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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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