews</a>
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
public interface TypeDetector {

    /**
     * Detect the content type of a file.
     *
     * @param name     The name of the file.
     * @param contents The contents of the file.
     * @return The content (MIME) type.
     */
    String detect(String name, byte[] contents);
}