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+# Copyright (c) 2009 Jonathan M. Lange. See LICENSE for details.
+
+"""ContentType - a MIME Content Type."""
+
+
+class ContentType(object):
+ """A content type from http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/
+
+ :ivar type: The primary type, e.g. "text" or "application"
+ :ivar subtype: The subtype, e.g. "plain" or "octet-stream"
+ :ivar parameters: A dict of additional parameters specific to the
+ content type.
+ """
+
+ def __init__(self, primary_type, sub_type, parameters=None):
+ """Create a ContentType."""
+ if None in (primary_type, sub_type):
+ raise ValueError("None not permitted in %r, %r" % (
+ primary_type, sub_type))
+ self.type = primary_type
+ self.subtype = sub_type
+ self.parameters = parameters or {}
+
+ def __eq__(self, other):
+ if type(other) != ContentType:
+ return False
+ return self.__dict__ == other.__dict__
+
+ def __repr__(self):
+ return "%s/%s params=%s" % (self.type, self.subtype, self.parameters)